About The Role

Lead the Future of Family Health in Melbourne! 

The Family Health Coordinator  role offers a unique opportunity for an experienced Maternal and Child Health professional who has leadership experience to shape service excellence in a capital-city environment. 

You will use your exceptional leadership experience to guide and empower our talented Family Health Team. In this pivital role, you will drive clinical governance,  shape service planning and integration, and foster a high-performing, constructive culture across the workforce.

Your leadership will help set the standard for high-quality, customer-centred family health services across Melbourne.

In this role you will build capability and resilience within the team; lead service development aligned with reform and growth; champion collaboration and innovation to deliver impactful outcomes for families, strengthen public health services, and support the strategic goals of the City of Melbourne.

• Provide system-level clinical governance and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Lead business, workforce and service-model planning aligned to reform and growth.
• Strengthen integration across Family and Children Services at the City of Melbourne.
• Build capability, culture and performance across the Family Health workforce.
• Ensure services are responsive, inclusive and accessible to Melbourne’s diverse and rapidly growing communities, supporting equitable outcomes for all families.

Why join Team Melbourne?

Located on the traditional lands of the Bunurong Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation, Melbourne is globally recognised as one of the most liveable, diverse, and dynamic cities.

At the heart of it all is the City of Melbourne – a passionate, purpose-driven organisation where your work truly matters. As part of Team Melbourne, you’ll help deliver what’s most important to the people who live, work, study, visit and invest in our great city.

We’re proud champions of diversity, committed to continuous improvement, and driven by a shared vision for a vibrant and sustainable future.

This is more than just a role – it’s your chance to make a real impact, contribute to something bigger, and shape Melbourne’s future alongside a collaborative and forward-thinking team.

About you

You must be a values-driven leader who brings extensive leadership expertise in child and family health, with strong capability in clinical governance, systems thinking and people leadership.

You may also be:

• An inclusive leader who builds constructive, high-performing cultures.
• A confident collaborator who can influence across government and the sector.

What your experience might look like - Key Selection Criteria

• Current AHPRA registration as a division 1 Registered Nurse and Midwife, plus MCH qualifications.
• Expertise in child and family health nursing, including translating evidence into service models.
• Experience leading teams through people leaders, with strong workforce development capability.
• Proven ability to implement service improvements, policies, and quality frameworks.
• Experience in financial and business planning within a complex service environment.

Benefits of working with us

• Attractive remuneration & benefits: Excellent pay package with a range of exciting benefits. Flexible working, study assistance & other great corporate discounts.
• Excellent leave entitlements: Enjoy up to 20 weeks of fully paid parental leave for primary carers, in addition to the government-funded parental leave, with no waiting period to access. Part-time equivalents are also available for added flexibility.
• Career progression: Career development support and opportunities to learn new skills within a creative and exciting environment.
• Work-life balance and hybrid working: We support flexible hours, alternative work arrangements (like ADOs), and hybrid work-from-home options.

How to Apply

Click the "Apply Now" button to be redirected to our Careers Portal.

Submit your application no later than 11:45pm on the closing date.

A few important things to note – don’t miss out!

• Applications must be submitted online. Unfortunately, we can’t accept applications via email, so please be sure to apply through the official job link provided.
• Apply early! This role may close sooner than the listed closing date if we find the right candidate — so don’t wait to get your application in.
• We are a child safe organisation. The City of Melbourne has a zero tolerance for child abuse. All employees undergo thorough safety screening, including a Police Check and, for most roles, a Working with Children Check.

Need more info?

Refer to the position description below or contact Talent Partner, Naarah Haime – [email protected] using the subject line: Family Health Coordinator enquiry via EthicalJobs. 

We strongly encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from all cultural and linguistic backgrounds, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ individuals, and people of all ages and faith backgrounds.

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to support all applicants. If you require any adjustments, please let us know via the application prompts or inform our Careers team if you’re contacted for an interview.