Employee Benefits Director

• Create and implement employee value
• Support attraction and retention of staff
• Build recognition as an innovative and progressive workplace

The Position

The Employee Benefits Director is a new role designed to add value to our most important asset – our staff. The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH)  is 175 years strong, serving a large and diverse community and currently embarking on the largest hospital redevelopment project in Australia’s history. The introduction of this role seeks to support our attraction and retention efforts and ensure the RMH continues to be a great place to work and a great place to receive care.

Reporting to the Chief People Officer, the Employee Benefits Director will be responsible for the design, implementation and ongoing achievement of the RMH’s Employee Benefits Strategy. Success in the role will be demonstrated by an increase in staff take up of existing employee benefits as well as the creation and adoption of new opportunities.

The position requires a strategic, commercial and creative approach to identify new benefit opportunities, combined with a strong aptitude for data to ensure recommendations are based on solid quantitative and qualitative analysis.  The ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders including Executive and Senior Leaders, the RMH Foundation, Procurement and Finance, Communications, external partners and employees across all professional groups is critical.

The ideal appointee will demonstrate a warm, approachable style with a focus on effective communication and influencing skills.  The appointee will demonstrate a track record of delivering outcomes with a clear focus on customer experience. An exemplary approach to probity will be essential.  A background in health or a health-related field may be of assistance however is not essential.

The Organisation

The RMH is one of Victoria’s largest public health services and provides a comprehensive range of specialist medical, surgical, and mental health services, as well as rehabilitation, aged care, outpatient, and community programs.

Surrounded by the Parkville Precinct of brilliant thinkers, the RMH is constantly striving to set new benchmarks in health excellence, with global impact. Patients and consumers are essential to who RMH is, while leading inspiring new research and scientific breakthroughs.

RMH employs more than 10,000 people and values the diverse community’s wellbeing and shared vision of advancing health for everyone, every day. RMH is united in “The Melbourne Way,” of putting people first, leading with kindness, and through collaboration, setting high standards to achieve excellence together.

The RMH is proud to be a workplace that champions diversity, inclusion and equality for our staff and our community. Our goal is for our people to feel safe, included and supported so that they can be at their best every single day. We encourage talented people from all backgrounds, abilities and identities to apply to our vacancies.

 Advancing health, and employment, for everyone, every day.  

For more information on the organisation visit: thermh.org.au

To apply – click on ‘APPLY NOW’ and using reference MBHebc0123 address your cover letter and resume to Liz Jones or Larissa Langley, of Fisher Leadership, or call 1300 347 437 for further information.