Whrtn National Program Manager

Location: Melbourne | Eastern Metropolitan

Job type: Part time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Administration/Secretarial, Communications, Marketing and Media

Reference: 61919

The National Program Manager is an integral member of the team, with a leadership and coordinating role, planning, managing and having oversight, delivering on the WHRTN objectives as outlined in the government funded network agreement. The appointee reports to the lead investigator with accountability for grant delivery as the Executive Director of the lead Centre, Monash Partners and the chair of the network and in consultation with the WHRTN, subcommittee chairs, and lead investigator, plan and manage the WHRTN program as allocated.

**About Monash Health**

**About Australian Health Research Alliance (AHRA)**

The Australian Health Research Alliance (AHRA) encompasses the ten National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) accredited Advanced Health Research Translation Centres and Centres for Innovation in Regional Health. AHRA facilitates the integration of healthcare, health and medical research, and health professional education to deliver better health outcomes for all Australians. We engage across 95% of Australia’s academic and research teams, 80% of acute health services and have increasing reach into primary care and regional and rural areas. Our goal is to accelerate the pace and scale of research translation into healthcare by engaging all relevant stakeholders to identify and address unmet needs and by supporting and connecting all phases of the research journey to drive innovation and evidence into practice, as soon as possible. AHRA is leading a national system level initiative across all ten accredited Centres in consumer and community involvement.

**About Monash Partners**

**About the Women’s Health Research Translation Network**

WHRTN is a broad national collaboration of multidisciplinary international leaders in women’s health, nominated by NHMRC-accredited Centres nationally. With our broad geographical spread and stakeholder engagement, along with national co-ordination through AHRA, we provide a unique opportunity for rapid priority setting and addressing and advancing delivery in these areas through research and translation. Monash Partners is the administering and leading AHRA Centre in the WHRTN.

**About the Role**

This role will manage WHRTN and the committees to improve and evaluate the Strategy/Activity Plan and generate new opportunities.

The Key Result Areas comprise:

- Ensure timelines and deliverables are met, in accordance with funding body’s requirements and that risks are considered and mitigated.
- Ensure governance is transparent and robust.
- Ensure effective consumer and stakeholder involvement.
- Support the Steering Committee, Chair and AHRA committee representative and the subcommittees.
- Manage the WHRTN team and ensure deliverables are met on time and on budget
- Plan and manage events and special initiatives.
- Support advocacy activities and optimise communication internally and externally.
- Prepare and disseminate reports to committees and funders.
- Monitor fiscal performance
- Enable new opportunities

**About You**

**What you need**:

- Relevant tertiary qualifications
- Demonstrated ability and experience in project management and large scale collaboration
- Advanced level of report writing, and computer skills, including Microsoft Office, Outlook, Google Apps and internet/intranet.

**Contact person for job ad**:Heather Pratt (PA for ProfessorHelena Teede)

**Phone number**:(03) 8572 2644