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• Department for Health and Wellbeing – Workforce Services – Strategic Industrial Relations and Policy
• Salary: $139,538 – SM1 – Full Time / Ongoing – Permanent

Overview:

The Manager Strategy and Projects reports to the Director, Strategic Industrial Relations and Policy and provides senior management leadership and authoritative specialist expertise in the development and delivery of complex, system-wide multi-functional and multi-disciplinary workforce and industrial relations strategies, policies and programs of critical strategic importance, and workplace change.

The role operates with a high degree of professional autonomy and judgement and provides authoritative advice that directly informs and influences strategy, policy, planning and executive decision-making across SA Health.

The key outcomes for this role include:

• Develop and lead system-wide workforce relations strategies that drive long-term organisational and system-wide transformation, underpinned by research, analysis, and innovation.
• Develop and lead the implementation of system-wide workforce relations policies and frameworks, in collaboration with key senior stakeholders across the SA Health network.
• Lead the development, integration and governance of consolidated Enterprise Bargaining (EB) forward plans as part of short, medium, and long-term strategic industrial relations plans and their implementation. 
• Proactively identify strategic opportunities to drive organisational and system-wide transformation through workplace relations reform, including the development of pathways for implementation across the system.
• Provide strategic leadership and oversight of highly complex, multi-disciplinary and multi-functional programs and initiatives, where outcomes have critical system-wide and cross-agency impact.
• Lead the review, redesign and implementation of system-wide workplace relations policies and procedures to enable new ways of working, strategic objectives, and Service Level Agreements.
• Support the delivery of objectives and priorities as set by Health Chief Executive Council (HCEC) and form strong working relationships with HCEC.

SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence.

We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work environment. You are encouraged to let us know if have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

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.

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

Job ref: 942499

Criminal History Screening Requirement

• A ‘National Police Certificate’ NPC (also known as a ‘Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check’ NCCHC) for employment involving no contact with vulnerable groups is required for this position (general employment)

Immunisation Risk for this position is Category C (minimal patient contact)

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

Enquiries

Gabrielle Starr

Director, Strategic Industrial Relations Unit

Phone: 0478 919 594

E-mail: Gabrielle.Starr@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

Friday, 24 July 2026 – 11:55 PM

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