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• Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, Location Negotiable Within Region
• ASO6 | Full Time Contract | Ongoing
• Salary: $98,478 - $104,165 p.a 

Join Our Team as a Corporate General Services Manager - Lead Critical Services that Support Quality Healthcare!

Are you a strategic and experienced leader with a passion for service excellence in healthcare? This is your opportunity to make a lasting impact across the Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network (RMCLHN). As our Corporate General Services Manager, you’ll play a vital role in the delivery of high-quality hotel services that directly support patient care and organisational efficiency.

About the Role:

The Corporate General Services Manager, RMCLHN, is responsible for the efficient, effective, and coordinated delivery of hotel services across the Local Health Network. This includes overseeing operational management at both Murray Bridge Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital and Riverland General Hospital, ensuring consistency in service standards, compliance, and business performance.

In this role, you will:

• Provide expert operational support and advice for food services across the network, particularly in the aged care setting, maintaining food quality and safety standards.
• Oversee and support cleaning and laundry services, ensuring compliance with quality and safety standards and identifying opportunities for process improvement.
• Manage key business functions including finance, procurement, and human resources related to hotel services, meal provision (including special diets), and internal events.
• Drive a culture of quality and safety by leading auditing, compliance monitoring, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead the environmental responsibility portfolio across the LHN, coordinating sustainability-related projects.
• Support site-based teams with service-related projects, offering expertise and operational guidance.

This is a pivotal leadership role for someone with strong experience in health service operations, team leadership, and strategic service planning. If you're ready to elevate your career and contribute meaningfully to regional healthcare, we encourage you to apply.

What We’re Looking For:

• Extensive leadership and management experience, including in hospitality and hotel services within SA Health hospitals, health services, service centres, or aged care settings.
• Skilled in preparing complex reports, briefings, and correspondence.
• Proven ability to develop, review, and maintain systems, protocols, policies, and procedures.
• Experienced in research, data collection, analysis, and reporting from multiple sources.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, including collaboration with government agencies and community groups.
• Effective project manager with experience in planning, executing, and delivering complex projects.
• Broad administrative support experience across finance, HR, procurement, records management, and reporting.
• Proficient in facilities management, with focus on system and process improvement.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills; able to produce high-quality documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
• Skilled in interpreting and applying legislation and ensuring compliance.
• Operational expertise in food services: menu planning, procurement, stock control, and food safety.
• Operational expertise in housekeeping and laundry: chemicals, equipment, stock control, and cleaning standards.
• Experienced in developing business plans and KPIs for food services, including regular performance reporting.
• Proven ability to manage large, multidisciplinary teams.

About Us

The Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network, called RMCLHN for short, supports more than 70,000 people living in country South Australia in the towns and surrounds of Renmark, Paringa, Berri, Barmera, Waikerie, Loxton, Pinnaroo, Lameroo, Karoonda, Mannum, Murray Bridge, Tailem Bend, Meningie, Tintinara and Coonalpyn. Click here for more information about working for RMCLHN.

• We will provide support, both personally and professionally giving you access to a range of education and training opportunities designed to enhance your role.
• Offer flexible work arrangements to better balance work, personal life, and family commitments.
• Provide an inclusive workplace culture that values diversity, ensuring every employee feels a sense of belonging and safety.
• Offer salary sacrifice benefits, watch a short video about what salary packaging is.
• Provide Relocation Support, where applicable. More information available from SA Health Careers - Relocation support.
• Join our corporate and administration professionals team at RMCLHN | SA Health (web page)
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Applicant Information

The South Australian public sector promotes diversity and flexible ways of working part-time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role. 

Appointment will be subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check and appropriate immunisation requirements:

• National Police Certificate (NPC) for employment involving unsupervised contact with vulnerable groups required for this position (E.g. aged care employment or work involving vulnerable clients)
• Immunisation Risk for this position is - Category C

SA Health Services are required to implement the Addressing vaccine preventable disease: Occupational assessment, screening and vaccination policy in the workplace.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job Ref: 902200

Enquiries

Zia Earl
Director Corporate Services
Phone: 8535 6706
E-mail: Zia.Earl@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

Monday 23rd June 2025 - 11.55PM

Attachments

902200 ASO6 Role Description.pdf

About Riverland Mallee Coorong Factsheet.pdf

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