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• Women’s and Children’s Health Network, Corporate Services - New Women’s and Children’s Hospital Project, Adelaide (5000)
• Salary – Classification - ASO8 - Administrative Services Officer L8 - $121,107 to $125,679 + 12% Superannuation and Salary Sacrifice Benefits
• Full Time, Term contract

About WCHN
Join the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN), South Australia’s leading provider of care for women, babies, children and young people. We’re shaping the future of healthcare through compassion, innovation and excellence — with our communities at the heart of everything we do.

What WCHN Can Offer You

• Access to salary packaging benefits of up to $9,010 each FBT year for living expenses (e.g. mortgage, rent, utilities, groceries), plus an additional $2,650 each FBT year for meal entertainment expenses.
• Access to Fitness Passport (workplace health and fitness program that gives you and your family access to a wide choice of gyms and pools across South Australia.)
• Free public transport to and from the Women’s and Children’s Hospital for SA Health metropolitan hospital staff (excludes network community sites).
• Support for you and your family via our Employee Assistance Program.
• Relocation financial support may be negotiated, subject to eligibility. Click here for details and contact the enquires person for further information.

About the role

The Principal Project Manager, Health Planning & Design, New WCH Project (the Project) is accountable to the Project Lead for the delivery of design and development components within the detailed planning, analysis and documentation for the New WCH Project ensuring the achievement of ‘fit for purpose’ and ‘best practice’ design.

Key duties of the role

• Lead and provide strategic advice for health facility planning to support new models of care and system-wide processes for the New Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
• Act as a liaison between Clinical & Operations Workstream and external consultants to ensure design meets the Function Design Brief and Schedule of Accommodation, following AusHFGs.
• Develop and implement processes to support commissioning of the New Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
• Support policy and procedure development to integrate hospital-wide processes and systems.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure success of the hospital and service reconfiguration, aligned with engagement and change management strategies.

Skills and Experience

• Proven project management experience in health industry construction projects above $50m value is essential.
• Proven ability to prioritise, plan, lead and review the delivery of strategies taking account of business, political, financial and strategic issues.
• Communicates effectively both verbally and in writing with the ability to produce quality written reports.
• Demonstrates cultural sensitivity through the recognition of barriers to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Shows and promotes respect for diverse backgrounds, experience and perspectives.
• Models' leadership and commitment to safety and wellbeing of self and others

Enquiries can be directed to

Matt Schmidtke

Position: Project Lead - Health Planning and Design

Phone: 0402077300

E-mail: Matthew.Schmidtke@sa.gov.au

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To learn more about this role — including key selection criteria, special conditions and minimum requirements — please refer to the attached role description and the document checklists below:

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• Immunisation Requirements Checklist
• Applicant Documents Checklist

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. Want further information on applying and winning this role, go to our SA Health Careers Site for the Australian Applicant Guide or if you are an international applicant, check out the International Application Guide.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.

Application Closing Date: Sunday 1 March 2026 - 11:55 PM

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