Health Service Business Partner

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time / 12 Months

Organisation: Department of Health

**Salary**: $106,534 - $128,897

Occupation: Finance

Reference: VG/DH/HFFI/1787820

The Department of Health plays a critical role in the Victorian health system and is responsible for shaping it to meet the health needs of all Victorians. We’re focused on supporting Victorians to be as healthy as they can; whether through alerting them to seasonal risks like thunderstorm asthma, notifying them of contact with communicable diseases, safeguarding their drinking water, developing the best health, wellbeing and care facilities in the world, being at the forefront of mental health and wellbeing treatment or accelerating medical research. It’s all part of the way we partner with the community to help every individual lead a healthy life.

**About the role**:
The Finance Business Partner - Health Services role responsible for understanding the department's strategic financial investment in Victoria's health system, health service financial sustainability and being the interface between the Department of Health, Health Services and the Department of Treasury.

Against the context of increased financial sustainability challenges for Victoria's health services, this position is part of a specialist branch that coordinates the allocation of financial resources across Victoria's health system and actively monitors sector budget expenditure. The Business Partner role is responsible for analysing funding adequacy for investment decisions and understanding the key drivers across the Business Partners allocated portfolio of Health Services. This role will contribute to the development of advice on overall public health services financial sustainability to inform Health Funding, Finance, and Investment and Hospitals and Health Services Divisions.

The role reports directly to the Manager - Financial Performance and Oversight, Budget Strategy and Financial Sustainability and supports the performance leads for public health services and hospitals, community health programs and public aged care services. The role will require close working relationships with senior stakeholders across the department and Victorian health sector.

**About us**:
At the Victorian Department of Health we want a future where Victorians are the healthiest people in the world. A Victoria where our children and people thrive, our workplaces are productive and safe, and our communities are more connected.

We see it as our job to support Victorians to stay healthy and safe. And to deliver a world-class healthcare system that ensures every single Victorian can access safe, quality care that leads to better health outcomes for all.

**How you'll make a difference**:
**Are you**
- Able to lead, sustain and influence key relationships internally and externally?
- Able to lead, sustain and influence key relationships internally and externally?
- Recognised for your expertise in understanding complex environments and for your deep understanding of the Victorian health system?

**Suitable applicants will be able to demonstrate**:
**Knowledge and skills**:

- **Financial / Commercial Acumen**: Demonstrated experience in the provision of financial support within complex organisations and ability to provision financial analysis and benchmarking that influences operational performance and outcomes.
- **Analytical**: Proven capacity to analyse data, prepare recommendations and communicate clearly with stakeholders at all levels.
- **Communication**: Proven ability to relay complex situations, scenarios and financial concepts to non -financial stakeholders; ability to effectively communicate and understand key processes and messages.
- **Stakeholder management**: identifies and manages a range of complex and often competing needs; identifies issues in common for one or more stakeholders and uses them to build mutually beneficial partnerships; and finds innovative solutions to resolve stakeholder issues
- **Political Acumen**: Politically astute with a sophisticated understanding of government decision making processes and public policy outcomes and high level influencing and persuasion skills. Displays good knowledge of government/organisational structures, functions, objectives and protocols; demonstrates an understanding of issues, expectations and pressures that impact on government and the department.
- **Leading change and improvement**: makes changes to own practice and prioritises and encourages and supports others to make changes, as required by business needs and priorities.

**Personal qualities**
- **Relationship building**: establishes and maintains relationships with people at all levels; promotes harmony and consensus through diplomatic handling of disagreements; forges useful partnerships with people across business areas, functions and organisations; builds trust through consistent actions, values and communication; and minimises surprises.
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