Director Corporate Services

Employment Type: Permanent full-time

Location: Working across our Health Services sites, options negotiable and can be based predominantly at one site

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Contact: Amy Kendall, Executive Assistant to Michael Krieg, Chief Executive Officer Health Services.

Email: AKendall@mercy.com.au   Mobile: 0425 301 426

Please make contact if you would like a copy of the full Position Description for this role.

Where there’s life, there’s Mercy.

Where there’s care, there’s You.

Through the battles and the breakthroughs, we're there. Where will you be?

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people when they need it most. Our people feel great pride in this, and they value the security and stability we offer. But it also means so much opportunity - to build on all that’s gone before, to grow your impact and gain experience that’s hard to find elsewhere.

Join us and help us deliver even greater outcomes for our patients, families, communities, and you.

About the opportunity

• The Director Corporate Services has operational oversight for Commercial/Retail Services, Food and Environmental Services, Administrative Support Staff, Fleet, Security and Maintenance Services

• The role will foster an integrated approach to the provision of corporate and business services ensuring Mercy Health Services corporate functions positively to influence clinical and care outcomes and a positive consumer experience

• This role will work closely with internal and external stakeholders, recognising the importance of collaboration and partnerships

• The Director of Corporate Services is the responsible person for all activities in their areas of accountability, but must link with and ensure alignment with other service delivery areas and priorities

• While undertaking this role, The Director is required to utilise and participate in the broader activities of Mercy Health and Mercy Health Services to maximise cross-organisational systems and structures, to deliver the best quality and most efficient health care with our available resources

Key accountabilities:

• Leadership and relationship management

• Strategic planning

• Financial Management

• Service Delivery

• Workforce and People Management

• Risk Management

What you’ll bring

• Extensive management experience within a large, complex healthcare or other relevant organisation at a senior level

• Exceptional management and leadership skills with proven ability to strategically manage and provide technical and policy advice at the highest levels

• Experience in developing an effective culture of continuous improvement

• Sound understanding of the Victorian public health system, including current and emerging best practice operations, quality systems and accreditation requirements

• Experience in a key role in redevelopment projects

• Demonstrated ability to make decisions in complex, fast paced environment

• Relevant tertiary qualification and a relevant post graduate qualification

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

• A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.

• Proof of current influenza vaccination and other vaccination status consistent with public health orders.
   

Ready to help us shape the future of healthcare?
 

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 fr