Health Service Business Partner

Victorian Department of Health

To support and enhance the wellbeing of all Victorians.

The Victorian Department of Health develops and delivers policies, programs and services that support and enhance the health and wellbeing of all Victorians.

The department offers diverse and meaningful career opportunities for professionals who want to help people build better lives and achieve their full potential.

Position Details About the role: 

• The Health Service Business Partner (Hospitals and Health Services) role is responsible for understanding the department's strategic financial investment in Victoria's health system, Health Service financial sustainability and being the interface between the Department of Health, Health Services and the Department of Treasury.
• Against the context of increased financial sustainability challenges for Victoria's Health Services, this position is part of a specialist branch that coordinates the allocation of financial resources across Victoria's health system and actively monitors sector budget expenditure.
• The Business Partner role is responsible for analysing funding adequacy for investment decisions and understanding the key drivers across the allocated portfolio of Health Services.

About us:  At the Victorian Department of Health we want a future where Victorians are the healthiest people in the world. A Victoria where our children and people thrive, our workplaces are productive and safe, and our communities are more connected.  We see it as our job to support Victorians to stay healthy and safe. And to deliver a world-class healthcare system that ensures every single Victorian can access safe, quality care that leads to better health outcomes for all. 

How you'll make a difference:

• Drive optimal financial decision-making through the provision of timely, accurate and useful information to management.
• Monitor the impact of operational activities on financial performance and understand the key drivers with a focus on emerging trends and risks.
• Deliver regular forecasting based on trend analysis providing an independent portfolio view.
• Provide financial insight and advice to Executive to optimise financial performance.
• Build quality relationships with key senior stakeholders at Health Services as the key Departmental contact.
• Actively model the department's vision and values arising from demonstrating collaborative relationships, appropriate and effective governance, responsive leadership, community focus, developing our workforce, and accountability and effectiveness.
• Provide timely and authoritative advice and develop open and effective communication strategies including collection of highly complex, contentious or sensitive information on matters of staff or business.

To learn more please click ‘Apply' to view the Position Description on the Careers.vic website.  What we offer: 

• The opportunity to perform meaningful work, making direct contributions toward enabling Victorians to be the healthiest people in the world.
• A wide range of growth and development opportunities within the department and wider Victorian Public Service & Sector.
• A strong commitment to work-life balance, including a diverse array of flexible working arrangements.

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  Organizational Culture Development

  Understand and develop a strong and cohesive organizational culture

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  Internal Stakeholder Partnership

  Work closely with internal stakeholders to understand the business and advise on Human Resource matters

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  Implementation of People and Culture Projects

  Design and implement People and Culture projects to support the organization’s goals, and meet compliance requirements

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  Collaboration

  Works with others by being open, clear in communication and listening to achieve goals

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  Prioritization

  Compares and ranks the relative importance &/or urgency of different tasks to identify the best order of actions

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  Problem solving

  Identifies problems and develops logical solutions that address the problems