The Royal Children's Hospital

Project Manager – Community Aged Care

The Royal Children's Hospital  •  Commonwealth of Australia (Hybrid)  •  3 hours ago
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Job Description

We are looking for a special kind of person – a St Vincent’s kind of person. Someone who puts compassion, connection and caring for other people at the heart of everything they do.

What’s on your CV is important, but what’s in your heart matters more

Because at St Vincent’s, kindness works for us.

A rewarding opportunity currently exists for an experienced Project Manager to join our growing Community Aged Care team in a 12 Month Fixed Term Contract (Possibility of extension)

The position can be based in one of our offices in Brisbane, Sydney or Melbourne.

This will be a Hybrid position – working a mix of onsite and from home.

Lead the end-to-end delivery of key transformation initiatives across Community Aged Care, including system stabilisation, reform implementation, and national standardisation. This role drives integrated planning and execution across multiple workstreams, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and operational needs.

1. Project Planning & Delivery

  • Lead the planning and delivery of reform initiatives within Community Aged Care, ensuring alignment with strategic and operational priorities

2. Analysis, Solution Design & Continuous Improvement

  • Translate requirements into practical, actionable solutions, including service models and business processes

3. Risk, Issue & Performance Management

  • Take accountability for addressing performance gaps and implementing corrective actions

4. Stakeholder Engagement & Cross-functional Leadership

  • Lead collaboration across operations, finance, and technology teams to ensure aligned delivery

5. Implementation & Change Delivery

  • Oversee implementation activities including planning, communications, training, and rollout

6. Governance, Reporting & Evaluation

  • Prepare high-quality reporting, dashboards, and briefing materials to support oversight and decision-making

Key Requirements:

  • Proven experience delivering complex projects or transformation initiatives
  • Strong planning, risk, and stakeholder management capability
  • Experience in process improvement and operational change delivery
  • Sound understanding of governance, compliance, and regulated environments
  • Excellent communication and influencing skills

Desirable:

  • Experience in aged care, healthcare, or community services
  • Knowledge of Support at Home Reform
  • Relevant tertiary qualification in either Nursing, Allied Health, Business or related discipline (mandatory)
  • Change management certification (desirable)

Recruitment to commence immediately, please submit your resume and cover letter by 10 July 2026.

Closing Date:

9 July 2026 11:59pm

Reconciliation Action Plan:

At St Vincent's we acknowledge the importance of creating a work environment that is welcoming, safe, equitable and inclusive for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Employees. As part of our Commitment to Reconciliation and Closing the Gap in employment related outcomes, we encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

For further information, visit https /www.svha.org.au/about-us/reconciliation or get in contact at indigenouscareers@svha.org.au

View Reconciliation Action Plan

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The Royal Children's Hospital

About The Royal Children's Hospital

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.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
1,001-5,000 employees
Headquarters
Parkville, AU
Year Founded
Unknown
Website
org.au
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