Aps Level 6

**Job Reference Number **22-IHACPADIV-15826

**Classification **APS Level 6

**Job Title **Project Officer

**Division **Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority

**Branch **Costing and Data Infrastructure Branch

**Section **Costing Technical Section

**Location **Sydney, NSW

**Status **Ongoing

**Employment type **Full-time

**Salary Range **$88,439 - $99,772

**Contact Officer Name**:James Chen

**Eligibility**
- To be eligible for employment with the Department of Health and Aged Care

applicants must be an Australian citizen at the time an offer of employment is made
- An applicant’s suitability for employment with Health will also be assessed through a

variety of pre-employment check processes, such as:

- Satisfactory completion of an Australian Federal Police criminal history check,

and where relevant a Working with Children and Vulnerable People Check.
- Completion of a medical declaration and pre-employment medical (where

required).
- Providing evidence of qualifications.

**Division Responsibilities**

The Independent Health and Aged Care Pricing Authority’s vision is for all Australians to

have fair access transparent, sustainable, and high-quality health and aged care. We use

data-driven evidence to set fair pricing in the Australian health and aged care sectors,

driving better outcomes. IHACPA's primary function is to calculate and deliver an annual

National Efficient Price (NEP). The NEP is a major determinant of the level of Australian

Government funding for public hospital services and provides a price signal or benchmark

for the efficient cost of providing public hospital services. We undertake several major areas

of work designed to inform the annual determination of the NEP, including ongoing

consultation with all Australian health departments, expert advisory committees and key

stakeholders.

**Branch Responsibilities**

The Costing and Data Infrastructure Branch is responsible for the specification, collection

and validation of cost and activity data for hospital and aged care. The Costing and Data

Infrastructure Branch is also responsible for the storage of that data to determine the

national efficient price and national efficient cost each year.

**Section Responsibilities**

The Aged Care Costing Section includes a team who manages the development and

maintenance of costing for aged care services. The Aged Care Costing Section has

responsibility for projects which inform new and refine current cost collections and

contribute to the development of data collection specifications and data acquisition

methodologies.***

**Key Responsibilities**

The Project officer position supports the section with project management and

procurement, ensuring the probity of all processes. The position is required to coordinate

and manage multiple priorities within defined timeframes and ensuring results. This

includes but is not limited to items detailed below:

- Providing support to specific projects in relation to:

- Risk management activities
- Maintaining project schedule and planning milestones
- Coordinating communications, including scheduling and documenting project

meetings
- Managing administrative aspects of projects including project reporting,

procurement, record keeping, financial support and logistics.
- Supporting the development of both home and residential aged care costing

including:

- Designing data specifications
- Developing and testing data submission processes
- Liaising with jurisdictions for the validation and submission of data o

undertaking quality assurance processes
- Ongoing quality improvement
- Supporting the development and maintenance of costing standards for aged care.
- Preparing agendas, procurement documents and meeting papers.
- Working with stakeholders on issues related to home and residential aged care.
- Supporting the section with ad-hoc projects.

**Key Capabilities**

The Project Officer position requires key capabilities to:

- Support ongoing projects, working to tight deadlines and responding quickly to

changing priorities with determination, confidence, and passion.
- Write and communicate to a high standard, in particular the ability to write clearly

and concisely about complex matters, including to general audiences on technical
- Undertake research and analysis in support of new policy.
- Liaise with internal and external stakeholders, participating in committees and

forums, demonstrating well-developed liaison, interpersonal and oral

communication skills.
- Become familiar with the National Health Reform Act 2011 and gain understanding

of the key pillars of activity based funding including counting, classifying, costing, and

pricing.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of risk management and risk assessment activities.

**Minimum Requirements**

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