Executive Group Manager, People And Culture | Full-Time Executive

Classification: Executive Level 2.3
Position No: E858
Directorate: Canberra Health Services
Advertised (Gazettal date): 26 April 2024
Contact Officer: Dave Peffer on *********@act.gov.au or (02) 5124 4***

Details: Canberra Health Services (CHS) is seeking a suitably skilled Executive Group Manager (EGM) to fill the role in the short term, for a period of up to six months.

The EBM is responsible for providing strategic leadership, advice and operational implementation of human resource strategies relating to a diverse range of human resource and employee/industrial relations functions across CHS.

Leading a team of People and Culture professionals, this role acts as a key strategic partner to the Chief Executive and senior executive, in the delivery of strategically-aligned workforce solutions, with a focus on building organisational and change management capability, and providing workforce data to support strategic decision-making to enable CHS to deliver on its strategic agenda.

The EGM plays an influential role in representing CHS and engaging in the development of cross-Directorate policy, process, systems, and people management change agendas.

To be successful in this position, the successful candidate will have previous experience in human resource management ideally in a complex health system. The candidate should also demonstrate a track record of successfully leading and inspiring a senior management team and ensuring compliance with all applicable regulatory and legislative requirements for such a role.

Remuneration: The position attracts a remuneration package ranging from $336,019 - $349,479 depending on the current superannuation arrangements of the successful applicant. This includes a cash component of $299,120.

Contract: The successful applicant will be placed on a short-term contract for six months with the possibility of extension up to two years. Upon review, the successful applicant may be offered a long-term contract for up to five years. Prospective applicants should be aware that details of long-term engagements are tabled in the ACT Legislative Assembly.

How to Apply: Please provide a copy of your curriculum vitae and two pages outlining your skills and experience against the executive capabilities to *********@act.gov.au.

Applications should be submitted to the Contact Officer.

Canberra Health Services (CHS) is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region. More information can be found on the CHS website.

Our Vision: creating exceptional health care together
Our Role: to be a health service that is trusted by our community
Our Values: Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind

CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.

Canberra Hospital Expansion Project – CHS is constructing a new critical services building called ‘Building 5’ which is a 44,000sqm nine storey building specifically designed to deliver state-of-the-art acute clinical services at the Canberra Hospital. Building 5 is the largest healthcare infrastructure project undertaken in the Territory’s history and it represents the largest clinical and operational change program to ever be implemented by Canberra Health Services. Building 5 integrates with a number of existing buildings at the Campus including Building 1 and Building 2, to facilitate a seamless public thoroughfare, patient transportation and back-of-house logistics distribution.

North Canberra Hospital - As of 3 July 2023 Calvary Public Hospital Bruce transitioned to CHS and became North Canberra Hospital. The transition will deliver a health system networked under one provider and will provide increased workforce opportunities for staff at both CHS sites. The ACT Government will be building a new northside hospital on the existing hospital campus in Bruce to meet the growing health care needs of our community, with construction to commence mid-decade providing more beds, increased services, and increased career opportunities.

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