Healthy Habits Senior Project Officer - Melbourne, Australia - RACGP

Description

• Advocacy & Policy
• Practice Management, Standards & Quality Care
• Melbourne
• Part Time, Fixed Term

8/4/2024

• Leading National Health and Education member-based organisation
• 0.8 FTE, fixed term opportunity until June 2025 with Melbourne location and WFH options
• $99,655 - $110,234 p.a Negotiable (Pro rata), plus 14% Superannuation and 17.5% annual leave loading

About the RACGP
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is the voice of general practitioners (GPs) in our growing cities and throughout rural and remote Australia. For more than 60 years, we've supported the backbone of Australia's health system by setting the standards for education and practice and advocating for better health and wellbeing for all Australians.

We foster the future of general practice through our profession-led, community-based training model for the Australian General Practice Training Program and other training pathways. We train GPs to deliver quality, whole-person care to patients across Australia, support their ongoing professional development and provide a point of connection for GPs serving communities in every corner of the country.

We're committed to diversity and social inclusion and encourage applications from people who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability and people from culturally diverse backgrounds.

About you
As our Senior Project Officer – Shaping a Healthy Australia, you will be experienced in delivering projects and priorities to completion, by drawing on and applying relevant project management methods and resources to successfully achieve objectives. You will have strong writing and communication skills with demonstrated ability to report on and present complex information in a clear, concise and engaging manner.

To thrive in this role, you'll have:

• Experience applying human centred design thinking approaches to develop and refine programs and initiatives.
• Experience in coordinating or managing projects with stakeholders and vendors to develop digital solutions for end users.
• Experience in designing and applying a range qualitative and quantitative research and analysis methods to develop recommendations and prioritisation of project initiatives.

About the opportunity
Reporting to the Project Manager – Shaping a Healthy Australia, you will work independently on a range of Healthy Habits digital health initiatives including, app and website development, General Practice integration, sector engagement and evaluation.
You will call upon your exceptional skills to contribute to program grant administration activities including grant and report writing, project governance and procurement.

In addition, you'll:

• Apply a user-centred mindset to help plan, develop and implement program initiatives.
• Monitor the delivery of Healthy Habits digital tool and evaluate its uptake and impact by undertaking qualitative and quantitative research and analysis to implement further development and refinement.
• Monitor and coordinate work between interdepartmental teams and sub-contractors, with a focus on marketing and IT.
• Consult with RACGP members and work with the Expert Working Group to develop program initiatives

The Benefits

• 14% superannuation
• Additional leave over the Christmas and New Year period
• 17.5% annual leave loading for EA employees
• Hybrid working arrangements
• The Core Academy
• High-profile health and education organisation where progressive leadership, innovation integrity, collaboration and accountability are valued.

To apply

Click on the 'Apply' button to submit your CV and cover letter as one document.

Please apply as soon as possible as we will be reviewing applications as they are submitted, and interviews will commence with suitable applicants who have applied.

Towards the end of the process, applicants will be asked to complete pre-employment screening, which may include reference checks and/or a National Police Check. Applicants must have the right to work in Australia.

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RACGP internal applicants, please notify your current manager of your application for any internal RACGP opportunities.

We respectfully will not be accepting any applications from recruitment agencies for this role.

Applications close : 3rd May 2024

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