Contracts Manager – Medicare Mental Health
St Vincent's Health Australia
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Sydney • Australia
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About the role
- Lead Contract Management for a National Mental Health Reform Initiative
- Contribute to a National Mental Health Initiative
- Support delivery of the Medicare Mental Health Check-In service
- Engage with government stakeholders and cross-functional teams to manage contracts
- Apply contract management and governance expertise within a health organisation
- Monitor and manage contractual obligations, milestones and deliverables
- Support compliance with Australian Government contract and consortium partner agreements
- Proactively identify and manage financial, legal and performance risks
- Maintain contract documentation and contract management systems
- Enable program delivery teams to operate within agreed scope, timelines and budgets
- Assist in managing potential contract disputes and escalation processes
Requirements
- 5+ years’ experience managing complex contracts or commercial agreements
- Experience managing contractual obligations, compliance and risk in large programs or service delivery environments
- Strong stakeholder engagement and influencing capability
- Ability to balance contract governance with operational delivery outcomes
- Excellent written, analytical and communication skills
- Experience managing Australian Government contracts or funding agreements (desirable)
- Experience in healthcare, digital health or large service delivery environments (desirable)
- Experience working with technology vendors or multi-partner consortiums (desirable)
- Experience in risk, governance, program delivery or compliance frameworks (desirable)
Benefits
- Hybrid and flexible working arrangements
- Salary packaging benefits available to not-for-profit employees (increase your take-home pay)
- Opportunities to contribute to national healthcare transformation
- A collaborative and supportive team environment
- Career growth within one of Australia’s largest health organisations
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
contract managementgovernance expertisecompliance managementrisk managementcontractual obligations managementprogram deliveryfinancial risk managementlegal risk managementperformance risk managementcontract documentation
Soft Skills
stakeholder engagementinfluencing capabilityanalytical skillscommunication skillswritten skillsoperational delivery balancedispute managementescalation processes