What’s in it for you?

• Maximise your pay through salary packaging including entertainment and novated leases
• Enjoy flexible working options
• Ongoing career development and training
• On campus, we have a myriad of retail stores, cafes, restaurants along with a boutique hotel
• We value our employees, which is why we offer a health and wellbeing program including free access to an Employee Assistance Program

The opportunity:

The Centre for Health Analytics is an exciting collaborative venture for the Melbourne Children’s campus partners – the Royal Children’s Hospital, The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, and the University of Melbourne.

The Centre has been created to support the vision of Melbourne Children’s to become an internationally leading paediatric campus in the use of data to improve all aspects of patient care, operations, education, and research. The Centre has received generous financial support from the Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation and the University of Melbourne has funded a foundation position of Professor of Child Health Informatics who will work closely with the Centre. For more information visit: www.healthanalytics.org.au

The Data Services Lead will be responsible for data service stream of work at the Centre for Health Analytics. The successful candidate will oversee the Centre’s sprint framework and continuously improve our delivery of data services. You will be responsible for resource scheduling and the reporting required by the Data Services Team to internal and external stakeholders. You will be part of the Centre’s Leadership Team to ensure our planned annual objectives are achieved.

Your responsibilities include:

• Day to day management of the Data Services stream of work
• Coordinating the data projects and their interdependencies
• Participate in the Centre for Health Analytics Stream Leadership Team and play a core role in determining the strategic direction for the Centre
• Manage the sprint framework used by the Data Services team to deliver data service requests
• Continuously improve the sprint framework by managing sprint closure processes, managing risks and issues, and aligning planned versus actual outcomes
• Provide regular briefings to Health Analytics management and governance groups as required

About you:

• Tertiary qualifications in a related field and relevant industry experience
• Experience in leading a technical team using agile methods
• (Desirable) Project/Program Management certification such as MSP, Prince2, PMBoK
• (Desirable) Experience with EMR data, EMR reporting and EMR integration, preferably Epic
• Proven track record of delivering successful health informatics and technology programs

Who we are

At Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, we share a powerful vision; to re-imagine the future of child health. We are the home to many life-changing scientific discoveries. We are renowned for our cutting-edge focus on early interventions, improved diagnosis, prevention, and development of potential cures. Our success is founded on a philosophy of collaboration through a multi-disciplinary approach to solving the toughest questions in child health. Murdoch Children’s is committed to creating a culture of inclusivity, equity and respect that celebrates and values the diverse backgrounds and experiences of our people. We strive to foster a positive working environment that is underpinned by equal opportunity for all and consideration for the diverse voices of our people and the communities we serve. Murdoch Children’s is a proud member of the Australian Network on Disability and is a committed subscriber to Science Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) and its principles.

Please click Apply Now for further information and viewing of the position description. Any specific questions related to this position should be directed to Emma Stewart at [email protected] using the subject line: Data Services Lead enquiry via EthicalJobs.

To be considered, applicants should submit:

• Cover letter
• Resume
• Responses to ‘what we need from you’ via the position description

Please submit your application in one combined pdf document.

We welcome all genders, ages, ethnicities, cultural backgrounds, abilities, religions and sexual orientations in our workplace and encourage talented people of any identity to apply to our vacancies. We will provide reasonable adjustments in our recruitment process and in the workplace, please contact the People Leader listed above if this is needed.

All applicants, please be aware that in line with the Murdoch Children’s and VCGS COVID-19 Vaccination Policy, all Murdoch Children’s and VCGS workers must be fully vaccinated (boosted), unless a valid medical exception applies.

Please note, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.