AddressPosition Classification: Health Manager Level 4
Remuneration: $137,173 - $163,431 per annum plus superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ486644
Location: Newcastle or Sydney
Application close: 19 May 2024 - 11:59pm
About the opportunity
Want to work in and contribute to the NSW Public Health System? This is a great opportunity to leverage your best-in-class procurement and contract management practices in a complex, statewide organisation. NSW Health Pathology is an integral part of the NSW Health and Justice system, with its corporate head office based in Newcastle. We have a great team culture and offer flexible working arrangements and other benefits such as salary packaging and accrued days off.
Elevate Your Career! Lead our Contract Management team to success, whilst ensuring seamless supplier partnerships and maximum value creation throughout every contract lifecycle!
What we can offer you
- Accrued Days Off in addition to Annual Leave
- Generous salary packaging options and other fringe benefits
- Corporate wellbeing programs, including the Fitness Passport
- Learning and development opportunities, including in-house training with RTO My Health Learning
What you'll be doing
The Contract Manager will lead the Contract Management Team and associated contract function, ensuring suppliers meet their contractual commitments and obligations throughout the entire contract lifecycle: implementation, administration, benefits realisation, risk management, contract variations and issue resolution.
Interested in joining Australia’s largest public pathology service? Apply now by addressing the following questions:
- Relevant tertiary qualification in a related field of business, commerce, legal and/or minimum three years’ equivalent working experience in a senior contract management role operating within a similar environment, with multiple stakeholders, competing priorities and a wide geographical coverage.
- Detailed knowledge and understanding of the NSW Procurement Policy and NSW Health Pathology strategic direction is preferred.
- Broad knowledge of and experience in contemporary and best in class procurement and contract management practices, including sourcing, category management and contract management. Demonstrated experience in developing and promoting strategies to deliver sustained value, including cost reduction, cost avoidance and risk management.
- High level interpersonal skills including effective communication, collaboration and engagement, negotiation, and influencing skills with all levels of government, staff, management, customers, suppliers and stakeholders; with demonstrated capability to build, maintain and use relationships to successfully achieve business outcomes.
- Experience in contract management policies and procedures and embedding best practice principles aligned to a public sector context. Proven experience in the successful management of multiple contracts and suppliers delivering positive contractual outcomes.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement capabilities with demonstrated experience and ability to coach, influence, and work with stakeholders to achieve effective procurement outcomes and continuous improvement.
- Proven engagement, collaboration, and negotiation skills with a demonstrated ability to build, maintain and use relationships with customers, staff, and stakeholders.
- Strong analytical skills with demonstrated advanced skills in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel).
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For role related queries or questions contact Julie Hill on ***********@health.nsw.gov.au
Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination Against Specified Infectious Diseases
All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). Additionally, Category A workers are required to receive a booster dose three months after completing the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations. New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an approved medical contraindication certificate (IM011 immunisation medical exemption form) certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW.
Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.
Working Rights
This position is a permanent position. To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency. Please note: A person who is not an Australian citizen or a permanent resident is only eligible for temporary employment for a period not longer than the duration of their current visa.
New to NSW Health Pathology?
The preferred candidate may be required to undergo a functional assessment prior to appointment.
Talent Pool
If the selection panel identifies more than one suitable candidate for the role, an eligibility list will be created for future permanent full time / part time, temporary and casual vacancies.
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
NSW Health Pathology is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive workplace. We seek to recruit from diverse applicants and create teams with skills, perspectives and experiences that complement each other at work. We welcome suitably qualified applicants regardless of age, ethnicity, socio-cultural background, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity.
