How to apply for SCHN Redesign & Change Manager

Introduction

The SCHN Redesign & Change Manager will lead network-wide strategic and operational initiatives that change how people, processes and resources are organised across Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network. The position combines redesign methods, organisational change, project delivery and advice in a complex health setting.

This guide explains how to apply for SCHN Redesign & Change Manager and organise the substantial written requirement responses. The application needs clear examples of structured change, business-process improvement, delivery control and influence across diverse clinical and corporate stakeholders. View the official job ad and keep the closing date in mind while preparing.

Role snapshot

Application requirements

Submit the resume and written responses requested in the online application. No response word limit is stated in the vacancy text, so check the form before writing.

• Resume, maximum 5 pages
• Written responses to the 7 listed role requirements

Written requirements to address

1. Relevant tertiary qualifications in change management in health or relevant equivalent work experience, or a combination of study and work experience.
2. Demonstrated well-developed understanding of change management and quality improvement methodologies and experience in leading change management and business process improvement.
3. Demonstrated experience in applying a structured change management approach and methodology, developing change management strategies based on a situational awareness of the details of the change and the groups being impacted by the change.
4. Demonstrated strong analytical and problem solving skills and the capacity to successfully manage competing priorities and meet tight deadlines.
5. Demonstrated experience managing and overseeing/managing project delivery, including developing and monitoring project plans, coordinating resources, reporting, issue and risk management and managing budgets.
6. Demonstrated ability to work independently and/or collaboratively in a project team environment within a complex organisation influencing others to move toward a common vision or goal.
7. Well-developed interpersonal, verbal and written communication, consultation and negotiation skills necessary to build and maintain collaborative relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders.

What to highlight

Use one strong redesign case

Choose a health, service or complex organisational initiative where you applied a recognised change or quality-improvement method. Explain the problem, impact assessment, strategy, interventions, resistance and sustained outcome.

Connect change with project control

Show how you developed and monitored plans, coordinated resources, managed issues and risks, reported progress and controlled a budget. Make clear how those controls supported adoption and benefits rather than becoming an administrative list.

Show influence across a complex network

Use evidence involving clinical, operational, corporate or executive stakeholders with different priorities. Explain how you consulted, negotiated and moved people towards a workable shared direction.

Application structure

Address each listed requirement clearly. A practical approach is:

1. Start each response with a direct statement of your relevant experience.
2. Use a specific example with the setting, your responsibility, your decisions and actions, and the result.
3. Give the most detail to structured change, process improvement, project delivery and stakeholder influence.
4. Address qualifications or equivalent experience directly and separately from behavioural examples.
5. Check the online form for response limits before finalising.

What the panel will want to see in your examples

• A recognised change or redesign method applied with judgement
• Change impacts and stakeholder needs assessed early
• Project risks, resources, reporting and budgets actively managed
• Resistance or competing priorities handled constructively
• Adoption, benefits or service improvement sustained after implementation

Before you submit

The role requires relevant qualifications or equivalent experience, a current unrestricted NSW driver licence, the ability to travel, a Working with Children Check and NSW Health vaccination and screening compliance. Work-right conditions also apply.

This vacancy closes at midnight on 15 September. Confirm the response limits immediately, keep the resume within five pages and make every written response easy to match to the stated requirement. Return to the official job ad when you are ready to apply.

Help with your SCHN Redesign & Change Manager application

Use our NSW Government cover letter template to organise a clear letter where one is required or useful. If you want hands-on help with the full application, you can start your application with Team 3Thirty.