Strategic Projects Specialist

Transform lives, every single day

Do you want a career that means more? At Anglicare Sydney, we bring the strength, the support and the strategy to make it happen.

As a Strategic Projects Specialist - Seniors Communities, you'll be key to our mission to enrich lives and strengthen communities. Be welcomed into a compassionate, respectful and purpose-driven community where we don't just talk about values - we live them.

Your opportunity

You will be driving the successful development, coordination, and implementation of new models of care across Seniors Communities, including dementia care, palliative care, and care hub service delivery. This role blends strategic thinking with hands-on project delivery, ensuring innovative models are not only well designed but successfully translated into practice. This is a 12-month fixed term contract opportunity.

Working across retirement living, home care, and care hubs, the role supports integrated, person-centered care by balancing people, process, and system change. The successful candidate will bring clarity, momentum, and collaboration to a complex and evolving portfolio.

With integrity and resilience, you will:

Project Setup and Coordination

• Lead and stand up and structure new care innovation projects, including defining scope, timelines, and resource needs.
• Develop and maintain project documentation (plans, risk registers, status reports).

Strategic Delivery Support

• Work closely with Innovation and Strategy Lead to ensure projects align with strategic goals.
• Translate high-level concepts into actionable project plans and deliverables.

Stakeholder Engagement and Communication

• Coordinate input from clinical, operational, and corporate stakeholders.

• Facilitate workshops, meetings, and co-design sessions.

Implementation Readiness

• Support the development of tools, frameworks, and training materials to enable implementation.

• Monitor progress and flag issues or barriers to delivery.

What you'll bring

You're a strategic thinker with strong project coordination and delivery skills across multiple initiatives. You will bring strategic thinking and system-level insight to anticipate risks, shape direction, and guide execution effectively.

You'll excel at translating strategy into structured plans and actionable steps, ensuring alignment with broader organizational goals and able to engage stakeholders and foster cross-functional collaboration enables seamless execution, even in complex environments. Comfortable working in ambiguity and thrive in bringing clarity and structure to multifaceted challenges.

You will also need:

• Experience coordinating or managing projects in aged care, health, or human services.
• Familiarity with project management tools and methodologies
• Strong organizational and documentation skills.
• Ability to work across multiple projects and priorities

Desirable

• Exposure to aged care reform, dementia care, or palliative care.
• Experience in service design, change management, or workforce transformation.
• Background in consultancy, strategy, not-for-profit or values-based organisations.

Why Anglicare?

We provide meaningful opportunities and choice, both for the individuals and communities we support and the dedicated people here who make it happen.

At Anglicare, you'll get the security, stability and opportunities that come with a strong, well-established organisation that's ready for the future. You'll belong to a community of kind, humble and respectful people of all faiths and backgrounds. You will also be supported to gain new knowledge, deepen your experience and expertise, and shape a rewarding career.

On top of that, here are just some of the tangible benefits you will enjoy in a career with us:

• Flexible work options to get the most out of work and life
• Pay less tax on your income and increase your take home pay. With salary packaging, up to $15,900 of your income is tax free.
• Spend up to $2,650 on accommodation, meals and entertainment also tax free with salary packaging.
• Ongoing professional development and leadership training to advance your career
• Exclusive discounts to over 400 retailers
• Employee Assistance Program and Fitness Passport with discounts to over 800 gyms for you and your family

Are you ready for a career that means more?

To apply for this role, please click the 'Apply' button. All applicants will receive a response.

Anglicare is as wonderfully diverse as the customers and communities we support. While we are guided by our Christian-based values, our team includes people of all faiths and backgrounds who share our commitment to serving others, and we value the diverse perspectives they bring. We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.

Application Close Date: September 16, 2025