Business Manager

**Job no**: 848854
**Work type**: Full time
**Location**: Adelaide Metro Northern, Adelaide CBD
**Categories**: Administration and Clerical, Corporate Services
- **Women's and Children's Health Network, Finance Directorate, North Adelaide**:

- **Salary - Classification - ASO6 - Administrative Services Officer L6 - $97,022 to $102,626**:

- **Employment Full time - Ongoing Permanent**
- On top of this, as an employee of Women’s and Children’s Health Network, you will have access to Salary Sacrifice benefits with _MAXXIA_ which allows for generous salary sacrifice arrangements each FBT year as a special benefit for employees of the local Health Networks. A Meal Entertainment allowance per FBT year can also be salary sacrificed out of your pre-tax income to cover costs over and above the Everyday living expenses benefit._

**Overview**

The **Women’s & Children’s Health Network** provides state of the art health care for women, babies, children and young people across South Australia. We are the state’s leading provider of specialist care for children with acute and chronic conditions as well as being SA’s largest maternity and obstetric service.

Our community-based services also reach hundreds of thousands of babies, children and young people, their families and communities across South Australia through our various services and programs in areas such as our Mental Health, Child & Family Health services, Youth Health and Aboriginal Health services.

Join our team and contribute to providing South Australia’s women, babies, children and young people with the best health care through both within our hospital or via our many and varied community services and programs.

**The Opportunity**

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a **Business Manager **to join the team on a full time, ongoing **capacity.**

The Business Manager is accountable to the Financial Director, and will work within various divisions within the Network to provide expert business advice, analysis, and support to enable the achievement of the patient care and business objectives. The incumbent will be responsible for developing and assist in the implementation of strategic business plans, and for the monitoring of the Division’s budget and activity as well as overseeing human resource functions, in particular medical, technical and scientific, relevant to the Division.

The Business Manager is integral in the effective operation and viability of the Division and will be required to engage in:

- Contributing to Divisional management and service planning.
- Monitoring and analysing Divisions performance, specifically in relation to finance, FTE and activity data.
- Providing a business planning and management service.
- Assisting in the provision of a human resource function for the Division.
- Developing and recommending a strategic planning framework for the Division.
- Identifying business opportunities.
- Coordinating and managing staff as delegated.
- Implementing, managing and monitoring Divisional financial compliance with State Government and Health Sector strategic directions, policies and procedures.
- Benchmarking the Divisions performance internally and externally.

**About You**

To be successful in this role you will use your highly developed analytical skills and a demonstrated ability to develop sound management reports. You should have the demonstrated capacity to function in an environment of dynamic change and financial constraint and have highly developed interpersonal, communication and conflict resolution skills.

If you have experience in the effective development, implementation and management of forecasts in a large complex organisation within a framework of critical corporate objectives and in consideration of operational, political, financial and strategic issues. then this job is for you.

To find out the specifics, including the **key selection criteria** and **special conditions**, please go to the attached role description.

**Benefits of Joining us**

Not only will you be able to use your skills and abilities in a both a challenging and rewarding role contributing to some of South Australia's most vulnerable women, babies, children and young people, you will also receive and attractive annual salary package with employer superannuation contributions and leave loading as well as the opportunity to maximise your salary through salary sacrifice arrangements.

**Application Instructions**

**Other Important Information**

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time.

Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

**Check(s)**
- DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC)
- National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. work involving vulnerable clients)

**Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category B**

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