Project Manager - Clinical Engagement and System Performance
Project Manager - Clinical Engagement and System Performance
Employment Type: Full Time Exempt (up to June 2026)
Position Classification: Health Manager Level 3
Remuneration: $127,150 - $144,444 per annum, plus superannuation and 17.5% leave loading
Hours Per Week: 38
Location: 1 Reserve Road, St Leonards, Sydney
Requisition ID: REQ581011
· Be part of an organisation that makes a difference in cancer control in NSW
· Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are encouraged to apply
Where you’ll be working
The Cancer Institute NSW is the NSW Government’s cancer control agency, established to lessen the impact of cancer across the state.
Working at the Cancer Institute NSW means joining a team of committed and dedicated staff who are proud to be a part of the Institute’s purpose of overseeing and accelerating the effectiveness of cancer control in NSW.
The Cancer Institute is a collaborative working environment that encourages diversity and inclusion in how we work and the way we work together. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are strongly encouraged to apply. Greater consideration will be given to suitable applicants, in order to improve access to employment and career opportunities (GSE Rule 26).
What you’ll be doing
This role will manage, implement, monitor and coordinate clinical advisory groups, as well as design, implement and evaluate projects focusing on improving cancer system performance; ensuring these projects meet identified needs and realise maximum benefits for the health system. As part of the clinical engagement and cancer care optimization program and the Reporting for Better Cancer Outcomes Program, the team works across the organisation and with key external stakeholders including NSW Pillars, Ministry of Health, local health districts and primary health networks to drive the delivery of system improvement program strategies and reduce unwarranted clinical variation.
Remuneration/Benefits
In addition to base salary:
· 11.5% superannuation
· 4 weeks annual leave (plus 17.5% leave loading)
· 10 days sick leave
· 40 hours per week which include accrual of monthly Allocated Day Off (ADO) x 12 per year.
Access to:
· Generous Flexible Working practices
· Fitness Passport: a membership card for NSW government employees that gives you and your family unlimited access to 400+ gyms and other facilities at one low price.
· Novated car leasing arrangement
· Salary sacrificing to superannuation.
For your application to be considered
To submit your application, please provide:
· Your resume (maximum five pages)
· A covering letter addressing the Essential Requirements, as outlined in the Role Description
· A response to the Pre-screening questions, as outlined below.
Essential requirements
· Experience in building and maintain trusted relationships with a broad range of clinical and health system stakeholders, and confidence facilitating one on one and group discussions.
· Knowledge of relevant trends, issues, policies and practices across diverse portfolio of health projects and an understanding of quality improvement methodologies;
· Understanding and experience in the health system and capacity to critically appraise research and interpret clinical and population health data and information; and
· Relevant tertiary clinical or allied health qualification along with understanding and experience working within the NSW Health system or other health systems; in particular experience working with clinicians.
If successful for interview candidates must bring original copies of essential qualifications to be sighted by the panel, and one copy to provide to panel.
Pre-screening questions
- Please describe a time where you have had to engage with a broad range of stakeholders, including clinicians, for a health-related project. How did you manage competing points of view to come to a mutual solution?
- Please outline your experience using health data (both quantitative and qualitative) to support evidence-based quality improvement initiatives.
Interested?
For more information:
- 1.Click here for the Role Description
- 2.Find out more about applying for this position
For more information about the Cancer Institute NSW please visit www.cancer.nsw.gov.au. For role related queries or questions contact Jasmine Aurora at Jasmine.Aurora@health.nsw.gov.au
Applications Close: Midnight Friday 27th June 2025
All Cancer Institute roles are based at St Leonards, Sydney, and candidates are required to be Sydney based.
The CORE+4 Values define what is important to the Cancer Institute NSW and our employees.
Our values are: Collaboration, Openness, Respect, Empowerment, Strategic, Supportive, Innovative and Flexible.
The Cancer Institute NSW is unable to offer salary packaging. Salaries will be negotiated commensurate to experience and qualifications of the role.
The Cancer Institute NSW supports flexible working practices for all employees and welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from diverse cultural backgrounds and people with disabilities. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health. For more information please visit www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au.
Please indicate if you have any accessibility requirements in your application or speak with the contact person should you be called for an interview. We provide reasonable adjustment for people with a disability during the recruitment process and during their employment.
To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
To submit your application please visit https://jobs.health.nsw.gov.au/cinsw
