SA Health
Job reference: 946362
Location: 5112 - ELIZABETH VALE
Job status: Long Term Contract
Eligibility: Open to Everyone

• Executive Director Corporate Governance and Communications - Northern Adelaide Local Health Network - Elizabeth Vale
• Total Indicative Remuneration: To be Negotiated – SAES Level 1 - Full Time / 3 Year Contract 

Northern Adelaide Local Health Network (NALHN) provides care to more than 400,000 people living in the northern metropolitan area of Adelaide as well as providing a number of state-wide services, and services to those in regional areas. NALHN works to ensure quality and timely delivery of health care, while building a highly skilled, engaged, and resilient workforce based on a culture of collaboration, respect, integrity, and accountability.

About The Role 

The organisation is now seeking an Executive Director, Corporate Governance and Communications. The role reports to the Chief Executive Officer and plays a critical role in leading the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of organisational governance; NALHN strategic partnerships, internal communications and events management; Public Relations including external communications and consumer engagement; management of the office of the CEO including responding to Ministerial and other correspondence and requests for legal advice and co-ordination of executive administrative systems and processes across the Network.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have:

Proven background in corporate affairs, communications, or government relations within a complex and high-profile environment

• Sound knowledge and understanding of contemporary governance frameworks, policies, and processes
• Significant experience in leading a cohesive team and encouraging a culture of teamwork and service delivery and take a shared responsibility for achieving results
• Extensive experience in the management of complex projects and associated budgets
• Extensive experience in providing leadership in a complex multi-disciplinary organisation in a climate of continuing change, with demonstrated success in increasing the effectiveness and accountability of the organisation
• Significant experience in identifying customer needs for incorporation into planning, with proven experience in developing service strategies, and providing quality customer service to effect positive results
• Proven experience in generating positive support and cooperation from stakeholders, clients, service providers and peers and in building a climate of trust to facilitate open communications between people

Our core values of respect, integrity and accountability underpin our commitment to provide excellence in care, innovation, creativity, leadership and equity in service provision and health outcomes to the Northern area communities.

At NALHN Everyone Has a Story, Everyone Matters, Everyone Contributes and Everyone Grows.

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply.  Job Ref: 94362.

For a confidential discussion, please get in touch with:

Liz Hlipala,

Senior Principal Consultant, HardyGroup

M. +61 (•)••• ••• 301

E. ••••@hardygroupintl.com

 https://www.hardygroupintl.com/job/executive-director-corporate-governance-communications 

  Role-Statement-Executive-Director-Corporate-Governance-and-Communications.pdf

Applications close: 26/08/2026 11:55 PM

Flexibility Statement
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.