Director, Information Management and Quality

Executive Band 1
NSW Ministry of Health – System Information and Analytics

Better data leads to better decisions. This role supports the Ministry of Health to be an effective health service purchaser and system manager through high quality data and information.

This is a rare opportunity to apply your executive leadership skills and experience to enhance and maintain statewide and national Health data and information.

You will be experienced in leading a diverse team, with a combination of strategic and operational leadership skills.

Your ability to communicate effectively and drive new collaborations across the system will be pivotal to succeeding in this role.

This role will be located in St Leonards

Why You Should Apply:

Strategic Expertise: Provide strategic leadership to maintain the quality of NSW Health data standards, governance and functions for core collections.

Enhance and Innovate: Lead the team to create forward thinking approaches to data development and management including developing new data streams and sources.

Career Development: Develop your skills, expand your network through collaboration across the health system.

Role Outline

The Director Information Management and Quality provides strategic leadership and direction for the quality and integrity of state-wide data collections and management of the state-wide data to support the achievement of organisational and government objectives. This includes development of new sources of data and providing NSW leadership on national data development and collection initiatives.

Whilst this is a hybrid role you will be expected to work from our St Leonards office 2-3 days per week.

Key accountabilities

For further information, download the role description.

Take the focus capabilities from the role description and use the Capability Application Tool to access practice interview questions.

Applying for this Role

You are required to submit a one page covering letter, including a short statement in response to the two targeted questions below:

1. Describe the most important challenge facing NSW Health in the next five years in relation to managing and using data and how the organisation can best approach it. 
2. How do/have you effectively influenced and led culture change in a team?

Essential Requirements

The successful candidate will have:

• Extensive knowledge and understanding of data management, governance and health data collections 
• Relevant tertiary qualifications or demonstrated equivalent professional experience information management, performance reporting and performance improvement programs/projects.

We know the value of diverse experiences and broad capabilities.  Even if you’re not sure if you meet all the role requirements, we’d love to hear from you.

This is an ongoing, Band 1, Health Service senior executive (PSSE) role. An attractive remuneration package within the range of $211, 222 to $235,325 per annum, will be negotiated with the successful applicant.

Please contact Sharon Smith, Executive Director, System Information and Analytics on 0477 727 504 should you have any additional questions about the role.

Please click here to apply for the advert through the Health Career Portal (search by job reference number REQ518989).

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion 

At the Ministry of Health we are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible environment which reflects the community and customers we serve. We actively promote the employment of women, people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, LGBTIQ+ community and people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

If you identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander and would like assistance with your application or to obtain more information on how to apply, please visit our Stepping Up initiative.

To be eligible for employment in these roles you must be an Australian citizen, or a permanent resident, or a New Zealand citizen, or hold a valid visa with permission to work in Australia.