Principal Project Officer

The Role
An opportunity has become available for a Principal Project Officer - Infrastructure Planning (Identified) to join Gold Coast Health (GCH) where the focus of our 12 000-strong team is on providing world-class health care to people living in the Gold Coast, and northern New South Wales region of Australia.
You will
- Provide authoritative and timely advice on First Nations considerations, including strategies to ensure the successful design and delivery of health infrastructure
- Develop complex project business cases, project plans, progress reports and closure reports to ensure all stakeholders are fully briefed on project objectives, milestones and impacts, tasks and progress
- Formulate innovative approaches and strategies to support improving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing outcomes
- Lead complex project planning and the delivery of initiatives to achieve effective, efficient and sustainable outcomes for our consumers

About you

**To be successful in this position you will require**:

- Evidence of vaccination and remain vaccinated against - COVID 19
- Identified Indigenous Information under s25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991, there is a genuine occupational requirement for the incumbent to be Indigenous to the Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander Community
- Declaration of serious discipline history must be completed

**Benefits**:

- Flexible work options
- Career Development
- Salary Packaging
- Modern Facilities
- Diverse Work Culture
- Research Opportunities
- Up to 12.75% super
- 17.5% leave loading

Salary
- Temporary part time (up to six months with the possibility of extension, 60.8 hrs p.f.)
- Base salary ranging from $61.58 - $66.09 per hour

About Us
The Strategy, Transformation and Major Capital division has been established to define, design, enhance delivery and sustainability of our most significant service improvement, digital and transformation opportunities.
Our high-level responsibilities for the division are for corporate strategy and planning and oversight and management of strategic partnerships, service improvement, digital transformation, digital operations, digital assets, digital partnerships, portfolio/program/project management including major capital/infrastructure programs, clinical coding, service disruption, service redesign.
Infrastructure Planning, Delivery and Commissioning supports service delivery across a range of Gold Coast Hospital and Health services through:

- Facilitating strategic partnerships to support sufficient HHS infrastructure and service capacity
- Identifying opportunities, develop business cases and manage implementation of infrastructure planning and delivery to support alternate models of services delivery based on creating best value for money, and
- Facilitating planning, development and management of implementation of major capital / infrastructure programs and projects

About Gold Coast Health
- Nationally and internationally recognised location for innovative medical research and health care
- Annual operating budget exceeding $1.5 billion
- More than 1100 beds across three hospitals - Gold Coast University Hospital, Robina Hospital, Varsity Lakes Hospital and Robina and Southport Health Precincts
- Secondary and tertiary health services across more than 20 facilities
- Opportunity to combine professional advancement, job satisfaction and relaxation into one fulfilling lifestyle
- A workplace culture that encourages people to bring their whole selves to work so that they can perform at their best
- Committed to reflecting the diversity of the Gold Coast community and ensuring each staff member is included and feels like they belong

How to Apply

**Job Ad reference**: GC489055