Bayside Health is a public health service delivering high-quality care across every stage of life for close to 1.2 million people living in metropolitan Melbourne, the Mornington Peninsula, Koo Wee Rup, Bass Coast and Southern Gippsland.
With three Care Groups (Alfred, Peninsula and Regional), 15 main sites and more than 22,000 staff Bayside Health provides exceptional, equitable and locally connected care. Education and training are central to staff development as we encourage all employees to strive and thrive.
The foundation of Bayside Health’s People and Culture Division (P&C) is service delivery excellence. As an enabling function P&C exists to support the workforce to focus on the delivery of patient care/ research and has a pivotal role to play in supporting the integration of Bayside Health services.
Reporting to Bayside Health’s Chief People & Culture Officer (CPCO) the role sits within an integrated matrix structure that delivers some services within Care Groups and others enterprise-wide across Bayside Health.
The Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion leads a ‘Centre of Excellence’ and is responsible for enterprise-wide development, implementation, and evaluation of a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Plan to deliver on Bayside Health’s commitment to an inclusive, safe and respectful workplace.
As part of the P&C Leadership Group, the role will support the delivery of a future People Strategy for Bayside Health.
This role can be based either at The Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, or Peninsula University Hospital, Frankston.
The Director, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is responsible for:
The successful candidate will demonstrate:
Further information regarding this position can be found within the attached Position Description. Any queries can be directed to Anna Phillips, Chief People & Culture Officer, anna.phillips@alfred.org.au.
Applications close Friday 2 October 2026.
We embrace diversity and strive to have a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We actively encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, and people of all genders, sexualities, and cultural backgrounds.
If you require adjustments to the recruitment and selection process, or require an alternative format to any of the application materials, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with the contact person listed on this ad.
In accordance with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, health care workers in Category A or B roles (as determined by the department’s risk ratings) are required to be vaccinated against influenza or hold an acceptable medical exemption.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
