Location: This role will be based at either Shepparton or Wangaratta

Founded in 1853, the University of Melbourne is Australia’s #1 university and is consistently ranked amongst the leading universities in the world. We are proud of our people, our commitment to research and teaching excellence, and our global engagement.

About the Department of Rural Health
The Department of Rural Health is a department within the Melbourne Medical School at the University of Melbourne. The Department is based in Shepparton, Ballarat, Bendigo (in partnership with Monash University and La Trobe University) and Wangaratta and has associations with more than 40 smaller rural towns in Victoria. The key purpose of the Department is to provide professional health education and research training in a rural context with an aim to increase the rural health workforce.

The Department works closely with the local community and healthcare partners to ensure that we remain relevant and connected. Our partnerships underpin our teaching and research. The Department of Rural Health is funded primarily by the Australian Government Department of Health’s Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training (RHMT) Program. The aim of the RHMT program is to improve the recruitment and retention of health professionals in rural and remote Australia. The Department works towards this goal with various programs including: The Rural Clinical School, the University Department of Rural Health and The Goulburn Valley Regional Training Hub.

The Department also receives funding for other programs and research including the Centre for Excellence in Rural Sexual Health.

About the Role
This is a fixed term position until the end of 2024 and will be based in either Shepparton or Wangaratta. While this appointment is full time, there is flexibility to appoint at 0.8 FTE (salary will be pro rata for part time). 

The Administration and Events Officer is responsible for the administration of the daily operations of the Goulburn Valley Regional Training Hub (GVRTH) including; administration, event coordination and communications support.

The Administration and Events Officer will provide support to the implementation of the Regional Training Hub program by working with students, local health services, regional training organisations, general practice colleges, post graduate medical councils to support the integration of medical training at the local level.

In a typical week at work, you may:

• Schedule and coordinate online and face to face meetings.
• Track Hub expenditure and review monthly transactions.
• Contribute to planning and organising events. Including sourcing quotes, booking venues, organising catering, booking travel and accommodation.
• Support the Engagement Officer with event promotion including creating power point presentations, flyers, posting social media posts and updating website content.  

About You
Your strong communication skills will allow you to liaise with a range of people at all both externally and internally at all levels of the organisation. Providing quality customer service will be a passion of yours, able to do so within a complex working environment. You will have well developed organisation and time management skills, which allow you to complete multiple competing tasks to a high level within set deadlines. Experience with the University of Melbourne's systems and familiarity with relevant policies and procedures is desired, but not essential. 

Some work out of normal business hours may be required to support some events and functions.

Ideally, you will further have:

• Completion of a degree, or an equivalent combination of experience and/or education/training
• Demonstrated initiative and strong problem solving skills with the ability to deliver creative solutions.
• High level of proficiency in the use of standard application software such as the Microsoft Office suite

Benefits of Working with Us

In addition to having the opportunity to grow and be challenged, and to be part of vibrant campus life, our people enjoy a range of rewarding benefits:

• Flexible working arrangements and generous personal, parental and cultural leave options
• Competitive remuneration, 17% super, salary packaging and leave loading
• Free and subsidised health and wellbeing services, and access to fitness and cultural clubs
• Discounts on a wide range of products and services including Myki cards and Qantas Club
• Career development opportunities and 25% off graduate courses for staff and their immediate families

To find out more, please visit https://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers.

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We recognise that our employees are at the core of all our successes and achievements. We value the unique backgrounds, experiences and contributions that each person brings to our community, and we encourage and celebrate diversity. We promote inclusive behaviour, and we actively seek to learn from each other. Indigenous Australians are strongly encouraged to apply for our roles.

Join Us!

If you feel this role is right for you, please submit your application including a brief cover letter, your resume and your responses against the selection criteria* (found in the Position Description) for the role.

*For information to help you with compiling short statements to answer the selection criteria and competencies, please go to http://about.unimelb.edu.au/careers/selection-criteria

Should you require any reasonable adjustments with the recruitment process, please contact the Talent Acquisition team at hr-talent@unimelb.edu.au.

Due to the impacts of COVID-19, we are currently prioritising applications with current valid working rights in Australia and candidates who are not affected by travel restrictions. Please see the latest updates to Australia's immigration and border arrangements: https://covid19.homeaffairs.gov.au/

Position Description