This scheme recognises the role key health workers play in enabling the delivery of rural and remote health services, and aims to provide incentives over and above award entitlements, to attract and retain staff in these areas.
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Health Mgr Lvl 1
Remuneration: $91,326 - $121,497 + Superannuation
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ696060
Location: Broken Hill NSW
We really arenât that far away - only 3 hoursâ drive from Mildura, 5 hours from Adelaide or a short flight from anywhere in Australia.
- Great opportunity to join a supportive team and make a real difference
- Grow your career with us with training on offer to support your learning
What You'll Be Doing
- Manage a high-volume, fast-paced executive office with professionalism, discretion, and efficiency.
- Partner with the Executive to prioritise matters and initiate action exercising discretion and maintaining confidentiality to facilitate the optimal use of the Executiveâs time.
- Coordinate the Executiveâs diary appointments, records and correspondence, and travel arrangements and schedule and support meetings to facilitate the effective management of the Executiveâs directorate.
- Collect, analyse and interpret workforce data to support HR reporting, identify trends and support strategic decision making
- Prepare briefs and other documentation for the Executive, and oversee the tracking and approval of briefing materials.
- 5 weeks annual leave.
- Salary packaging (pay less tax!), enjoy up to $9k for living expenses, $2.6k for meals and entertainment.
- Novated Leasing.
- Paid Allocated Day Off (ADO) Every Month.
- Fitness Passport and EAP to maintain your health and wellbeing.
- Isolation and Climate Allowance.
- Professional development with support through advanced education & training to help you develop your career.
- A comfortable country lifestyle that supports balance & wellbeing.
The Far West Local Health District is one of 15 LHDs under NSW Health, providing high quality public health services to the communities in far west NSW.
Key to our success of course, is our people. Our workforce is inclusive and diverse. We employ well over 800 clinicians and support staff across our 9 health facilities in Broken Hill, Balranald, Dareton, Ivanhoe, Menindee, Tibooburra, Wentworth, White Cliffs and Wilcannia. In the Far West LHD, we are working together to make a real difference to the health outcomes for our communities. We encourage you to consider joining our friendly team for a meaningful and rewarding career in rural and remote healthcare.
About Broken Hill
Often referred to as an âOasis in the Outbackâ, Broken Hill is a thriving regional town in far west NSW full of diversity, history and character. Being Australiaâs first city to be Nationally Heritage Listed, Broken Hill is a culturally rich town with a vibrant art scene with over 20 galleries (more than pubs)! The unique attractions, festivals and beautiful natural landscapes see tourists flock from all over, but the ones who stay quickly fall in love with the place and its liveability. With a population just shy of 20,000, Broken Hill is small enough to allow for a relaxed country lifestyle, while big enough to provide all the desired facilities of a regional hub including major supermarkets and retail stores, excellent schools (7 primary & 2 high), multiple gyms & aquatic centre, well-known fast food franchises and a plethora of trendy restaurants, pubs and cafĂŠs.
How To Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the selection criteria in the application as thoroughly as possible:
- Minimum Diploma qualifications in Business Administration or a relevant field, equivalent work experience, or a combination of study and work experience.
- Experience in providing confidential secretarial and administration support services to a senior level.
- Experience in agenda preparation, taking and transcribing minutes and collation and distribution of meeting papers.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including interpersonal, negotiation, training and liaison skills.
- Highly developed problem-solving, coordination and organisational skills with sound judgment and initiative in the resolution of urgent issues and setting priorities.
- Experience in the use of electronic email systems, MS Office suite including Word, PowerPoint, Excel and databases, including data gathering and preparation of reports.
- Ability to work flexible hours, as part of a team, in a high volume work area.
The Welcome Experience connects you and your family with local people and local resources to help you settle in and feel at home in your new community faster.
Learn more at www.nsw.gov.au/welcomeexperience
Need more information?
- Click here for the Position Description
- Find out more about applying for this position
Applications Close: 25th October 2026
Stepping Up
The Stepping Up Website is a resource designed to help Aboriginal job applicants apply for positions within NSW Health. If you are an Aboriginal person and wish to obtain more information about applying for a role with us, please visit: https://www.steppingup.health.nsw.gov.au/
Empower, listen and act together
Together, we can make a positive difference in the lives of all children, young people and families within our community to keep them safe from harm and to empower children's voices.
At Far West Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we donât just accept differences, but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
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