Chief Operating Officer

The Organ and Tissue Authority (the OTA) is a small Commonwealth agency that works in close collaboration with the DonateLife network, states and territories, health clinicians and the community to improve the rates of donation in Australia to enable more people access to lifesaving transplants. The OTA is a statutory authority established by the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority Act 2008.

As a member of the Executive, you will work in partnership with the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to drive the strategic direction of the agency and support the delivery of the national organ and tissue donation program.

The Chief Operating Officer (COO) provides strategic leadership across a diverse and complex set of corporate functions contributing to effective agency leadership, management and governance, with significant responsibility to plan and manage agency resources and linking capability to business planning. The COO also has oversight of the analytics and technology functions that enable the OTA's operational platforms to deliver improvements for the community.

The COO is accountable for creating and driving overall operational synergies across the OTA, ensuring cultural alignment and agency wide initiatives are developed and implemented. The role requires the ability to understand the strategic priorities of the agency, and provide timely and accurate advice to support the CEO, Senior Leadership Team and employees of the OTA. The COO is required to act for the CEO during periods of leave as required.

This role would suit an experienced and capable leader with experience in managing corporate functions, who enjoys multi-tasking and managing competing and changing priorities. This role includes a large variety of functions across a small agency and requires a willingness to contribute to both strategically leading the organisation, as well as the ability to work side by side with teams to achieve outcomes.

This vacancy has arisen due to our current COO leaving the organisation, and we look forward to welcoming someone new into the role.

The key duties of the position include

The COO is accountable for driving the strategic direction, leadership, and management of agency operations.

This role is responsible for the following functional areas :

Financial management Human resources Organisational strategy and performance reporting Parliamentary and governance Data and analytics Risk management, fraud and corruption control and business continuity Procurement and grants management Property and security ICT (through a shared services agreement) #J-18808-Ljbffr