Senior Director – Workforce Planning, Reporting and Systems
Job Number 02PZJ
Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent
Classification: Senior Officer Grade A (PN 46906)
Salary: $172,246 (Plus 12% Super)
Location: The Canberra Hospital, Garran
Section: People and Culture
Closing Date: 1 April 2026
What Can We Offer You
* Competitive pay rates and excellent working conditions within a tertiary hospital.
* Salary Packaging with many options that provide full fringe benefits tax concessions.
* Flexible working conditions.
* Access to Employee Assistance Program.
* Access to onsite Physiotherapists.
* Access to onsite cafes, staff cafeteria, pharmacy and gift shop.
About The Role
Canberra Health Services is seeking a dynamic and future focused Senior Director to lead an expanding workforce planning, reporting and systems function at a time of significant opportunity and organisational focus. This role offers a rare chance to shape how workforce planning, data and analytics are understood, valued and embedded across CHS leadership, directly influencing how the organisation plans for and delivers sustainable healthcare.
Reporting to the Executive Branch Manager, People and Culture, the Senior Director partners closely with executives and senior leaders to lift workforce capability, strengthen workforce literacy and further mature data informed decision making across CHS. The role provides strategic leadership over workforce analytics and reporting, ensuring workforce data integrity supports operational decisions, statutory reporting and timely responses to executive and government requirements, including Questions on Notice.
Leading a specialist multidisciplinary team, this position is central to positioning People and Culture as a trusted, value adding partner to CHS operations. The role balances enterprise-wide consistency with flexible, locally responsive workforce solutions, enabling leaders to confidently navigate complexity and deliver frontline outcomes.
This is an exciting senior leadership opportunity for a confident, influential workforce professional who is passionate about using data to drive insight, building leadership capability and making a lasting impact on the future workforce of the ACT's public health system.
Prior to commencement, successful candidates will be required to:
Undergo a pre-employment National Police Check.
Comply with Canberra Health Services Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination policy, as a Category B role.
To Apply
Please apply online by submitting a copy of your CV along with a 2-page cover letter or pitch, responding to the Selection Criteria, listed in the Position Description.
Please note applications submitted via an agency will not be accepted for this position.
CHS is focussed on the delivery of high quality, effective, person centred care. It provides acute, sub-acute, primary and community‐based health services, to the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) and surrounding region.
Our Vision
Creating exceptional health care together.
Our Role
To be a health service that is trusted by our community.
Our Values
Reliable, Progressive, Respectful and Kind.
CHS is committed to workforce diversity and to creating an inclusive workplace. As part of this commitment, we welcome applications from all diversity groups. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people with disability and people who identify as LGBTQIA+ are particularly encouraged to apply.
If you would like further information regarding this opportunity, please contact Andrew White at .
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