Allied Health Innovators - VCAAH

Working at VCAAH is a little different. 

Join VCAAH as an Allied Health Innovators on full-time or part-time (0.4 eft minimum), fixed-term basis through to 30th December 2027. 

We're looking for allied health innovators from different career stages: from Grade 2 to Grade 3, noting that we may not appoint at each grade level. 

Innovation isn't a title reserved for the most senior person in the room. Some innovators are building their capability; others coordinate complex work and bring recognised expertise; and others provide specialist leadership that influences thinking and practice across the sector.  It's about the right combination of people, skills and experience to ensure that VCAAH delivers high value to the community. 

 Based at Monash Health’s Kingston Centre in Heatherton, Victoria, there is opportunity to work remotely (within Victoria) through a hybrid arrangement. 

We're a small team with a big remit. We ask big questions, challenge assumptions respectfully and aren't afraid to challenge the status quo when it might lead to something better. We're comfortable with ambiguity, committed to learning and motivated by creating meaningful impact for the allied health workforce. 

The best work rarely happens in isolation. It happens when people bring different perspectives, share ideas openly and are willing to think beyond the boundaries of a single profession, service or organisation. That's why we value evidence, curiosity and genuine collaboration in equal measure. 

The work we do matters. So does how we do it. 

We value thoughtful debate, genuine relationships and a healthy sense of humour. We're a team that know and respect each other, and genuinely enjoy working together. 

We value team members who think critically, collaborate generously and help turn insight into action. We celebrate strengths, invest in growth and recognise that lasting impact is a shared responsibility. 

If you were a fly on the wall in our meetings, you'd see VCAAH’s core principles in action: 

• Courage – We step into complexity and ask the questions that matter. 

• Objectivity – We seek evidence, challenge assumptions and remain curious. 

• Respect – We value diverse perspectives, invest in genuine relationships and challenge each other respectfully. 

• Elevation – We recognise strengths, support growth and help people, professions and the sector succeed. 

Opportunities like this are rare. 

These positions sit beyond the boundaries of a single profession, service or organisation. You'll work alongside clinicians, leaders, researchers, educators, policy makers and sector partners from across Victoria to explore complex challenges, generate insights and help create practical solutions. 

Whether your future lies in clinical leadership, workforce development, education, research, innovation, service improvement or policy, you'll gain exposure to ideas, networks and opportunities that are difficult to access from any single role or organisation 

Our hope is that your time with VCAAH leaves you better connected, more capable and more influential than when you arrived. 

The work 

Depending on your background and interests, you may contribute to workforce development, innovation, research, evaluation or capability-building initiatives. 

At VCAAH, we're interested in both delivery and discovery, responding to today's workforce challenges while helping create the conditions for a stronger future. 

 Our work is diverse and organised around three strategic pillars that guide where we focus our energy and how we create impact across Victoria's allied health workforce. 

• See the Sector: Generate insights, evidence and understanding about Victoria's allied health workforce. 

• Connect the Sector: Bring together people, professions, organisations and ideas to tackle shared challenges. 

• Strengthen the Sector: Support workforce capability, innovation and improvement to help allied health thrive now and into the future. 

About You 

We're building a team whose strengths, experiences and perspectives complement one another and who will thrive in these roles. 

You’ll feel right at home here if: 

• you enjoy exploring complex challenges, bringing people together and turning insight into action; 

• you’re comfortable with ambiguity, open to learning and motivated by making a meaningful contribution to the future of allied health; and, 

• you've found yourself asking "Why do we do it that way?", "What are we missing?" or "What might be possible if we approached this differently?". 

Collectively, we're looking for strengths across a range of areas to enable the delivery of our work. We're particularly interested in applicants who bring knowledge of allied health in the public health sector, alongside expertise in one or more of the following: 

• Workforce development 

• Education and capability building 

• Innovation and improvement 

• Research and evaluation 

• Communications and stakeholder engagement 

• Policy, strategy or partnerships 

• Co-design and facilitation 

• Knowledge translation 

• Project and program delivery 

• Health economics, epidemiology or data analytics 

Additional consideration will be given to applicants who bring: 

• Independent research capability 

• Regional, rural or statewide perspectives and experience