Principal Advisor, Nursing And Midwifery Aboriginal Strategy (temporary)

Role Title: Principal Advisor – Aboriginal Nursing and Midwifery Strategy (identified) 
Employment Type: Temporary, Full-time (up to 12 months maternity leave relief)
Role Classification: Clerk Grade 11/12
Remuneration: $128,473 -$148,578 pa (plus superannuation and annual leave loading)
Hours per Week: 35
Location: St Leonards
Requisition ID: REQ224268
Closing Date: Monday 26 April, 11.59pm

This is an identified position and applicants must be of Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Island descent. Aboriginality is a genuine occupational qualification as authorised under S21 of Anti-Discrimination Act 1977.

About this role 
The Principal Advisor provides strategic expert advice to the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer (CNMO) on all matters relating to aboriginal nursing and midwifery and leads strategies to increase and sustain the Aboriginal nursing and midwifery workforce. A key component of the role is to develop and maintain collaborative partnerships with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders.

Where you'll be working
The role is located in St. Leonard. The NaMO team has a unique role in engaging with the NSW Health system.  The right person will enjoy working collaboratively as part of a small team, showing flexibility and initiative to achieve outcomes for the State.

What you'll be doing
Day to day work involves engaging with a broad range of stakeholders, planning and progressing a number of strategic projects, researching and providing advice, writing briefs and responses (sometimes with very tight timelines) and managing the financial aspects of the portfolio.

Need more information?

1. Click here for the Role Description
2. Find out more about applying for this position
3. All applicants must attach a response to the two targeted questions (1-2 pages) and your CV (no more than 5 pages)
4. Please note this is a temporary role with potential to become ongoing at grade
5. A Recruitment Pool may be created for future vacancies at level
6. Please note that you cannot apply for this role using iworkfornsw, please click here to access the advert through the Health Career Portal.

For role related queries or questions contact Anne Robertson on [email protected] or ph. 9391 9746.
If you require reasonable adjustments, please contact Stephanie Nastevska on [email protected]

TARGETED QUESTIONS
If you do not include responses to the targeted questions below, your application may not be considered.

1.    Stakeholder engagement is a key part of the role.  Describe a situation where you have engaged and managed stakeholders with competing priorities.  How did you balance managing expectations with delivering the expected outcome?
2.    Give an example of a project you managed, including planning, implementation, reporting, challenges, solutions and outcome of the project.

The Ministry of Health values diversity and is committed to building an inclusive workplace culture that reflects the community we serve. We encourage applications from diverse community groups including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTI, people with a disability and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

To be eligible for employment in these roles you must be one of the following:
•    an Australian Citizen, or
•    a permanent resident of Australia, or
•    a New Zealand citizen with a current New Zealand Passport, or
•    a citizen of another country with an appropriate visa that allows you to work in Australia

You can only be offered employment in this role for the duration that your current visa allows you to work in Australia, and you can only be offered ongoing employment if you have a permanent visa that allows you to work in Australia.

To learn more about working at the Ministry of Health, please visit our career portal.

Applications Close: Monday 26 April, 11.59pm