Executive Contract Officer 2 - (Remuneration Package Range $247,170)
Big Rivers Regional Healthcare Service
Katherine
Fixed vacancy for up to 4 years

• Lead health care services in the Big Rivers region
• Make a difference to the lives of Territorians!
• Generous executive remuneration package

NT Health are seeking an experienced executive to provide strategic and operational leadership in the delivery of health care services in the Big Rivers region of the Northern Territory Regional Health Services (NTRHS).

As Regional Executive Director Big Rivers you will provide strategic leadership, administration, and management of health services throughout the region to ensure NT Regional Health Services meet performance and fiscal outcomes and delivers quality health care services to Territorians. The role works closely with the four other Regional Executive Directors, led by an experienced Deputy Chief Executive.

The NTRHS delivers contemporary and culturally responsive primary care, mental health and acute services across the NT. Organised into five regions, the NTRHS operates six public hospitals - two in the Top End region and one each in Alice Springs, Tennant Creek, Katherine and Gove and delivers services into remote communities across the NT.

As a key member of the NT Health leadership team, you will provide strategic leadership and management oversight of the human, financial and physical assets and resources of the region.

Your demonstrated experience as a senior manager in a relevant healthcare service with demonstrated critical thinking, problem solving, operational and strategic management skills will help you to deliver and strengthen health services for Territorians.

The Benefits

• Attractive remuneration package
• Up to 5 weeks recreation leave
• Up to 3 weeks personal leave
• Access to flexible work arrangements
• Salary packaging options
• A work culture that is committed to being Safe, Responsive & Kind
• Opportunities for career progression, growth and training, including cross-cultural training to empower you when working with diverse culture

The Big Rivers Lifestyle

Located between Darwin and Alice Springs, the Big Rivers Region is where the outback meets the tropics, a region full of gorges and misty waterfalls, thermal springs and ancient cultures. The second largest region in the Northern Territory covering almost 25% of the Territory’s land mass, stretching from the Western Australia border in the west, along the Gulf of Carpentaria on the Queensland border to the east, and over 500km to the south. The Big Rivers region is made up of small communities; 23 Aboriginal communities, 110 family outstations, 105 pastoral properties and six villages, separated by long distances, and is home to over 21,300 people. At the heart of the region is Katherine; the major township and the fourth largest settlement in the Northern Territory with a population over 11,000 people.

Katherine is strategically located at the juncture of the Darwin to Adelaide north-south transcontinental rail route and the Stuart Highway; the Northern Territory’s main arterial highway connecting the regional road network to major trade routes from Australia’s east, south and west coasts.

With a broad-based economy driven by key industry sectors including resources, agriculture, tourism and public administration and safety (including defence), the region boasts some of the most significant economic activity in Northern Australia.

Living in the Northern Territory offers an enviable lifestyle and work-life balance. Explore picturesque landscapes and culturally significant sites and enjoy the array of food, arts and culture. The Territory is a rich melting pot of cultures with a strong community spirit, making it a great place to live, work and make new friends.

Relocation assistance may be available.

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• https://jointheterritory.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0005/1329098/Big_Rivers_regional_guide.pdf
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For further information about this vacancy please contact:
Catherine O’Connell, Deputy Chief Executive on
08 8999 2882 or [email protected]

Quote vacancy number: 25140
Closing date: 15/04/2025

Applications should consist of a one page summary sheet, resume / CV and copies of relevant qualifications.

For a copy of the Job Description or to view career opportunities in the Northern Territory Government please visit https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/Search