Health Director

Are you ready to play a key role in reforming the health and ageing sectors At Nous Group we are seeking Directors in our Health & Ageing practice who bring passion creativity and a drive to create lasting positive change. With a footprint extending across Australia New Zealand the UK Ireland and Canada we offer a dynamic environment where you can harness your expertise to influence health policy connect with system leaders and shape the future of care. Become a part of our awardwinning team recognised for excellence and commitment to enhancing lives and communities. Join us in our mission to realise a bigger idea of success.

Nous is a great place to work...

Nous Group is an international management consultancy with over 750 people working across Australia and New Zealand the UK Ireland and Canada. We are a valuesbased organisation that is inspired and determined to improve peoples lives in significant ways. Working in unique crossdisciplinary teams we create innovative and enduring solutions that transform businesses governments and communities. We realise a bigger idea of success.

Nous is regularly acknowledged as a great place to work as part of competitive workplace reviews. In 2023 Nous was again named one of Australias Best Workplaces by Great Place to Work and was recognised as one of LinkedIns best places to grow a career as a LinkedIn Top Company (Australia). We have previously been named Best Management Consulting Firm by the Australian Financial Review on several occasions and a Great Place to Work every year that weve entered for the past decade (Australia). Were excited to be extending success and influence globally having recently been awarded A Great Place to Work in Canada and the UK in 2023.

Nous is a global leader in Health & Ageing consulting

Nous supports organisations in health and aged care to deliver astute policy programs and patientcentred services. The work of our growing health practice includes working with public health providers private health companies peak and professional bodies community organisations researchers and government leaders. The work we deliver ranges from health policy and strategy the design and evaluation of models of care services and programs strengthening health and aged care service performance and leadership to transforming digital systems and more.

Through our recent work we have:

• Brought consumers carers clinicians and policy experts together to reform a public infant child and adolescent system including designing enhanced models of care.
• Conducted economic analysis of the gap in funding of rural and urban healthcare and worked with policymakers to explore solutions to address this.
• Helped a health agency prepare for future public health emergencies by developing the optimal governance processes and operating model to manage emergency and pandemic scenarios.
• Conducted a review of health care for First Nations people in custodial settings with a team comprising First Nations team members and coDirector.
• Developed a health care customer relationship management (CRM) roadmap for a group of health services and primary health networks as part of a digital initiative prioritisation framework.

We are looking for Directors in our Health & Ageing practice

As a Health Director in addition to managing large projects or project directing smaller projects you will extend our positive influence through leveraging your existing relationships and developing new clients with a focus on the WA market. You will contribute significantly to project content and drive the delivery of projects across our health practice. You will understand and have an influence on health policy and industry trends bringing system leaders together to find solutions. You will work closely with colleagues including peer health principals and directors and support the growth of team members across Nous.

You are:

• Passionate and driven about doing work that matters and creates positive influence in an environment that values diversity and thrives on creativity.
• A capable and empathetic leader that can confidently direct and lead teams to develop capability and achieve high quality outcomes for clients.
• An expert in health & ageing demonstrating a deep understanding in an area of specialisation applying methodologies digital tools and market knowledge to shape compelling ideas and solutions.
• Intellectually flexible and innovative with the ability to develop intellectual property through projects teams and practice groups to enhance our existing methods and frameworks.
• Engaging and collaborative with the ability to bring energy and enthusiasm for working with clients and colleagues throughout project design and delivery.

You have:

• Experience in the health sector and relationships with health system leaders and innovators in WA and nationally.
• Experience of using your health expertise to advise and resolve complex problems for government and large private sector organisations.
• An interest and understanding in specialist issues such as: hospital management digital health evaluation health finance and other fields of expertise.
• Experience in management leadership and project direction relevant to health and aged care organisations and/or policy.

What makes Nous a Great Place to Work

Our aim is to provide a flexible employee experience that delivers positive influence and growth for you our colleagues and our clients. This includes through:

• A shared bonus that reflects company rather than individual performance and is available to all.
• Hybrid working arrangements includinga monthly remote working allowance and a oneoff payment to set up a WFH office.
• Celebrating commitment to Nous by enabling access to long service leave after 5 years of employment.
• Supporting working parents by providing 18 weeks of paid primary carer parental leave and 10 weeks of paid secondary carer parental leave (access to parental leave is gender neutral).
• Active career and professional development support including access up to $500 in professional development without approval and we reimburse one professional membership per year.
• Giving all Nousers greater flexibility around public holidays including the freedom to choose to take alternate days of leave from scheduled holidays due to cultural religious or other beliefs.
• Providing opportunities for personal growth in addition to our aim of an average of 8 hours of client attention per day.

Finally some important details...

Nous is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. This reflects both the diversity of our people and our supportive people culture and policies. We take pride in the inclusive workplace we have built acknowledged by the Diversity Council of Australia as aInclusive Employer. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Nous is a flexible workplace that offers consulting opportunities on a fulltime and parttime basis.

If you have experience working on complex problems are high performing and productive working in a fastpaced environment and want to be part of a dynamic team that puts people at the centre of everything then wed love to hear from you!

To apply for a role at Nous in Australia you must have the right to work in Australia.

Please note if you are successful in the recruitment process you will be required to undertake background screening prior to your commencement at Nous.