Senior Education Manager
Senior Education Manager
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Job Description
Make a meaningful difference with UnitingCare Queensland
You may know us as UnitingCare Blue Care ARRCS Lifeline or one of our four hospitals - St Stephens Hospital The Wesley Hospital Buderim Private Hospital or St Andrews War Memorial Hospital. At UnitingCare you are part of something bigger. Through these services we support more than 400000 people every year in urban rural and remote communities across Queensland and the Northern Territory. Youll find our people everywhere. People committed to and passionate about delivering services that improve the lives of individuals families and communities. And with more than 16500 staff and 9000 volunteers were proud to be making a meaningful difference every day.
This is a full time permanent position working primarily out of our Brisbane CBD office as well as visiting our Hospital locations. This is a hybrid role with flexibility to also work from home.
Your part in our UnitingCare team
Reporting into our GM of Clinical Governance as the Senior Education Manager you will collaborate with various stakeholders to design develop and manage the education portfolio across our 4 hospitals. Managing a team of four directly and team of 70 indirectly the role is pivotal in ensuring consistent training and education to clinical and identified non-clinical portfolios as well as executing our education requirements for accreditation on behalf of our four Hospitals. With a focus on continuous improvement this role will:
Review and implement efficiencies to processes and procedures to enhance the overall hospitals education program offerings (including clinical and non-clinical teams)
Facilitate the creation of appropriate and cost-effective learning courses to address staff skills gaps in alignment with professional development and risk areas identified
Collaborate with the relevant stakeholders including Clinical Governance and education partners in the development of new programs arising from internal review and audit recommendations
Work with the education team members to transform complex information into highly engaging educational content
Review the effectiveness of our clinical graduate programs seeking opportunities for improved efficiency
Provide insight and proactively contribute to policy development as
Maintain effective networks and partnering relationships with key internal and external stakeholders representing UnitingCare Hospitals in internal groups and external organisations
Provide people management and leadership to the education team members
Engage and motivate team members to ensure organisational and team goals are appropriately achieved
Lead and develop others through coaching feedback and regular connections
What makes a difference for us
Previous experience in a similar expert role within a learning or clinical education function providing subject matter advice to employees and leaders as
Demonstrated experience in assessing learning needs and developing learning solutions
Experience in managing multiple stakeholders with competing priorities
Experience in the design and development of complex learning programs tools and resources for varying audiences
Expert knowledge of Hospital accreditation standards
Excellent knowledge of adult learning principles methodologies and learning design/delivery trends and best practice approaches
Excellent stakeholder management and project management skills
Proven ability to lead teams through process improvement and change initiatives
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Ability to work within a dynamic and complex environment
Post graduate tertiary qualifications in a related field highly desirable (e.g. Nursing Allied Health or Health Science)
Current Certificate IV in Training & Assessment highly desirable
What makes a difference for you
NFP Salary Packaging: Save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15900) and meal entertainment (up to $2650) per annum. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the following link: SalaryPackagingExplained
Flexible work arrangements to support work-life balance
A recognition and rewards platform providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers including everyday expenses holidays health insurance annual awards celebration wellbeing and employee assistance programs
12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave available after 6 months service in addition to the government scheme
Diversity and inclusive leave offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year Diwali Ramadan NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
Career development opportunitiesto challenge yourself grow and make a meaningful difference
A positive and inclusive team based on respect shared standards strong values and a commitment to serving others
Wed love you to be part of our UnitingCare family
By joining our Hospitals youll also be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. The second-largest Queensland employer were a proud not-for-profit with more than 17500 staff and 9 000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare Lifeline ARRCS The Wesley Hospital Buderim Private Hospital St Stephens Hospital and St Andrews War Memorial Hospital and have been leading by example for more than 100 years. Our team are compassionate inclusive and committed to the work we do helping people live life in all its fullness.
Child safe Child friendly
UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe Child Friendly organisation and will:
provide welcoming safe and nurturing services for children
implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
Diversity & Inclusion
Our approach is simple everybody iswelcome here. At UnitingCare diversity is at the core of our who we are our mission and our are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex race culture sexual orientation disability or gender our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.
Safe workplace
We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children young people and the elderly safe from harm within our services workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.
Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full-Time
