Portfolio Manager

**_Portfolio Manager - Tobacco & Vaping_**

**Employment Type**: Full Time Permanent
**Position Classification**: Health Manager Level 3
**Remuneration**: $127,150.00 - $144,444.00 per annum, plus superannuation and 17.5% leave loading
**Hours Per Week**: 38

**Location**: 1 Reserve Road, St Leonards, Sydney
**Requisition ID**: REQ596644
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Be part of an organisation that makes a difference in cancer control in NSW**:

- ** Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply**

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Where you’ll be working_**

The Cancer Institute NSW is the NSW Government’s cancer control agency, established to lessen the impact of cancer across the state.

Working at the Cancer Institute NSW means joining a team of committed and dedicated staff who are proud to be a part of the Institute’s purpose of overseeing and accelerating the effectiveness of cancer control in NSW.

The Cancer Institute is a collaborative working environment that encourages diversity and inclusion in how we work and the way we work together. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Greater consideration will be given to suitable applicants, in order to improve access to employment and career opportunities (GSE Rule 26).

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What you’ll be doing_**

Engage with the community and key stakeholders (including government and non-government organisations, Local Health Districts, peak bodies and advocacy groups) to develop, implement and evaluate tobacco and vaping control and cessation activities, with the aim of decreasing smoking and vaping prevalence in NSW.

The Portfolio Manager-Tobacco and Vaping works within the Cancer Screening and Prevention Division and is a senior member of the Prevention team. The role is responsible for the delivery of digital smoking and vaping cessation services and works in close partnership with the NSW Quitline service. This is a challenging and rewarding role, with broad strategic scope and a strong focus on partnerships across sectors.

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Remuneration/Benefits_**

In addition to base salary:

- 12% superannuation
- 4 weeks annual leave (plus 17.5% leave loading)
- 10 days sick leave
- 40 hours per week which include accrual of monthly Allocated Day Off (ADO) x 12 per year.

Access to:

- Generous Flexible Working practices
- Fitness Passport: a membership card for NSW government employees that gives you and your family unlimited access to 400+ gyms and other facilities at one low price.
- Novated car leasing arrangement
- Salary sacrificing to superannuation.

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- Your resume (maximum five pages)
- A covering letter addressing the Essential Requirements, as outlined in the Role Description
- A response to the Pre-screening questions, as outlined below.

**_ Essential requirements_**
- Tertiary qualification or relevant experience in population health, health policy, health promotion and/or social marketing.
- Experience leading partnered initiatives within a health context.
- Demonstrated experience managing a portfolio of projects to meet objectives and timelines.

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Pre-screening questions_**
- Please share your experience managing a portfolio of initiatives in a health context designed to achieve a broader goal - what was your contribution in planning and designing the approach, and how did you measure success?
- Please describe a program or project you have had a leadership role in that involved significant stakeholder engagement - what were the most important elements of your approach?

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Interested?_**

For more information:

- Click here for the Role Description

**Applications Close: Thursday, 21**st** August 2025 at 11:59PM**

The CORE+4 Values define what is important to the Cancer Institute NSW and our employees.
Our values are: Collaboration, Openness, Respect, Empowerment, Strategic, Supportive, Innovative and Flexible.

The Cancer Institute NSW is unable to offer salary packaging. Salaries will be negotiated commensurate to experience and qualifications of the role.

To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.

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