Program Officer, Healthpathways

**Program Officer, HealthPathways**:

- Docklands, Australia
- Reference: 6794402

**Are you a sharp, solution driven professional ready to improve health services? Join our Health Systems Integration team to lead in managing key HealthPathways initiatives and help shape community care across Melbourne.**
- ** Remuneration: Band 3 - $73,605.21 - $88,997.93+ superannuation (pro rata) + generous NFP salary packaging options up to $18,550**:

- ** Part time (0.6 FTE) maximum term role until 12 December 2025. (Choose your preferred working days)**:

- ** Docklands office location - Hybrid; work arrangement available**

You will be part of the Health Systems Integration team, working closely with HealthPathways team members, clinical editors, and diverse internal and external stakeholders to ensure the organisation meets its goals for timely, high quality service integration and digital platform improvement.

You will coordinate the planning, execution and delivery of HealthPathways projects working across teams. This includes managing key initiatives such as provider directory audits, broken link resolutions, and service mapping, while building collaborative partnerships with stakeholders to enhance integration, quality, and continuous improvement in local health service pathways.

**About Us**

We are North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN), Victoria's largest independent, locally governed and run, not-for-profit PHN, dedicated to improving primary health care in Melbourne's northern, western and inner-city areas. We help people stay well by commissioning health services to deliver better and more accessible primary care.

**What are PHNs?**

PHNs have been established with two key objectives:

- increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of services for community members, particularly those at risk of poor health outcomes
- Improving coordination of care to ensure people receive the right care in the right place, at the right time.

**At NWMPHN, we offer**:

- Flexible working arrangements, including work-from-home options.
- Up to 6 days of paid ‘Life Leave' per calendar year for cultural celebrations, family events, birthdays etc.
- Generous NFP salary packaging, health and wellbeing programs, and professional development opportunities.
- Supportive and inclusive workplace culture.
- Opportunities for professional development and career progression.

**What will my typical week look like**:

- Project manage small scale HealthPathways projects against timelines and finite resources, recognising barriers and risks, while suggesting solutions
- Network with internal and external stakeholders to support development and implementation of pathways and ensure integration of GP resources and information
- Collect and maintain local service provider information
- Map public health services and identify services gaps to inform the NWMPHN Population Needs Assessment
- Assist in the commissioning processes as required
- Prepare a range of reports and other documentation to support the HealthPathways program to meet reporting requirements of the organisation

**Relevant Resources**:

- Reconcilation Action Plan
- NWMPHN Governance Framework
- NWMPHN Strategic Plan 2024 - 2028

**About you**:

- Relevant qualifications in project management, public health, health promotion, health service management, public administration, clinical studies, or a related field
- Demonstrated project management skills e.g. experience in scoping, planning, monitoring, and reporting on projects
- Knowledge and understanding of the Victorian health service system and contemporary health policy issues across the acute and primary care interface
- Excellent oral communication and interpersonal skills including an ability to interact effectively and appropriately with a wide range of varying stakeholders and collaborators.

NWMPHN is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We recognise the importance of attracting and retaining talent that reflects the diverse community we live in. Research shows that teams with diverse experiences and perspectives are more creative and better problem-solvers.
- Applications Close: 22 Aug 2025