Seslhd Planning and Partnerships Lead

**Employment Type**: Permanent Full Time
**Position Classification**: Health Mgr Lvl 5
**Remuneration**: $153,653 - $172,282 per annum plus Superannuation
**Hours Per Week**: 40
**Requisition ID**: REQ331777

Bring your strategic insights, planning experience and partnership building skills to one of the largest local health districts in NSW. Working with a dedicated team, you’ll lead the implementation of the SESLHD Strategy and define the ten-year plan for clinical services across the District to improve the health of more than one million people in South Eastern Sydney. You’ll partner with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders from frontline clinicians and consumers to Executives and Board members, in a dynamic role that will have a lasting impact on the sustainability of our health services.

From the National Park to the beaches and the city, SESLHD is working together with diverse communities to improve their lifelong health and wellbeing. We’re at the beginning of a significant transformation, with our new strategy driving investments in community care and virtual health, and models of care adapting to take advantage of significant hospital redevelopments. You’ll be joining a team that prioritises collaboration across our workforce to drive change, and a culture that is committed to developing our people as the leaders of the future. Take advantage of flexible working practices and the opportunity to work across a broad range of strategic initiatives.

**What you'll be doing**

The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is **‘exceptional care, healthier lives’**. SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.

The Planning and Partnerships Lead provides leadership, management and direction in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of strategic, service, operational and major facility planning across SESLHD. Working closely with the Executive, the role will actively support the Director Strategy, Innovation and Improvement in developing external partnerships to inform and implement the organisation’s strategic priorities.

The position is responsible for facilitating and informing service and capital planning to improve population health and service sustainability.

This role has a District remit, and as such, will require travel across the District.

**_SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community. This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported. We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply._**

**_Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing._**

**_All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW._**

**_Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations. Please provide proof of booster vaccination if available._**

**Selection Criteria**
- Demonstrated conceptual and innovative problem solving skills for managing conflicting priorities and developing, implementing and monitoring recommendations and advice on policies, strategies and solutions across complex areas
- Demonstrated experience in leading and managing the development and evaluation of strategic plans in a large complex health care organization, with a sound understanding of NSW and Australian healthcare systems, political, organisational culture and cross-Health Service issues
- Highly developed skills in the collection, analysis, reporting and presentation of data and information relating to health facility and community health services
- Excellent interpersonal communication, verbal and written skills and demonstrated ability to consult, influence and negotiate effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders from community, to senior health professionals and senior executives of Government agencies
- Established high-level leadership, coaching and management skills to engage a collegiate, results driven team to produce quality results
- Demonstrated experience in building and maintaining effective strategic partnerships, internally and externally
- Demonstrated experience managing complex health service projects, from concept through to