Job Description

Employment Type: Two-year fixed term, full time

Hours: 38 hours per week

Location: North Richmond and Melbourne Metro, Victoria

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Contact: Marianne Coughlin, Group OD Consultant mcoughlin@mercy.com.au

At Mercy Health, we believe in making a profound difference in people's lives, from their first breaths to their final moments.

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people at every stage of life. Today, as a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate staff members, we're offering more services and deeper care than ever before.

And now, we're all on a journey to prepare Mercy Health for the next hundred years.

It’s about taking all that what we have and making it better.

To do that, we need you.

About the opportunity

At Mercy Health, you’ll become part of a proud history built on over 100 years of expertise, skill and care. In this role of Leadership Development Specialist (Senior Practitioner), you’ll use your proven capability as a facilitator, program designer and coach to design and deliver practical, blended leadership development initiatives that help Mercy Health leaders grow in confidence, capability and impact. Preferably coupled with your experience deploying and embedding digital online learning resources platforms, you will build consistent, values-aligned leadership practice and help leaders turn learning into better conversations, decisions and care outcomes.

What you’ll bring

It takes a special kind of person to work in our sector. If you are genuinely interested in helping others, then you’ll find you can build something here and find your place in a team of 10,000 hearts.

To thrive in this role, you will have:

• An ability to understand how leadership capability connects to wider systems, processes and culture, and tailor priorities and delivery accordingly.

• Sound knowledge in blended learning design and adult learning principles, with an affinity for digital resources.

• A strong customer service focus and a commitment to a culture of excellence and quality, with a drive for continuous improvement.

• Emotional and relational maturity with an ability to develop relationships and engage with a diverse range of stakeholder including senior leaders.

• Strong project management and organisational skills with a willingness to take the initiative.

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• A current Driver's License.

• A current Police Record Check.

Ready to help us shape the future of Mercy Health?

Join us and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives - and your career.

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Please contact us if you would like to find out more or communicate any requirements to ensure we provide you with a fair and equitable interview and selection process.

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We’re proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.