About us

Our vision is for community where good health is available for everyone. We work with others to create and deliver the best possible health and community care system for the people of our region. We strive towards this by listening to the community, reorienting the health system toward care being closer to home and building capacity of providers and partners to meet health needs. We are passionate about living our values each day: collaboration, integrity, diversity, courage, and impact.

About the opportunity

Brisbane North PHN, in partnership with Metro North Health (Metro North Hospital and Health Service), currently has a pivotal opportunity in the innovative Health Alliance team, working across the North Brisbane region.

Your primary responsibility will be to lead and manage the development, implementation and evaluation of a range of programs and projects addressing key health system issues and opportunities.

About the Health Alliance

The Health Alliance was established in 2017 by Brisbane North PHN and Metro North Health (MNH) to identify health system reform opportunities to jointly address complex challenges facing the North Brisbane health system.

The Alliance facilitates different health sectors, health care providers, and the North Brisbane community to work together to address complex health care delivery challenges that transcend the mandate of any one organisation or part of the health sector.

About the Role (for full details, see Position Description)

Fixed term contract to 30th June 2026.

• bring together various stakeholders (inc. clinicians, consumers and carers) from across the region to identify key issues/challenges and develop solutions
• develop detailed project plans, including a budget, consultation plan, communications plan, risk management plan and evaluation plan
• undertake codesign with key stakeholders (inc. clinicians, consumers and carers) to further develop and refine project plans to ensure their success
• establish and maintain project governance (e.g. partnership groups, working groups, steering committee or expert reference group).
• oversee and contribute to the day-to-day implementation of project plans.

Base salary $123,891pa + 11.5% super + salary packaging (total remuneration package up to $144,074pa).

To view the full Position Description, please paste the following into your browser: https://brisbanenorthphn.org.au/web/uploads/downloads/Position-descriptions/PD_ProgramManagerHealthAlliance_02Apr25.pdf

About you (for full selection criteria, see Position Description)

• tertiary related health qualifications e.g. nursing, allied health, health sciences, public health or a related discipline or equivalent work-related experience
• strong understanding of the health care systems including primary health care, tertiary health, community care etc (or ability to acquire that knowledge quickly)
• experience in effective stakeholder engagement, consultation and relationship development including consumers, carers, advocates, providers, policy makers and others
• proven ability to successfully lead and implement projects, using a fit-for-purpose project management approach including well-developed ability to identify and analyse problems, research, formulate and implement appropriate courses of actions to affect system change.
• highly developed organisational skills including ability to effectively prioritise workload and competing priorities.

Joining us means…

• Great workplace culture with exposure to national programs
• Flexibility can be negotiated depending on business needs, including the potential to work from home up to 3 days per week, flexible hours, accrued days off, and flexible start/finish times
• Generous salary packaging arrangements, including NFP tax-free benefits
• Annual professional development funding
• Modern Lutwyche office base with free undercover parking
• Five weeks' annual leave per annum
• Social and friendly work environment, great kitchen breakout facilities and close to shops, cafes and transport
• Access to Employee Assistance Program for you and your family

[Please note – if the successful applicant is a current Metro North Health employee, there may be scope to negotiate a secondment to Brisbane North PHN while in the role.]

Apply to join our team

To apply please -

1. Review the full position description.
2. Direct any queries about this role to [email protected]
3. Upload your current resume and a covering letter (letter maximum 2 pages, that directly addresses how you meet the selection criteria, via the 'Apply' button.

Please note, we will be reviewing applications on receipt and therefore reserve the right to close the position listing before the stated deadline.

We are committed to achieving a diverse workforce and strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, people with lived experience of mental illness and people with disabilities.