Lead Administration Excellence in Public Health
Play a pivotal role in strengthening public health services through exceptional administrative leadership.
Your New Role
As the Administration Manager for the Metro South Public Health Unit (MSPHU), you will lead a high performing administrative team and ensure robust systems, processes, and support structures are in place to enable effective public health service delivery.
In This Role, You Will
* Lead, manage, and support a team of AO3 Administration Support Officers and a Data Officer, ensuring efficient workflows and high quality service delivery.
* Oversee day to day administrative operations, including workload prioritisation, correspondence management, HR processes, and financial responsibilities such as credit card and petty cash reconciliation.
* Provide high level administrative support across specialised public health regulatory areas, ensuring compliance with relevant legislation, policies, and reporting requirements.
* Drive quality improvement initiatives, contribute to business planning, and support the Director MSPHU with projects, reporting, and operational activities.
This is a
temporary part‑time position (2 days per week – Thursday and Friday)
, working in a
job‑share arrangement until January 2027
.
About You
You are an experienced administrative leader who thrives in dynamic, multidisciplinary environments and brings a proactive, solutions focused approach to supporting public health services.
You Will Bring
* Demonstrated experience leading administration teams in a complex health or regulatory environment, with the ability to manage competing priorities and support staff development.
* Highly developed communication and relationship building skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across diverse internal and external stakeholders.
* Strong analytical, problem solving, and continuous improvement capabilities, with a track record of enhancing workflows, systems, and team performance.
* Sound knowledge (or the ability to rapidly acquire knowledge) of public health legislation, HR frameworks, WHS, risk management, procurement, and Queensland Health systems such as Riskman, MyHR, and S4HANA.
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What We Can Offer You
* We offer a family-friendly work environment that supports you in making the most of Queensland's laid-back lifestyle.
* We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
* We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
* You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.
About us:
Community And Oral Health Services
Community and Oral Health Services deliver a broad range of quality community-based care and support services to help people improve and maintain their wellbeing and independence as well as oral health services to adults and children.
We deliver a myriad of services across Metro South including Hospital in the Home, Rehabilitation, Chronic Disease, Acute Care, Dementia Outreach, Oral Health, and specialist residential care along with delivering numerous other vital community health services.
INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE
Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.
We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.
We are better together .
Occupational group
Administration