Project Officer, Primary Care

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Detail information about job Project Officer, Primary Care. Terms and conditions vacancy

Employment Type:  Fixed Term Contract - Full Time (Maternity Leave up to 12 months)
Position Classification:  Health Manager Level 2
Remuneration:  $93,099 - $110,422
Hours Per Week:  38
Requisition ID:  REQ55459

• Are you interested in using your Project Officer skills for the greater good?
• Do you want to work for an organisation where you can make a difference to cancer control in NSW?
  
• Do you want have experience in the primary care sector in promoting quality improvement?

Where you'll be working
The Cancer Institute NSW (the Institute) is Australia’s first state wide cancer control agency, established in 2003 to lessen the impact of cancer across the state.

Working at the Cancer Institute NSW means joining a team of committed and dedicated staff who are proud to be a part of the Institute’s purpose of overseeing and accelerating the effectiveness of cancer control in NSW.

The Cancer Institute NSW provides a collaborative working environment that encourages diversity and inclusion in how we work together.  Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply.  Greater consideration will be given to suitable applicants, in order to improve access to employment and career opportunities.

What you'll be doing
The Primary care Project Officer is responsible for working with key stakeholders to support the implementation of the NSW Primary Care Strategy for the bowel, breast and cervical screening programs for the Institute.  You will be required to develop and maintain internal and external stakeholder relationships, facilitate collaboration between primary health networks through a range of activities including online electronic forums, co-ordination of events and meetings.

You will be responsible for liaising with divisional teams with regard to work undertaken that involves or impacts on the primary care sector to ensure an organisational view is accounted for in programs of work, whilst working with the Primary Care Portfolio Manager to manage short term internal projects including grants projects.

Your work will contribute to the achievement of strategic and organisational objectives of the Primary care portfolio within the Screening and Prevention Division.

Essential to the role will be your strong stakeholder and engagement skills, and your ability to effectively communicate with a diverse range of stakeholders and their primary care needs to support the development of a strategy that is fit for purpose.  As will be or ability to co-ordinate, organise and collaborate with multiple parties.

You will have demonstrated project management experience, and the ability to develop, implement and manage project plans and strategies, whilst ensuring project milestones, reporting, budget and all other requirements are met.

This is an exciting opportunity to make a difference in Cancer Care within the Primary Care Networks to support the NSW Cancer Plan.

For your application to be considered
Please respond to the pre-screening questions below and address the essential requirements of the role as outlined in the role description (see link below).

In addition please include a covering letter and attach your CV outlining your relevant skills and experience in support of your application.

1. Please provide an example of how you have managed a workload balancing project management needs along with high priority short term demands with business as usual responsibilities?

2. Please outline a situation where you were required to develop and maintain stakeholder relationships, including conflicting stakeholder views within a committee or working group, what the situation was and how you managed this to achieve positive outcomes?
   

This role will require the successful candidate to travel to NSW Primary Health Networks for consultation and training.

Need more information?

  1) Click here for the Position Description
  2) Find out more about applying for this position

For more information about the Cancer Institute NSW please visit www.cancerinstitute.org.au

For role related queries or questions contact Clare Gardiner at [email protected]

Applications Close:  Sunday, 29 July at 11.59 pm

The Ministry of Health will be relocating the Cancer Institute to St Leonards in mid 2020.
The Cancer Institute NSW is unable to offer salary packaging and salaries will be negotiated in line with experience and the suitability of the role.

The Cancer Institute NSW welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds and people with disabilities.   Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health.  For more information please visit www.steppingup,health.nsw.gov.au.

Please indicate if you have any accessibility requirements in your application or speak with the contact person should you be called for an interview.  We provide reasonable adjustment for people with a disability during the recruitment process and during their employment.