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• Department for Health and Wellbeing – Corporate and Infrastructure – New Women’s and Children’s Hospital Project
• Classification: SAES Level 1 – Full Time / Term Contract (Temporary up to Three Years)

Join us on this once in a generation hospital build at the New Women’s and Children’s Hospital (New WCH) Project.

As South Australia’s largest and leading health infrastructure project, we are offering the rare opportunity to help play a profound role in designing and building a brand-new multi-billion-dollar medical precinct for the future women and children of South Australia.

A combined women’s and children’s hospital is incredibly unique, with only a few in the world, and we are at very exciting stage of the Project here in South Australia, with national and global interest, in this contemporary build.

Our new facility will have more beds, theatres, greater emergency capacity – and increased scope for future expansion.

This is your chance to be part of one of Australia’s most prominent and prestigious public work projects, as we deliver a bigger and better hospital for the South Australian community by 2031.

Overview:

• The Director, Project Design is a senior executive leader responsible for overseeing and directing all aspects of the New Women’s and Children’s Hospital Project (Project) design process, from concept design to delivery phases.
• The role ensures that technical, engineering and design outputs meet the Project objectives, specifically stakeholder outcomes within the Project requirements of scope, quality, safety, assurance, schedule and budget.
• The role will facilitate effective collaboration and communication between Project Design team, professional services contractors, the Women’s and Children’s Hospital Network (WCHN) and whole Project team to ensure alignment.
• The role needs to strategically consider how design decisions and choices will impact WCHN in the long term, considering future needs, operational impacts and flexibility in design.
• The role will provide expert advice to various levels of Project Governance on resolving any design challenges that impact the Project objectives.
• The role will encourage and foster innovation and creativity within the Design Team to develop solutions that lead to best practice design outcomes, keeping abreast of national and global trends to inform design.

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.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants are encouraged to apply. Job ref:  916225

Criminal History Screening Requirement

• A ‘National Police Certificate’ NPC (also known as a ‘Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check’ NCCHC)  for employment involving no contact with vulnerable groups is required for this position (general employment)
• A DHS ‘Working With Children Check’ (WWCC) is required for this position.

Immunisation Risk for this position is Category C (minimal patient contact)

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

Enquiries

Tom Kirkland
Project Director – NWCH
Phone: 0421 620 848
E-mail: tom.kirkland@sa.gov.au

Application Closing Date

Wednesday, 1 October 2025 - 11.55PM

Attachments

• 916225 - Director, Project Design, New Women’s and Children’s Hospital Project - Role Description.pdf
• Australian applicant guidelines
• International applicant guidelines