Health
Innovation
Policy and Stakeholder Relations
Policy and Stakeholder Relations Executive

Senior Officer Grade C

Salary Range: $100,462 - $108,140  (PN: 15516, several)

ACT Health is a values-led Directorate. Our values guide our day-to-day actions, behaviours, decisions and communications to successfully deliver the best services to meet the needs of our community. They were developed by us, for us and are unique to our work. Canberra Hospital and Health Services (CHHS) provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community-based health services to the ACT and surrounding region. The key strategic priority for acute services is to deliver timely access to effective and safe hospital care services. The hospital delivers a full range of medical, surgical and obstetric services, including complex procedures in areas such as cardiac surgery, neurosurgery and neonatal intensive care. Strong links exist between hospital and community-based services, as many of the operational divisions deliver services across the continuum of care to ensure continuity of care for patients.

The community based services of ACT Health include Early Childhood, Youth and Women’s Health; Dental Services, Rehabilitation and Community Care; Mental Health, Alcohol and Drug Services. In addition, Justice Health Services are provided within the Territory’s detention facilities. ACT Health is a partner in teaching with the Australian National University, the University of Canberra and the Australian Catholic University. The Innovation Division provides ACT Health wide non-clinical strategic services and is critical to the effective provision of health services. The Innovation Division consists of the following Branches: Strategy and Design; Policy and Stakeholder Relations; General Practice. 

Overview of the work area and position: The Policy and Stakeholder Relations Branch (PSR) is responsible for providing advice to ACT Health and the ACT Government to meet the health needs of the community. We do this by contributing to the creation of policy settings that ensure the right care can be accessed in the right place, in the right way, at the right time, and that people are better able to care for themselves. This includes but is not limited to, the provision of strategic health policy advice, project development and implementation, procurement of non-government services, and liaison with government, nongovernment and private sector stakeholders. The branch is comprised of a number of units that must work collaboratively to deliver timely, high quality, strategic policy advice.

The Health Policy Unit and the Mental Health Policy Unit lead the Branch’s engagement with the policy cycle and are the first point of response for matters referred to the Branch for action and advice for the Minister for Health and Wellbeing and the Minister for Mental Health respectively. The Branch Operations Unit is responsible for improving the effectiveness and efficiency of the Branch, by ensuring best practice delivery of backbone support services to the policy arms of the Branch. This includes ensuring operational policies and process are in place to support the mission of the Branch, including best practice procurement, information flows, knowledge management, reporting, risk management, human resource planning, financial management and other general business processes. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (ATSI) Practice Centre works to connect and embed research, policy and practice in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing, into all areas of ACT Health. This team also works closely with local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and stakeholders to achieve organisational goals.

The Office of the Executive Director and Strategic Support team ensure maximum value is yielded from the Executive Management and the Deputy Director General (DDG) and Director General (DG) are well served.  Support within this area includes diary management, Government business coordination, Strategic planning, advice for Executive Director (ED) on urgent or sensitive matters, strategic internal and cross government relations e.g. Human Services Cluster, business planning and change management. ACT Health is inviting applications from motivated individuals to join us as Senior Policy Officers who can contribute their skills set into any of these units (Health Policy, Mental Health Policy, Branch Operations and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Practice Centre, Office of the Executive Director and Strategic Support).

Eligibility/Other Requirements: Desirable: Tertiary qualifications in a relevant field. Prior to commencement successful candidates will be required to undergo a pre-employment Police check.

Notes: These are designated positions in accordance with s42, Discrimination Act 1991 and are only open to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander heritage is considered essential and therefore a Confirmation of Aboriginality may be requested. An order of merit list may be established to fill future vacancies at level over the next 12 months.

Contact Officer: Jodie Brooks (02) 6205 4907jodie.brooks@act.gov.au

For further information, please visit www.health.act.gov.au

Applications Close: 03 May 2018