About the role: 

Are you:

• Are you a strategic leader with expertise in revenue optimisation, capability building, and delivering complex, high-priority programs?
• Are you skilled at building strong stakeholder relationships, including cross-jurisdictional collaboration, to drive meaningful financial improvements?
• Are you committed to delivering evidence-based advice, leading high-performing teams, and driving impactful financial reforms in a dynamic environment?

The Senior Manager, Financial Improvement & Capability, plays a key leadership role in driving financial sustainability across Victoria's health services. This position leads critical initiatives such as revenue optimisation strategy, analytics and sector implementation. It requires a forward-thinking leader who can deliver high-priority programs with significant budgets while adapting to a dynamic and evolving landscape. The role involves developing strategic approaches, fostering strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, considering Commonwealth payment and cross-jurisdictional opportunities

Leading a high-performing team, the Senior Manager supports the Director with timely and evidence-based strategic advice, analytics, implementation activities (including significant tendering and contract management) along with significant government engagement. This role demands exceptional leadership, adaptability, and the ability to drive initiatives that deliver meaningful and lasting financial improvements across Victoria's 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:

Suitable applicants will be able to demonstrate:

Knowledge and Skills

Leadership - Builds team commitment by demonstrating personal conviction; translates organisational strategy into meaningful long-term plans and objectives for own area of responsibility; motivates others to deliver against goals.

Financial Acumen - Demonstrated experience in the provision of financial support within complex organisations and ability to see the big picture and align funding and revenue strategies with the health service's operational performance and outcomes.

Commercial Skills - Undertakes and acts on cost benefit analysis; knowledgeable about financial issues and responsibilities; proactively seeks more efficient ways of doing things; focuses on activities and projects that will bring the best business return for the team and organisation.

Written communication and Presentation Skills - Prepares complex briefs, letters, emails and reports using clear, concise and grammatically correct language; edits written communications to ensure they contain the information necessary to achieve their purpose and meet audience needs; ensures appropriate style and formats are used.

Personal Qualities

Conceptual and Analytical Ability - Deals with concepts and complexity comfortably; uses analytical and conceptual skills to reason through problems; has creative ideas and can project how these can link to innovations.

Relationship Building - Establishes and maintains relationships with people at all levels; promotes harmony and consensus through diplomatic handling of disagreements; forges useful partnerships with people across business areas, functions and organisations; builds trust through consistent actions, values and communication; minimises surprises.

Decisiveness - Takes rational and sound decisions based on a consideration of the facts and alternatives; makes tough decisions, sometimes with incomplete information; evaluates rational and emotional elements of situations; makes quick decisions where required; commits to a definite course of action.

Qualifications / Specialist Expertise

Qualifications - An appropriate tertiary qualification in project management, health, accounting, commerce, economics, political science, public administration or public policy.

A high degree of understanding and knowledge of the Victorian budget processes, health system operations and funding, relevant departmental systems and environments is desirable.

Specialist Expertise - Exceptional advisory, negotiation, communication and relationship building skills, with demonstrated capacity to work effectively within a politically sensitive context.

Knowledge of the Victorian public hospital operations, and the impact of government funding, policy and reform on operations.

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.

How to apply: 

Applications should include a resume and a cover letter. Click the ‘Apply' button to view further information about the role including key contact details and the advertisement closing date. 

We are committed to developing and supporting a workforce that is well equipped and highly motivated to provide responsive and quality services to all Victorians. We continue to build an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity of backgrounds and differences to realise the potential of our employees for innovation and delivering services aimed at enhancing the lives of all Victorians. All roles can be worked flexibly and we encourage applications from Aboriginal people, people with disability, LGBTIQ+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. Please contact us if you require any adjustments to participate in the recruitment process at inclusion@health.vic.gov.au. For more information on our commitment to inclusion and diversity see inclusion and diversity at the Department of Health.

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