Associate Director Strategic Partnerships

**Partnering with health agencies and industry to deliver patient-centred care.**

Be part of realising the vision of a digitally enabled and integrated health system delivering patient-centred health experiences and quality health outcomes.

**Employment Type**:Temporary Full Time (Up to 2 years)

**Position Classification**:Health Manager Leve; 6

**Remuneration**:$168,663 up to $184,492 per annum (excluding 10.5% superannuation)

**Hours Per Week**:40

**Location**:St Leonards

**Requisition ID**:REQ334000

**About Us**

eHealth NSW enables patient-centred care in NSW by providing technology services which connect people, data and systems. We partner with health agencies and the technology sector to provide a digitally enabled and integrated health system for patients, clinicians and the NSW community. Focus areas for eHealth NSW include core clinical systems, infrastructure, security, workforce and business management systems, data and analytics as well as digital innovation.

If you would like to learn more about eHealth NSW, please visit our website.

**About the role**

We are looking for an experienced executive to lead the engagement and collaboration oversight with our key strategic partners, including cross government agencies and strategic ICT vendors.

Reporting into the Executive Director, Investment, Strategy and Architecture, you will develop approaches to engagement, collaboration, and innovation that create improved value for NSW Health and outcomes delivered via strategic partnerships

A key aspect of the role will be to advise Senior Executives on engagement status, strategies and emerging issues to support strategic decision making and as well as manage the response to major issues. The broader aspects include the development, implementation and evaluation of strategic, tactical and operational stakeholder engagement plans, programs, projects and initiatives to align with eHealth's vision, goals and direction.

We understand flexible work is a priority for most people and have the systems and policies in place to support it. This may include a mix of working from home and our hub offices.

**Why should you apply?**

People join eHealth for a range of reasons connected to our purpose and how we deliver services including:
- We are a growing organisation that works towards bettering the lives of patients in NSW- We are one of the
- **largest technology services organisations** in the southern hemisphere and we partner with the key players in the technology sector to support one of top 10 largest health systems globally- We put
- **people **first and strive for a positive and constructive workplace
- **culture **to improve outcomes from healthcare services. Our values of collaboration, openness, respect and empowerment (CORE) provide our roadmap for how we deliver our work- We provide a range of
- **development **programs which we proactively encourage our people to engage in so that they can gain knowledge and learn skills- We understand
- ** flexible work **is a priority for most people and have the systems and policies in place to support it- We understand the importance of
- **wellbeing **both on and off the job so we offer a range of benefits to support it including an additional day off each month, an employee assistance program, free flu vaccination, discounted fitness and health insurance rates
- NSW Health employees have access to **financial **benefits through salary packaging which is uncommon with most employers

**About You**

If you an experienced executive with the following skills and experience, then we encourage you to apply:
- Advised Senior Executives on client engagement status, strategies and emerging issues to support strategic decision making and manage the response to major issues.- Led the development, implementation and evaluation of strategic, tactical and operational stakeholder engagement plans, programs, projects and initiatives to align with an organisation's vision, goals and direction.- Planned and led the implementation of integrated stakeholder engagement programs and initiatives to improve and enhance the perceptions and experiences of clients and communities- Led specific stakeholder outreach initiatives, dialogue and other forms of engagement to understand key concerns and issues and inform review and enhancement of services and service delivery.
- Developed and maintained strong internal and external relationships to collaborate, consult, exchange information and build consensus with key industry groups, community, other levels of government and other stakeholders to inform strategic and operational decisions related to programs and services.

**We are diverse and inclusive**

For more information, visit our Aboriginal Workforce Page or contact our Access and Inclusion team.

**How to apply**- Provide insight into your experience engaging and managing partnership stakeholders - ideally in a cross-government or healthcare context.- Provide insight