Project Coordinator

Employment Type: Temporary Full Time, up until 27 June 2025
Position Classification: Health Mgr Lvl 1
Remuneration: 78079 - 105030 full time equivalent base salary range (excludes super, leave loading and salary packaging)
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ397103

Sydney Children's Hospitals Network is the largest paediatric health care entity in Australia. We care for thousands of children each year in our hospitals and in their homes — with one purpose in mind — to help young people live their healthiest lives.

What you'll be doing

The SCHN Redevelopment project team is responsible for leading stakeholder engagement and change management related to a $1.3 billion capital investment from NSW Government in two major projects focused on the redevelopment of the Sydney Children’s Hospital at Randwick and the Children’s Hospital at Westmead. The SCHN redevelopment team works closely with its project partners, led by NSW Health Infrastructure, and facilitates engagement with staff at two sites (Westmead and Randwick), precinct partners and consumers and community more broadly.

The Redevelopment Project Coordinator will assume a coordinating and support role as part of the SCHN Redevelopment Team. They will support the SCHN Redevelopment Program Director in the facilitation of stakeholder engagement and alignment of activities to the projects program to ensure deliverables are achieved.

The Project Coordinator is expected to work in a self-directed capacity and use initiative and flexibility to adapt and manage the day to day requirements. The role will work closely with all members of the Redevelopment team in a positive and collaborative environment.

The role will be directly involved in the coordination of disruption management and work alongside the Redevelopment team and key stakeholders to minimise planned construction related disruptions to the Hospital, taking an active role in coordinating activities related to construction delivery and monitoring/reporting on impacts to stakeholders.

The role will also assist in the facilitation of identified change management programs and the associated process, to ensure delivery and sustainable outcomes achieved, as well as assist in achieving the delivery phase inclusive of commissioning, decanting and the go live operational process.

Tertiary qualifications in project management or related discipline and/or equivalent knowledge, skills and experience with demonstrated commitment to ongoing professional development.
Experience in a complex health environment with sound knowledge of clinical service delivery and models of care.
Demonstrated effective communication and interpersonal relationship skills with ability to develop and sustain effective relationships.
Excellent organisational and time management skills and ability to prioritise to meet defined time frames.
Demonstrated capability to be self-motivated and work independently and also in a team environment to meet critical deadlines and maintain programme.
Advanced MS Word skills in Word, Excel and PowerPoint applications.

SCHN is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values diversity - we acknowledge the vibrancy that a diverse workforce brings to enhance both our workplace culture and our service delivery to children, young people and their families and carers. We encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply. If you identify as an Indigenous Australian or as a person with a disability, please contact us if you would like some more information about our recruitment process.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. We recognise the value of Aboriginal staff providing health care to Aboriginal children and families that access the services we provide at the Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network. Aboriginal job applicants are encouraged to visit the NSW Health Aboriginal Recruitment tool, Stepping Up to assist in preparing your application.

All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course (2 doses) of a COVID-19 vaccine which has been approved or recognised by the Therapeutics Goods Administration (TGA). 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.

Need more information?

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For role related queries or questions contact Larnie Phipps on Larnie.Phipps@health.nsw.gov.au

If you are Aboriginal or Torres Strait islander wishing to apply for this role and want to speak with an Aboriginal person/representative from the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network please contact Wayne Dargan on 0486012545.

For technical support please contact the customer services team on 1300 679 367 and select option 3.

Applications Close: 5/06/2023