• Part-time role FTE 0.8 Maximum Term to 30 June 2027. The tenure of this role is linked to government funding grant.
• Make a difference in the cancer sector throughout the regional communities
• Flexible hybrid working environment
• Generous NFP salary packaging benefits

About the Opportunity

This is an incredible opportunity to be part of a project in its national expansion. This project, originally piloted in Victoria through the Regional Cancer Partnership Forums, has demonstrated significant impact in addressing educational inequalities for regional healthcare professionals involved in cancer care. Given this success, the initiative is now scaling nationally.

As National Program Manager Regional Education you will be pivotal in driving the success of the program’s long-term goals: to standardise and elevate cancer care in underserved regional areas, ensuring equitable access to evidence-based resources, improving clinical outcomes, and ultimately empowering healthcare professionals to deliver high-quality, patient-centred cancer care across Australia.

In this role, you will focus on planning and delivering an Australia-wide Regional Workforce Educational Support Strategy. The strategy will enhance cancer care delivery for underserved populations by providing tailored educational content to various professionals, including medical specialists, nurses, allied health professionals, researchers, educators, generalists, and consumer advocates. The educational content will all be focussed on fostering a robust community of practice among regionally-based participants. You will be responsible for ensuring the national reach of the program and that the educational content remains relevant to the needs of regional healthcare professionals.

Please note that this is a national role supporting the regional areas, travel will be required throughout the project.

Responsibilities Include:

Program Management

• Develop and plan program objectives, milestones, program and project evaluation KPIs, and reporting requirements.
• Collaboration with key program stakeholders, such as the Associate Director of Education, Senior Manager Health Equity, Regional Advisor, program Chairs, Co-Leads and steering group members.
• Use internal systems and procedures to manage events, educational requirements, contracting and procurement, budget management, evaluation reporting and program resourcing.
• Tracking program achievements milestones or issues and risks and putting relevant mitigation plans & strategies in place.
• Prepare status reports for internal and external project management purposes.
• Develop program work plans and schedule regular program meetings; develop meeting presentations, agendas and minutes.
• Identify opportunities for leveraged funding and support funding applications where required.
• Work with the communications team to develop high-quality material to communicate and promote program activities, opportunities and achievements

Relationship Management

• Agree ways of working and develop communicative and respectful working relationships with Co-Leads, program Chairs, internal colleagues contributing to the program, steering group members, working groups and consumers associated with the program
• Collaborate with the Senior Manager Consumer Involvement to ensure the inclusion of consumers throughout the program cycle to leverage valuable lived perspective
• Develop and strengthen collaborative working relationships across organisations relevant to further developing and delivering the objectives of the program/projects

Education and Research

• Collaborate with the Senior Manager, Cancer Nursing to support the development, delivery, and evaluation of evidence-based educational initiatives.
• Contribute to further developing a VCCC alliance-wide strategic direction for the nursing workforce.
• Support nurse-led research and integrating research findings into clinical practice through professional development opportunities for nurses in research methodologies.

About You

You will have Extensive nursing experience, preferably in a cancer setting, with a deep understanding of system-level opportunities and barriers to integrating research, education, and clinical care.

You will:

• Significant relationship management experience, effectively managing various multi-disciplinary stakeholders, including clinicians, researchers, allied health professionals, nurses, academics and/or consumers.
• Experience delivering project activities and milestones, ideally in a health education, biomedical or cancer healthcare setting.
• Understanding of project management frameworks and methodologies, with the ability and skill to adjust processes to problem solve and remove unnecessary complexity
• Demonstrated experience empowering consumers to proactively contribute to program activities and generate evidence required for health system-related changes
• Excellent oral and written communications skills, including report writing, presentation and meeting/workshop facilitation, across multiple platforms.
• Tertiary qualification in Nursing preferred or allied health speciality with oncology experience.

About the VCCC Alliance

Despite having some of the best cancer outcomes in the world, cancer remains one of the leading causes of death and disease burden in Victoria. The VCCC Alliance is a joint venture of academic, research and clinical member institutions working together to change that.

We do this in alliance with our 10 joint venture members who, to name a few, include Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, WEHI, The Royal Children’s Hospital and Western Health – for more detailed information cick here. 

Through the VCCC alliance, we are collaborating and working to improve systems, educational offerings, equity and inclusion in cancer research and prevention to accelerate the translation of scientific evidence into better outcomes for all people affected by cancer across Victoria.

What’s On Offer

VCCC Alliance offers a competitive salary package and a flexible work environment that fosters professional growth and development, including:

• Flexible work arrangements, hybrid in-office and working from home model with laptop and ergonomic reimbursements provided for your home set up;
• Family-friendly workplace with flexible hours available;
• 15 days personal / carer’s leave;
• Solid market salary boosted by NFP salary packaging and tax-free meals/accommodation card;
• Supportive small-team environment with a clear vision and inspiring strategic direction.

VCCC Alliance Values

United: we connect and support to empower sustainable change

Respectful: we are respectful of each other and the cancer community and accountable for our contribution

Bold: we cultivate ideas and dare to innovate

Patient-Centred: we place patients with cancer at the centre of all we do

For All: we champion equity of cancer care for every Victorian

Equity & Inclusion

The VCCC Alliance values diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing an inclusive work environment, free from all forms of unlawful discrimination, harassment, bullying, vilification and victimisation. We welcome people of all backgrounds and identities to apply for this position.

Contact for Enquiries:

For further information regarding the role, please contact Kyleigh Smith, Associate Director, Education, at [email protected] using the subject line: National Program Manager Regional Education enquiry via EthicalJobs. If you require any adjustments to participate in our recruitment process, please let us know in your application.

Secondment: To enhance relationships with our alliance partners, this position may be arranged as a secondment within a VCCC Alliance partner organisation. Employees within the VCCC Alliance are encouraged to contact Holly Witton, People & Culture Manager, at [email protected] to explore the possibility of a suitable secondment arrangement.

TO APPLY:

For a copy of the position description and further information about the VCCC Alliance, please go to our website (please note the role and PD will not be live on the VCCC Alliance website until Monday 30th September).

Applicants must be an Australian citizen or have permanent residency to be considered. As VCCC Alliance is located within a cancer hospital, triple COVID-19 vaccination is required prior to commencement, unless exempt.

To be considered for this role, please send your CV and a cover letter addressing the key selection criteria in the Position Description on the VCCC Alliance website. All applications must be lodged by the closing date. 

Applications may close earlier if a suitable applicant is found prior to the date.