Strategy & Advocacy Manager

3 days ago

Coburg, Australia Banyule Community Health Full time

Join Our Growing Team at Holstep Health

Merri Health is now Holstep Health - a new chapter in delivering high-quality healthcare to our communities.

**Employment Type**: Full-time - Permanent
**Location**: West Heidelberg
**Team**: Strategy and Advocacy

**Your New Role**:
As the **Manager - Strategy & Advocacy**, you will lead strategic initiatives, advocacy, business development, and research, evaluation and impact across Holstep Health. Working closely with leadership, teams and external stakeholders, you will drive inclusive, forward-thinking strategies to support the implementation of Holstep Health's new strategic plan, following the recent merger.

You will play a key role in defining success measures, strengthening our business development function, and identifying opportunities for impact and growth in alignment with the Board's first Strategic Plan launch in July 2025.

**You Will Be Responsible For**:

- Leading strategic initiatives and business development to drive growth and impact
- Developing and managing advocacy, policy engagement and innovation aligned with our strategy
- Building and maintaining strong stakeholder relationships
- Overseeing research, evaluation, and impact frameworks to ensure quality and measurable outcomes
- Providing people leadership across recruitment, performance, development and team culture
- Championing OHS and continuous improvement
- Supporting risk management and quality accreditation processes

**What You'll Need to Succeed**:

- Demonstrated experience in strategy leadership, including advocacy, evaluation and business development
- Ability to work collaboratively with senior leaders through shared decision-making and open communication
- Existing connections with key stakeholders (e.g. hospitals, community sector, government)
- Experience in the health, not-for-profit or government sectors with understanding of sector reform
- Proven impact through strategic approaches to reform, change, co-design and community engagement
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, and ability to liaise with senior staff
- Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills
- Forward-thinking, proactive leadership, with experience leading through change

**How to Apply**:
**Applications Close**: 10/06/2025

**Additional Information**:
Applications Close: 10 Jun 2025

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