AddressThe Role
The focus of the Joint Health Command (JHC) Program Management Office (PMO) is to support the delivery of outcomes and benefits from projects, initiatives and activities (the Program) that contribute to ADF Health Strategy realisation. The JHC PMO provides decision support to Defence executive staff on how health projects, initiatives and activities within JHC (or elsewhere as required) are being executed and governed relative to and in line with the ADF Health Strategy.
As the Benefits Realisation Officer, you will be responsible for the coordinated organisation, direction and oversight of a number of projects and transformation activities undertaken across JHC and Defence more broadly. The Benefits Realisation Officer main function is to act as a Benefits specialist within an emerging 'Centre of Benefits excellence' for benefits management practices to support the JHC wide capability uplift. This will be achieved through Benefits identification, planning, monitoring and reporting as well as support, engagement and motivation of project leads from across JHC and Defence.
About our Team
The Health Strategy Office (HSO) is responsible for the implementation of the ADF Health Strategy and support to the Joint Health Command Executive and the ADF Health Select Committee to prioritise, balance, monitor and report on health initiative investment. The HSO Program Management Office (PMO) supports and enables Defence to align its health outcomes to the ADF Health Strategy. It seeks to alleviate challenges and manage risk through oversight and program governance controls.
This includes the development of tools and frameworks to support PMO initiatives, provision of advice to the JHC Executive staff, project and activity owners, stakeholder engagement and program governance oversight.
It supports a diverse range projects, initiatives and activities including: clinical service redesign, education, research, technology and innovation and systems restructure.
PMO is responsible for ensuring projects, initiatives and activities are aligned to key outcomes and priorities of the ADF Health Strategy. This is achieved through increased visibility and consistency in reporting project and initiative key information (at a program level) and providing resource and program management capability and implementing key project management functions.
Our Ideal Candidate
Our ideal candidate will possess the following personal attributes, skills and experience:
- Demonstrated experience in the application of Benefits Management practices.
- Strong project management skills and ability to work independently.
- Ability to undertake research, conduct data analysis and communicate insights to support Benefits Realisation.
- Experience in providing analytics advice, designing and developing analytics activities, and educating stakeholders on the utility of and ways in which to best make use of insights (strong Excel, SharePoint and PowerBI skills).
- Strong stakeholder engagement, communication and influencing skills, as you will be assisting with the capability uplift across Joint Health Command and working directly with Project Leads and Project Sponsors at various levels.
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills.
