Contracts and Capacity Building Coordinator

**Introduction**:
About Us
Adelaide Primary Health Network (Adelaide PHN) is an independent, not for profit, primary health care organisation based in Adelaide.
We aim to improve the health and wellbeing of the Adelaide community by coordinating and integrating health and community services and by working in partnership to identify local needs and create strategies in response to keeping people well and out of hospital; improving their experience AND their health outcomes - to deliver on our vision of A Healthier Adelaide by 2030.
Why you should come work with us
Adelaide PHN offers a great range of benefits to our employees, including:

- Competitive remuneration and work-life balance.
- Access to generous not for profit Salary Sacrifice taxation benefits including up to $15,900 for living expenses and $2,650 for meal and entertainment.
- Work from home opportunities.
- Additional paid leave between Christmas and New Year, in addition to annual leave entitlements.
- Generous allowance toward professional development.
- Family friendly and flexible working arrangements.
- Collaboration with passionate likeminded professionals.
- Free Employment Assistance Program.

**Description**:
The Contact and Capacity Building Coordinator
- Primary Care will work as part of a dynamic team assisting general practices, primary care stakeholders, including residential aged care homes (RACHs) across the Adelaide PHN region. Key components of the role are to:

- work with primary healthcare providers across the Adelaide PHN metropolitan region to build and sustain capability and capacity across the primary care sector;
- focus on supporting general practice to build capabilities and capacity in care delivery for older persons, and to develop partnerships with residential aged care homes and the aged sector more broadly;
- focus on supporting clinical and non-clinical service providers to build and sustain capabilities across the primary care sector;
- establish and maintain effective partnerships with primary healthcare providers;
- support place-based initiatives and activities with a range of stakeholders;
- management of contracts with commissioned service providers;
- facilitate connections and integration between commissioned service providers to influence best practice service delivery;
- foster a quality improvement approach to evaluation, assessment, monitoring and redesign; and

participate in broader systems level partnerships and integration.
This is a rewarding role requiring a person who is passionate about customer service; has a track record of successful project delivery; enjoys learning and wants to work with like-minded people who contribute to improved health care in the community. If this sounds like your ideal role, then we would like to hear from you.
This is a full-time, fixed term contract.
For more information, you can view the position description here (SEEK, Indeed and LinkedIn applicants please go to our website).
**Skills and Experiences**:
The knowledge, skills, experience and qualifications you will need for this role are:

- tertiary qualifications in health or human services or management (or other relevant discipline); or at a minimum, extensive experience within a health organisation.
- significant demonstrated experience in building beneficial partnerships and professional relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including health care providers/peak bodies, community services, government departments employers and the general public.
- significant demonstrated experience working in the aged care sector,
- demonstrated understanding of, or ability to acquire knowledge of aged care reforms.
- demonstrated experience in using standard project management techniques and knowledge, or the ability to acquire knowledge of basic scoping methodologies.
- demonstrated ability to work within a team, and in cross-portfolio teams and groups.
- demonstrated ability to prepare reports including recommendations.
- ability to manage a range of contracts and maintain responsibility for coordinating all aspects of the contract and associated deliverables.
- demonstrated ability in monitoring performance and supporting the achievement of KPIs.
- exceptional communication skills both written and verbal, and
- understanding of, and ability to practice in a manner consistent with, the principles of Primary Health Care and knowledge of the Australian primary health care sector.

How to Apply
Applications will ONLY be considered when received through our careers portal.
Applications close 12 noon 18 October 2024. However, shortlisting for this position may commence earlier.
At Adelaide PHN we believe that our people’s differences are what make us great. We value diversity in culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability status, neurodiversity or any other aspect which makes our people unique. We are on our journey to continuously work to call out inequal