Administration Team Leader, Gatehouse

**Date**:21 Nov 2024

**Location**: 50 Flemington Rd, AU

**Company**:theroyalch

**The Hospital**:
The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.

RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.

RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.

The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards.

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.

For further Information on RCH is available here.

**About The Role**:
This is a Full-Time, Fixed-Term position at 80 hours per fortnight at Gatehouse Sexual Assault Service at The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH), Parkville.

You will be responsible for the operational and administration functions within Gatehouse to ensure the efficient and effective operation of the service. Working closely with the Gatehouse Manager and leadership team, you will oversee the day-to-day running of the service including financial and administrative duties; reporting; managing staff leave, credentialing, training and professional development requirements; scheduling appointments and room bookings; on and offboarding staff, and service policies and procedures including quality improvement. The Administration Team Leader reports directly to the Gatehouse Manager and is responsible for the line management of administration officers in the team.

**What You’ll Achieve**:

- Effective management and coordination of Gatehouse’s daily clinical operations including scheduling and templating, work queues, clinic room bookings and other administrative functions.
- Contribution to a culture of open and effective communication, teamwork and lifelong learning.
- Development and maintenance of positive relationships with a variety of internal and external stakeholders including clients and other staff at the RCH.

Classification for this position will be Managers and Administrators Grade 4 Year 1-5

(AO41-AO45)

**Your Skills and Experience**:

- Post-secondary qualification in a related field along and 2-3 years’ relevant industry experience (preferably in healthcare).
- Experience performing a similar, senior administrative role.

If this sounds like you, click **here** to view the position description.

**About the Department**:
Gatehouse is a department of the Royal Children’s Hospital and a Centre Against Sexual Assault (CASA) - a specialist sexual assault service.

Gatehouse provides therapeutic interventions and support for Children and young people aged 0-17 and their non-offending family member and carers living in the Brimbank Melton or Western Melbourne areas (Moonee Valley, Maribyrnong, Melbourne Hobsons Bay and Wyndham LGAs) or who are inpatients at the the RCH. Services are provided at the service’s community sites in Melton, Werribee and at the RCH.

**What We Offer**:

- Parkville location and close to public transport
- Salary Packaging - Increase your take home pay

**Other Requirements**:

- Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
- Valid Working with Children Check
- Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure

**Application Process**

To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.

**Why work at the RCH?**

RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.

We also offer discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be fully vaccinated against Covid-19, and Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requir