Principal Project Officer First Nations Workforce

We are Metro South Health
We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands and the Scenic Rim. We operate five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty and state-wide healthcare services. We are renowned for teaching and research excellence.
We are truly dedicated people who care about our community. We come to work to make a difference. We save lives, changes lives and make the world a better place. We overcome the many challenges that come our way by going above and beyond and achieve the best possible outcomes by working together. We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring.
We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation and family responsibilities to apply.
We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace for our people and our community.
We are part of and proud of the community we serve. We are better together.
Join us at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.
About the Role
- Provide advice to business areas and staff in the development of responsive, inclusive policies, programs, services and management strategies to support implementation of Metro South Health's First Nations Health Equity Strategy - Priority 6 Strengthen the First Nations Workforce.
- Undertake high level liaison, consultation and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and organisations, to ensure the delivery of outcomes relevant to the implementation of the First Nations Health Equity Strategy and broader health service priorities.
- Drive the development of a progressive workplace culture that values diversity and inclusion, particularly in relation to the attraction, retention, and development of First Nations employees at all levels.
- Provide high level advice to Executive and Senior Management, staff and key stakeholders on First Nations workforce issues that may impact health service workforce planning, and delivery of services to meet strategic and operational direction and priorities.
- Participate as a member on a range of governance committees that are responsible for driving and supporting implementation of the MSH First Nations Health Equity Strategy.
- Manage the development and implementation of programs and initiatives to address First Nations workforce uplift including workforce planning and workforce capability and to influence and shape organisational culture to contribute to the development of a diverse workforce.

Our values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.
We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.
As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.