Description:
- Be the difference. Enjoy great rewards and benefits.
- Convenient city-fringe location with free onsite parking
- Employee well-being program with great discounts
- Salary packaging to maximise your take-home pay
- 12-month fixed-term contract - Full Time or Part Time (0.8 FTE)
About the role
- The Operational Support Officer will play a key role in the creation of a strong framework to assist in delivering the Strategic vision of residents engaged with the environment in which they live, and assisting Southern Cross Care to be market leaders in Retirement Living offerings beyond the 'bricks and mortar'.
- Liaising with all stakeholders across the SCC Retirement Living Team, the Operational Support Officer will assist in developing overarching programs that encourage resident engagement and research further opportunities for
future value-add resident engagement. - Essential to success in this role will be assisting with the auditing of data, and the creation, documentation and implementation of streamlined processes culminating in Village Manager onboarding and upskilling training tools in anticipation of changing Retirement Village Act expectations.
- The Operational Support Officer will review and report on existing policies and procedures, including development of best practice documentation, and coordinate the provision of secretarial and general administration assistance to Retirement Living Operations and other village management staff. This includes assistance in upcoming and ongoing resident data validation projects, including audit of CRM/CIM data and provision of feedback regarding process improvement to ensure greater document / data control.
- The Operational Support Officer will uphold the requirements of the Retirement Village Act by promoting healthy aging to support continued independence for residents; through KPI development of internal referral processes to enable seamless links to services that support continued independence within Southern Cross Care's portfolio, including Health and Wellness, Community Services and Residential Aged Care Facilities.
For further details regarding the scope of the role, please refer to our website or the attached job description.
About you
The successful candidate will have the following skills and experience:
- Demonstrated experience in Retirement Village operations
- Strong working knowledge of Retirement Villages Act is mandatory
- Demonstrated effective communication skills with a wide range of people and the ability to express ideas clearly and concisely.
- Demonstrated initiative and ability to work with minimal supervision, whilst taking ownership of own workload to meet deadlines
- Strong organisational and time management skills
- A basic knowledge of the requirements of the Aged Care Standards as are applicable to the role
About us
Southern Cross Care is one of Australia’s leading charitable aged care and retirement living service providers. We value the diversity in our team, live and breathe our values of Service, Courage and Compassion and offer salary packaging benefits to maximise your take-home pay.
When you work for us, we value you as an individual, care for your well-being and develop your skills to help you build your career. We reward creativity and provide the stability and flexibility you need. When you work for us, you work better for life.
Apply:
https://www.southerncrosscare.com.au/careers
Enquiries:
alana.higgins@southerncrosscare.com.au
Applications close:
07 February 2025 at 3pm