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Form of workAre you passionate about the role people with lived experience have in helping to improve the quality and safety in healthcare? Are you motivated by coaching and teaching others to understand how to partner and work with people with lived experience effectively to do this? The Partnering & Co-design Capability Lead (Senior Project Officer) is responsible for the coordination, planning and delivery of capability development programs that will support how health services develop authentic partnerships with consumers to strengthen their engagement in healthcare safety and quality improvement work. You will bring a depth of experience in co-design, partnering, and empowering the voice of lived experience to support change to inform teaching and coaching of others to make impactful change within their workplaces and services combined with an understanding of the capability needs for others to do this.
The successful Partnering & Co-design Capability Lead will have strong experience in leading of collaborative design, be results-oriented, and strong understanding of the role and engagement of lived experience in influencing change. In addition, skills in coordinating and delivering engaging training programs with diverse audiences will be an asset to core functions of the role.
Are you:
- A person with deep knowledge and experience in co-design, partnering, and change methodologies?
- A person who understands how to support others to coach and teach individuals and teams to co-design and partner as part of quality improvement in healthcare or other relevant change management and development projects?
- A creative thinker with experience using design to help enhance learning, push boundaries, facilitate innovative ideas and empower others to implement change for improvement.
- An excellent communicator who can share complex and challenging concepts effectively with diverse audiences?
- A leader with a proven ability to build and maintain effective relationships with diverse stakeholders?
The department is committed to providing and maintaining a working environment which is safe and without risk to the health of its workers and clients. As it is an essential element of any role within the department that employees be able to attend work onsite and to do so safely, employees are required to be up-to-date with their vaccinations against COVID-19 as a condition of their employment. This requirement applies unless they have a medical condition which means they cannot be vaccinated against COVID -19. Therefore, the department will ask any prospective employee, who has been identified as the preferred candidate for a role within the department, to provide proof of their COVID-19 vaccination status prior to any offer of employment being made. If a prospective employee has a relevant medical condition which means they cannot be vaccinated against COVID-19, they should contact the department to discuss their individual circumstances.
HOW TO APPLY:
Applicants are encouraged to apply online, submitting a cover letter and a current resume.
The Jobs and Skills Exchange (JSE) Recruitment Policy allows for priority consideration for Victorian Public Service (VPS) and select employees of the Victorian Public Sector who apply through the Jobs Skills Exchange (JSE) jobs board platform.
As such, these employees are strongly encouraged to submit their application through https://www.vic.gov.au/jobs-and-skills-exchange rather than via external advertisement.
For this position, you are not required to address each of the key selection criteria in a separate written document.
Preferred candidates will be required to complete pre-employment screening, including national police check and misconduct screening.
Applicants must be an Australian Citizen, Permanent Resident or hold a valid work permit or visa. Work eligibility will be checked as part of the recruitment process.
For further information please visit the Department of Health
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