Workforce Planning Lead

4 days ago

Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service Full time $90,000 - $120,000 per year

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for people and planning? Join us as the Workforce Planning Lead and play a pivotal role in delivering the new Toowoomba Hospital project—one of Queensland's most significant health infrastructure initiatives. You'll provide strategic leadership and expert workforce planning advice to our Executive and senior stakeholders, driving innovative solutions that will impact thousands of lives. If you're passionate about making a difference, thrive on collaboration, and want to see your work translate into real-world outcomes, we want to hear from you.

What Your Day Will Look Like….
You'll be at the heart of strategic conversations, partnering with executives and senior managers to guide workforce plans that support both current operations and the exciting future of the new Toowoomba Hospital. You'll lead the development of frameworks and resources that empower managers, provide expert advice on complex workforce matters, and champion a culture of innovation and continuous improvement. Your day will be filled with meaningful conversations, data-driven analysis, and opportunities to influence positive change across the organisation. You'll also have the chance to build strong relationships, mentor others, and see the direct impact of your work on the health and wellbeing of our community.

Let's talk about you
Our ideal candidate will be someone who can inspire the following:

  • Compassion – you will engage with others and demonstrate empathy, care, kindness, support and understanding.
  • Integrity – you are open, honest, approachable, equitable and consistent in everything we do.
  • Dignity – you treat others with respect, display reasonableness and take pride in what you do.
  • Innovation – you embrace change and strive to know more, learn more and do better.
  • Courage – you respectfully question for clarity and have the strength and confidence to Speak Up.

Why Us?
Darling Downs Health's (DDH) region is a large geographic area covering approximately 90,000 square kilometres across Southeast Queensland. We are one of the largest employers in the region, with a diverse team of more than 6,000 staff. We deliver frontline health services across our 30 facilities and care for nearly 300,000 people, support the birth of almost 3,000 babies and perform more than 15,000 breastscreens.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas throughout our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work culture that values and respects diversity in the workplace. We also believe that all our employees should be treated fairly, with dignity and with respect. DDH is committed to providing a safe, secure, supportive, and inclusive workplace.

Benefits

  • Competitive wages, salary packaging and leave entitlements
  • A diverse work culture
  • Career development
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Education opportunities, Study and Research
  • Paid parental leave
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Discounted Private Health Insurance
  • Fitness Passport
  • Work-Life Balance, Variety and Flexibility
  • Generous Salary Sacrificing

Next step….
Applicants are to apply online and supply the requested documentation.

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