Organisational Development Manager

Shape the future of leadership at Central Highlands Rural Health

This is a unique opportunity to join Central Highlands Rural Health (CHRH) as our Organisational Development Manager and lead the next stage of our organisational capability, leadership and culture journey.

Reporting directly to the Director of People & Culture, you will play a pivotal role in delivering CHRH's commitment to providing Best Care for every person, every time through the development of exceptional leaders, engaged teams and high-performing workforce.

For CHRH, leadership is not about the position we hold, it's about the actions we choose to take. We recognise that everyone has a leadership role in delivering Best Care to our consumers and communities.

This position offers flexibility through hybrid working arrangement, while recognising that organisational development is fundamentally a people-focused discipline. The role requires regular onsite presence to build relationships, coach leaders, facilitate workshops and deliver leadership programs across CHRH's campuses.

Why Join CHRH?

At CHRH, we are committed to creating healthy communities and delivering Best Care for every person, every time.

We are proud of the progress we have made in leadership development and workforce culture over recent years and are excited about what comes next.

This role offers:

• The opportunity to inherit and build upon an established and successful organisational development portfolio.
• Direct access to Executive leaders and the ability to influence strategic outcomes.
• A supportive, values-based and learning-focused culture.
• The opportunity to facilitate leadership development programs and workshops that have a visible impact across the organisation.
• The chance to leave a lasting legacy through leadership, workforce capability and culture development.
• Flexible hybrid working arrangements that support work-life balance while enabling meaningful connection with leaders and teams.
• The opportunity to lead the continued evolution of CHRH's Positive Leadership journey, including commencement of the third year of our internal positive leadership program in February 2027.

Application Timelines

Applications close at midnight on Sunday 11 October 2026.

To support a comprehensive handover with the current incumbent, the preferred commencement date for the successful applicant is mid-November 2026.

Details of Appointment:

Salary: $57.59 per hour (HS6 classification)

Employment Type: Part-time (ongoing) 40 hours per fortnight

About CHRH:

Central Highlands Rural Health (CHRH) is a rural health organisation that operates five campuses across Hepburn Shire and the Macedon Ranges in the Central Highlands of Victoria in Australia, north and north-west of Melbourne. Each of our campuses retains the name of the township in which they are situated - Clunes Health, Creswick Health, Daylesford Health, Kyneton Health, and Trentham Health.

How to Apply:

Please click and register for our Current Vacancies - Central Highlands Rural Health .

Central Highlands Rural Health uses an external website - Springboard. Please complete your application by including a Cover Letter, Resume and responses to the Key Selection Criteria from the position description.