Senior Project Manager

Join our Senior Project Management Team!

Join Southern Adelaide Local Health Network as a Senior Project Manager and lead transformative healthcare initiatives that directly impact our community's wellbeing!

About the role: 

Reporting to the Manager of Strategy & Performance this multi-classified role is responsible for Providing leadership in the delivery of major projects in alignment with program plans and SALHN strategic objectives in a climate of significant reform and continuing change, ensuring accountability is maintained.

 Duties for the role will include:

• Maintaining effective management of programs and projects, including stakeholder management and provide support to clinical divisions.
• Supporting the management and rollout of the SALHN Project Management Framework, including supporting uptake across the organisation through coaching and mentoring
• Maintaining an effective and disciplined change management and control framework for programs and projects.
• Proactively driving a culture of disciplined risk management. 

About you:

• Able to identify performance outcomes, set priorities, plan and schedule work to achieve objectives and meet deadlines within a context of competing work demands/priorities and tight time frames with proven ability to be resilient and work positively in a changing high-pressure environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to enable effective interaction and achievement of result including research of, and preparation of a range of documents/correspondence including board level reporting and management information.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills which demonstrate a capacity to build and maintain relationships with diverse stakeholders on a range of sensitive and complex issues to achieve positive outcomes. 

Please see the attached Role Description for additional information.

Noting: Previous applicants are not required to reapply

Want To Know More? Contact: The SALHN Project Management Office, ***************@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date: 11.55 pm Sunday 16 August 2026.

Attachments:

• AS08 Senior Project Manager Role Description
• RN/M3 Nurse Midwife Manager Role Description
• AHP4_Senior Project Manager Role Description
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines

Applicant Information:

• We also offer salary sacrifice benefits which provide the opportunity to save money by paying for some of your everyday expenses from your salary before it is taxed. Click here to find out more about salary packaging.
• The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working including part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.
• Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and Immunisation compliance as indicated on the Role description.
• SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job ref: 915522.