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• Women's and Children's Health Network (WCHN), Child and Family Health Service (CaFHS), Adelaide CBD
• Classification - ASO7 - Administrative Services Officer Lv7 - $108,109 to $116,864 p.a. (pro rata)
• Employment Part time - 11.25 hours per week until June 2026.

Looking for a unique opportunity to use your detailed knowledge of project management methodologies to influence a complex project with an emphasis on initiatives to support a community strategy?

Join a strategically focussed team on Kaurna land in Adelaide's CBD. 

About the role:

As a Principal Project Officer, you will play a vital role in providing a comprehensive project management and coordination role, including the provision of advice and support to other project leads, managers and leadership.

You will be responsible for:

• Providing a leadership role in the development, scoping, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of identified priority projects and initiatives that support CaFHS and the WCHN Community Services to deliver against the Community Services Strategy, WCHN Strategy and operational / business goals and priorities.
• Providing a comprehensive project management and coordination role, including the provision of advice and support to other project leads, managers and leadership to support achievement of agreed goals and priorities.
• Developing and maintaining engagement with key stakeholders and partners

About you:

To succeed in this position, you will be able to demonstrate your:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (written and verbal), including the ability to foster productive working relationships both internally and externally
• Proven ability to apply theoretical and conceptual service improvement and project management knowledge
• Proven ability to effectively negotiate and solve problems
• Ability to be innovative, flexible and adaptive to respond effectively to changing demands, needs and priorities
• Ability to meet timeframes for delivery of required projects and activities, effectively meeting deadlines within the context of multiple demands and changing priorities
• Ability to maintain a high standard of confidentiality.
• Ability to work effectively to support change in complex systems

A post graduate qualification in a relevant field like public health, primary health care, management or business from a recognised tertiary institution will held held in high regard, as will Project management qualifications.

Why Join us at CaFHS?

• We offer access to salary packaging with a range of benefits - including packaging living expenses such as mortgage, rent, utility bills and groceries out of your pre-tax salary up to $9,010 each Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) year, in addition to a further $2,650 for Meal Entertainment expenses each FBT year.
• Keen to stay physically fit? Get Access to Fitness Passport a workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.
• Access to further professional development opportunities.

CaFHS is a critical part of South Australia’s child development system with a mandate to improve health, development and wellbeing outcomes for children from birth to five years of age, and to respond to the 20,000 births each year which includes an estimated 900 births to Aboriginal families.

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

Screening requirements:

• DHS Working With Children Check (WWCC) - Prospective or current employee clearance
• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups.
• The Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category B
  • Mandatory Vaccinations - Diphtheria, Pertussis (Whooping Cough), , Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella (Chickenpox), Tuberculosis (TB) Assessment.
  • Strongly Recommended Vaccinations - Polio, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Seasonal Influenza, SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19)

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Want to know more about this opportunity?

Contact Shaza Ravaji, Executive Assistant

Phone: 08 8303 1551

E-mail: shaza.ravaji@sa.gov.au

Be Quick!, Applications Close:

11.55pm ACST, Wednesday 01st January 2025.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref: 887982

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