Job Reference Number 22-SDDIV-13852

Classification Executive Level 2

Job Title Director Aged Care and Health Engagement

Division Service Delivery Division

Branch SA WA Branch

Section Aged Care and Health REPR Section

Location Perth, WA

Status Ongoing

Employment type Full-time

Salary Range $129,665 - $153,516

Security Clearance Baseline

Contact Officer Name: Rebecca McIlroy
Phone: 0434683277
Email: rebecca.mcilroy@health.gov.au

Eligibility

• To be eligible for employment with the Department of Health applicants must be an

Australian citizen at the time an offer of employment is made

• An applicant’s suitability for employment with Health will also be assessed through a

variety of pre-employment check processes, such as:

• Satisfactory completion of an Australian Federal Police criminal history check,

and where relevant a Working with Children and Vulnerable People Check.

• Completion of a medical declaration and pre-employment medical (where

required).

• Providing evidence of qualifications.
  

Division Responsibilities

The Service Delivery Division incorporates staff in all State and Territory offices and in

National Office. The Division is responsible for supporting local implementation and delivery

of a range of Australian Government aged care and health programs, while managing

relationships and partnerships with key internal and external stakeholders.

The Division contributes to program management, policy and program development, as well

as review and evaluation of aged care and health programs. Key areas of responsibility

include: stakeholder and consumer engagement, aged care system navigation and access,

aged care vaccine rollout, aged care emergency preparedness and response, and regional

aged care stewardship.

Branch Responsibilities

The Western Australia and South Australia (WA/SA) Branch is responsible for local

implementation of a range of Australian Government health and aged care programs. Our

offices in Perth and Adelaide have a key role in delivering programs and services, while

managing relationships and partnerships with key internal and external stakeholders.

Section Responsibilities

The South Australian state office works collaboratively with the other state and territory

offices as well as policy, program, regulatory and corporate areas of the Department to

achieve the Government’s health and aged care priorities. Responsibilities of the sections

within the SA office include:

• Provision of local knowledge, analysing local and regional aged care sector needs,

service level analysis, program management, aged care system stewardship,

relationship management with stakeholders, local solutions brokering, and

assistance in policy development and input into program design and evaluation.

• Delivery of aged care regulatory functions, including management of residential aged

care places, planning and monitoring of supply and stakeholder engagement.

• Program assurance of health and ageing grants administered by the Department of

Social Services’ Community Grants Hub on behalf of the Department.

• Appropriate support for the aged care sector to respond to COVID-19 and other

emergency situations.

Please note that we expect that successful applicant will work from our office in Perth.

Key Responsibilities

As Director your key responsibilities will include but not limited to include:

• Leading a change agenda within a region, and within the wider departmental

network.

• Rapidly establishing strong stakeholder relationships in the identified regions,

including with consumer groups, Primary Health Network (PHN) and other key

stakeholders in the aged care system.

• Collaborating with other directors and central office and the State Manager to

establish a range of administrative arrangements, strategies, and procedures for a

region.

• Establishing and leading a team as the regional steward for aged care by:

o establishing strategies for system and provider capability development

o establishing relevant and productive forums for ongoing stakeholder

engagement and solutions brokerage.

• Building and leading a high performing cohesive team, and ensuring it has strong

grasp of its transformative role, as well as the business continuity of the team and its

functions.

• With a strong focus on the needs of senior Australians, develop an understanding of

the local community and the services within that community including planning for

future needs.

• Identifying and building service gap and capability profiles for services in the region.

• Leading key aged care emergency response activities including preparation for, and

the provision of support relating to emergency events, including assisting in the

development of procedures and actively facilitating and promoting preparedness

across the office.

Key Capabilities

• Experience or capacity to quickly acquire understanding of aged care services,

including residential and home-based aged care.

• Strong and demonstrated stakeholder engagement skills, including interpersonal

skills, and ability to negotiate with, liaise, build rapport, and collaborate with a range

of system actors.

• Well-developed problem-solving ability, including the ability to record, analyse and

interpret data and relevant information to make judgements, inform strategies and

resolve complex issues.

• Experience in risk, issues and/or change management and program assurance.

• Ability to engage with risk and undertake risk management activities, including

identifying early risk factors in aged care service provision.

• Demonstrated ability to support change and work with ambiguity, in an evolving

environment, while continuing to make progress.

• Personal drive, motivation and a pro-active approach.

• Well-developed judgement skills including the ability to identify risks and potential

solutions.

• Excellent written and oral communication skills including the ability to draft high

quality documents, provide advice, and communicate persuasively to a range of

audiences.

• Demonstrated high level decision-making skills to make delegated decisions under

the Aged Care legislation.

Desirable Experience

Experience of the aged care systems and the aged care legislation is desirable but not

essential.

Application Response (Single page application)

Your application will be assessed on your ability to demonstrate that you possess, or have

the real potential to develop, the required skills, knowledge, experience and qualifications

to perform the role. These requirements are based on the information provided to you as

part of the job advertisement, in line with the APS Work Level Standards.

Applicants are required to provide a statement of claims framed around the key duties and

key capabilities. Your statement of claims should be no more than one page in total with a

font no smaller than size 10. Applications that do not meet these requirements may not

be considered.

Work Environment Description

Responsibilities – As detailed in Section 28 of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 while at
work, a worker must:

• Take reasonable care for his or her own health and safety

• Take reasonable care that his or her acts or omissions do not adversely affect the

health and safety of other persons

• Comply, so far as the worker is reasonably able, with any reasonable instruction that

is given by the person conducting the business or undertaking to allow the person to
comply with this Act

• Cooperate with any reasonable policy or procedure of the person conducting the

business or undertaking relating to health or safety at the workplace that has been
notified to workers

• Complete all WHS related induction and training
• Report all work related incidents and/or illnesses to the WHS Section

Description Requirement Additional Information

Administrative

1. Computer Use Yes

2. Generic screen based Yes

3. Sitting at desk Yes

Description Requirement Additional Information

4. Standing for long periods Yes

Manual Handling

5. Lifting 0-15kg Yes

6. Lifting 15 kg + No

7. Climbing No

8. Bending No

9. Squatting No

10. Reaching No

11. Push/pull No

12. Sequential Repetitive No

Movements in short period of time

13. Manual dexterity/manipulation No

Work Environment

14. Work with others towards Yes

shared goals in a team environment

15. Works in isolation from other Yes The Department of Health

staff (remote supervision) have some working from

home arrangements due to

COVID-19

16. Distance walking (ie: Large Yes

building or inter-building transit)

17. Works outdoors No

18.Works in a call centre No

environment

19. Works in a customer service Yes Stakeholder Engagement

environment

Tasks Involving

20. Exposure to chemicals No

21. Exposure to biological hazards No

Description Requirement Additional Information

22. Working at heights No

23. Requirement to wear personal Yes When directed by Public

protective equipment (PPE) Health orders and required

under state government

Aged Care Health Directions

when visiting Residential

Aged Care Facilities.

24. Requirement for full Colour No

vision

25. Work with energetics and No

explosives

26. Exposure to Petrol, Oil, Lubricant No

Products that may cause

dermatological conditions

27. Exposure to extreme No

temperatures

28. Confined spaces No

29. Exposure to Non-ionising No

radiation

30. Excessive Noise No

31. Low Lighting No

32. Dangerous Goods/ Equipment No

33. Exposure to airborne odours No

Travel

34. Frequent travel - Vehicle Yes

35. Frequent travel - Aeroplane Yes

36. Frequent travel - Seaborne No

Cyclic Workload

37. Peaks & Troughs No

38. Frequent Overtime No

39. Rostered Shift Work No