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APS6 Project Officer role, non ongoing for 6 months. This role is responsible for developing and maintaining hospital costing standards and undertaking projects to inform new and refine current cost collections. You will be instrumental in supporting the annual hospital cost collection and the development of costing standards for hospitals.
Job Responsibility:
Providing support to specific projects including: Undertaking risk management activities
Maintaining project schedule and planning milestones
Coordinating communications, including scheduling and documenting project meetings
Managing administrative aspects of projects including project reporting, procurement, record keeping, financial support and logistics
Supporting the annual hospital cost collection pricing advice by: Preparing data specifications
Supporting submission processes including data validation
Supporting contract management
Liaising with stakeholders
Undertaking quality assurance processes
Maintaining data security
Reviewing and analysing outputs of the cost collections
Reporting on results of cost collections
Supporting the development and maintenance of costing standards for hospitals
Preparing agendas, procurement documents and meeting papers
Supporting the section with ad-hoc projects
Supporting the development of new costing methodologies, implementation and management of a range of costing development tasks
Requirements:
Relevant tertiary qualifications in a health, policy, or related field
Accounting and finance
Project management
Candidates must be Australian citizens to be eligible to apply
Working to tight deadlines and responding quickly and flexibly to changing priorities with determination, confidence and attention to detail
Writing and communicating clearly to a high standard, in particular, the ability to write clearly and concisely about complex subject matters, including to general audiences on technical subjects
Showing initiative and demonstrating a resourcefulness to work both independently and collaboratively within a high-pressure environment, supporting a team with high workloads
The ability to liaise with internal and external stakeholders, in both formal and informal settings, demonstrating well-developed interpersonal and oral communication skills
Strategic, analytical and problem-solving skills and the ability to apply these when developing discussion papers or in support of new policy
The ability to evaluate the effectiveness of risk management and risk assessment activities
A familiarity with the National Health Reform Act 2011 and an understanding of the key pillars of activity-based funding, including counting, classifying, costing and pricing
Nice to have:
A working knowledge in a health-related field, accounting and finance
Project management or experience in data analysis and trend reporting would be highly desirable
What we offer:
Access to benefits platforms with discounts at major retailers
3 weekly pay runs
Exclusive access to roles before they go to market
Employee assistance programme, including counselling services