Australian Digital Health Agency – Sydney NSW

1d ago , from Australian Digital Health Agency

- Lead national digital health standards capability initiatives
- Balance your professional and personal life with hybrid work arrangements.
- Join us in Brisbane, Canberra, or Sydney.

About the Agency

The Australian Digital Health Agency leads the national effort to digitally enable Australia’s health system. We support the delivery of person-centred, connected healthcare through the development and adoption of digital health services and systems. Our work includes managing My Health Record, Electronic prescriptions, and the 1800MEDICARE app, ensuring a healthier future for all Australians through connected healthcare.

About the Role

Join the Australian Digital Health Agency's Informatics and Standards Branch as an EL1 Assistant Director, Standards Adoption and play a key role in advancing the adoption and implementation of digital health standards across Australia. Working within the Standards Adoption team, you will support the Agency's vision of a connected and interoperable digital health ecosystem by fostering engagement with the healthcare technology sector, supporting standards capability development, and strengthening partnerships across the digital health community.

Reporting to the Director, Standards Adoption, you will lead the delivery of key initiatives within the Capability Uplift workstream, focused on building digital health standards knowledge and capability across the sector. This includes overseeing the development and delivery of training programs, coordinating engagement with healthcare stakeholders and participants,



and partnering with subject matter experts to create high-quality learning content aligned to industry needs. This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic and collaborative leader with expertise in digital health standards to influence national capability uplift and contribute to improved digital health outcomes for all Australians.

Skills and experience (essential criteria)

- Demonstrated experience delivering digital health, interoperability or standards-related projects in complex stakeholder environments.
- Robust knowledge of healthcare interoperability standards, digital transformation and emerging technologies, including FHIR and related standards.
- Proven ability to lead projects, manage competing priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes within agreed timeframes and budgets.
- Demonstrated capability to lead and develop teams, fostering collaboration and driving the successful delivery of work programs.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience preparing executive briefs, reports, presentations and stakeholder communications.
- Highly developed stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills, including experience facilitating workshops, managing procurement activities, overseeing external providers, and delivering training,



capability uplift or learning initiatives.

Eligibility

Australian citizenship is a mandatory eligibility requirement. Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain both a national police clearance and a Baseline security clearance, with the capacity to attain a higher-level clearance if required by the Agency.

Our benefits

- Ask us about our 2025-26 salary increases, annual performance reviews and superannuation employer contribution of 15.4%.
- Salary packaging (also known as salary sacrifice) is available.
- Annual Christmas closedown– with no leave deduction!
- Our Wellbeing Sessions & Employee Assistance Program will give you the best opportunity to balance work and life.
- Work From Home & Attractive Flexible Working Arrangements: All staff can apply for flexible work arrangements that offer a range of options for how, when and where you work.
- Collaborative workspaces with new technology available within central locations.
- Agency Study bank: Our employees may be eligible for financial assistance up to 100% of costs and up to 7.5 hours per week study leave as per our study assistance guidelines.
- Generous leave opportunities including Parental (primary & secondary), compassionate, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Leave, Cultural, Emergency Response, Defence, and Half Pay option.
- TOIL in lieu of reasonable hours worked is offered also to EL staff however requires recording of hours worked.

Closing date: Sunday 30th August 2026, 11:00pm
Salary: This role offers between $124,583- $142,089 plus 15.4% superannuation depending on skills and experience.

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📌 Assistant Director - Standards Adoption (New South Wales)
🏢 Australian Digital Health Agency
📍 New South Wales