AddressPart time (.6FTE / 22.8 hours per week)
Fixed Term Contract: to 30 June 2025
Location: Work from anywhere in the western Victoria region
(Horsham, Warrnambool, Ballarat or Geelong areas)
Hybrid work with some travel required.
Western Victoria Primary Health Network
About Us
Western Victoria Primary Health Network (WVPHN) is responsible for increasing the efficiency, effectiveness, and coordination of health services for patients, particularly those at risk of poor health outcomes.
Working together with community and health industry partners, WVPHN is committed to strengthening the primary healthcare system, based on local needs. Our four regional centres in Ballarat, Geelong, Horsham, and Warrnambool drive local engagement and ensure strong rural and regional connections, through the development of local community and clinical councils.
About the role
The Project Officer - Healthy Ageing position will work on across the Healthy Ageing Program to develop, coordinate, and manage projects for WVPHN.
The Project Officer will be responsible for supporting key documentation and actions to enable timely delivery of project outcomes. The Project Officer will be pivotal in enhancing and supporting teams within the PHN, where needs arise, on all aspects of project management.
You will build and maintain strong relationships with Residential Aged Care Homes (RACHs) and other key stakeholders within western Victoria, which will require regular travel across the region.
Duties include:
- Support the Healthy Ageing team with the development, implementation, monitoring, delivery, and evaluation of all aspects of the projects, including reporting.
- Support the documentation of project risks, assumptions, issues, dependency, and decisions, and document delegations for action.
- Support the Healthy Ageing team to manage contracts with commissioned providers within the Healthy Ageing program.
- Provide tailored support and coaching to participating RACHs using face-to-face visits and online engagement to deliver a positive and engaging experience.
- Support the Healthy Ageing team to coordinate and manage all aspects of stakeholder engagement and communications.
Skills & Experience
- Experience in supporting or delivering projects (within the health and community services sector is desirable)
- Excellent administrative and communication skills, including writing and maintaining project documentation using Microsoft software, and experience working and communicating with diverse groups of people.
- High level organisational and time management skills, with attention to detail and the ability to meet multiple deadlines on time.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills that are solution focused.
- Please refer to the Position Description on our website for the complete list of Key Selection Criteria
Employment requirements:
- Be prepared to undergo a National Police Check, prior to appointment
- A current driver’s licence
- Evidence of current COVID-19 vaccinations
- Working rights in Australia (visa, permanent resident, citizen)
Benefits of working with WVPHN
At WVPHN we celebrate diversity within and outside of our organisation. We consciously remove barriers and enable an environment for all to belong, feel welcome and be heard. This aligns with our organisational values of Respect, Connect and Lead.
We also pride ourselves on being a supportive and flexible workplace that offers a great range of benefits:
- Generous salary packaging options up to $15,900 + $2,650 meals and entertainment
- Professional development allowance ($1,200 per year per FTE) and leave.
- Family friendly and flexible working arrangements
- Collaboration with passionate, likeminded professionals
- Option to purchase additional leave.
- Additional leave between the Christmas and New Year period
- Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave.
- Employee Assistance Program
How to Apply
The full position description is available from our website: https://westvicphn.com.au/about-us/wvphn-careers/
Email applications (including cover letter, resume and separate statement addressing the key selection criteria) to*******@westvicphn.com.auby:
Thursday 27 June, 2024
Please note: applicants may be contacted before the closing date.
For further information about the role, please contact:
Elaine Dunn, Project Manager - Healthy Ageing
Email: ***********@westvicphn.com.au
Phone: 03 5304 5***
