Governance and Strategy Partner

Reference Number
- 62091
- Employment Type
- Full Time Ongoing
- Entity
- Monash Health
- Department
- Finance
- Location
- Scoresby
- Position Summary
- You have the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.
- You possess the ability to adapt to changing priorities and tasks.
- Full Time Permanent Role.

**Our Team**

The Monash Health finance department is a multidisciplinary team that undertakes a variety of professional services to support our health service. The activities undertaken by department range anywhere from processing to oversight of key activities. Two particular disciplines with the department are the Audit and Assurance directorate and Finance and Strategy Directorate.

The Audit and Assurance is a key financial governance portfolio and incorporates a number of functions, involving the collaboration and interaction with employees across the finance department services and the wider Monash Health business. The area is responsible for ensuring appropriate governance activities are in place to provide assurance to the Monash Health Audit Committee that the key risks and compliance obligations are being appropriately managed.

The Finance and Strategy’s primary focus is making contributions to the future direction of the following contexts:
Finance Department - Supports new opportunities for the department’s development or assists in resolving issues that affect most or all of the group.

Organisation - Financial leadership, perspective and contributions are made to enterprise level priorities. This involves working with senior stakeholders to ensure that their strategic activities consider their financial footprint and being a catalyst for better strategic outcomes through considered resource usage.

This is a full time role that will report directly to the Director Audit and Assurance but will also be key in supporting Director Finance and Strategy.

**A Day in the Life**

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to make a positive impact at the highest levels of Monash Health. The work directly supports outcomes required for our board and executive. You will work with a variety of stakeholders from different teams and entities. The role is responsible for supporting governance practices and driving strategic initiatives to ensure the organisation's effectiveness, compliance, and long-term success.

**What You Bring**:

- Ability to adapt to changing priorities and tasks
- Ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.
- Time management skills and ability to drive cross-functional initiatives.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Analyses a range of options and uses evidence to make effective decisions.
- Investigates and implements solutions which will address the core problem, rather than symptoms.
- Seeks out change and improvement opportunities, challenges the status quo and empowers others to do the same.

**What you need**:

- Degree qualified
- Current Drivers Licence
- 3+ years’ experience with engagement, collaboration and influence roles

**For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Lisa Bartlett on 0422 022 408**

**Monash Health is a great place to work**

Our employees enjoy a range of benefits including:

- salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay
- 5 weeks Annual leave
- 13 days accrued days off
- Hybrid working arrangements
- a comprehensive Health and Wellbeing program
- free vaccinations
- private health insurance at discounted rates
- health imaging services
- + more

**How to Apply**

Monash Health recognises the value of equal employment opportunity and is committed to patient safety and promoting fairness, equity, and diversity in the workplace. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles.

Offers of employment can only be made once all required probity checks have been completed. These include:

- reference checks;
- a clear Police Check conducted within the last three months;
- a current Victorian Employee Working with Children’s Check (or proof of payment for same);and
- proof of immunisation.

A request to conduct probity checks does not guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.

Under the Victorian Public Health orders, all employees working within the Public Health system must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza and are required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status. The current orders require evidence of three doses for COVID-19.
- Selection Criteria
- Ability to adapt to changing priorities and tasks
- Ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels.
- Time management skills and ability to drive cross-functional initiatives.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Analyses a range of options and uses evidence to make effective decisions
- Investigates and implements solutions which will address the core problem, rather than