About the College

The Australasian College for Emergency Medicine (ACEM) is a not-for-profit organisation responsible for the training, assessment and continuing professional development of emergency physicians as well as the advancement of professional standards in emergency medicine in Australia and New Zealand.

We are a specialist medical College of over 120 employees with a strong purpose, positive environment and a CEO and Executive leadership team who lead our commitment to supporting our membership, staff and values of Equity, Respect, Integrity, and Collaboration.

The Position

The primary purpose of this role is to coordinate project activities for the ACEM Global Emergency Care Committee (GECCo) and Global Emergency Care (GEC) Desk, with a focus on ACEM’s Papua New Guinea (PNG) project portfolio in emergency care training, education and systems capacity development.

Reporting to the Manager, Global Emergency Care, this newly created position will support the growth of new initiatives for the ACEM Global Emergency Care Committee (GECCo) and Global Emergency Care (GEC) Desk. The GEC desk is committed to improving the capacity of Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs) to deliver safe and effective emergency care (EC) through our dedicated and expert members.

Collaborating with the GEC Manager, this role involves:

• Supporting ACEM’s strategic objectives of becoming an Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) member and Australian Non-Government Organisation Cooperation Program (ANCP) Accreditation.
• Leading the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) ANCP Accreditation Process.
• Supporting the ACEM Child Protection and Safeguarding Consultant to implement the ACEM Child Protection policy and review ACEM’s child safeguarding practices.
• Leading and actively participating in the preparation of funding proposals, submissions and tenders.
• Supporting financial management, tracking and reporting for GEC Projects and Recognised Development Expenditure (RDE).
• Developing strong relationships and working collaboratively with stakeholders to support strategic direction, design capacity development projects, and manage expectations.
• Develop and design engagement processes for new GEC partnerships, including ethical partnership guides.
• Actively supporting capacity development initiatives and advocacy in GEC and the global health sector.
• Identify, build, develop and maintain respectful and lasting relationships with current and new Partner organisations, Australian organisations and donors.

The successful applicant will be strongly process-driven and have excellent analytical skills in the field of emergency care, global health, public health, public policy, international development or social sciences. Applicants should have demonstrated experience and understanding of supporting the growth and development of new initiatives preferably in the Indo-Pacific region. In addition, we seek applicants with experience developing funding or grant submissions and project proposals, effective and highly developed negotiation skills and an ability to work under limited supervision. ANCP experience is essential.

ACEM is committed to Child Protection, Anti-bribery and Fraud prevention in the delivery of our Global Emergency Care projects and programs. This position requires the successful applicant to undertake a police/criminal record and Working with Children checks.

What's on Offer

ACEM offers excellent staff benefits including:

• Additional paid leave between Christmas and New Year
• Flexible work arrangements and rostered days off
• Health and wellbeing initiatives
• Active corporate social responsibility including Casual Friday Charity and Community Week
• Ongoing employee development and training

For further information, please contact Human Resources via email [email protected], using the subject line: Global Emergency Care Grant and Compliance Officer enquiry via EthicalJobs, or via phone (03) 9320 0444.

To apply for this position, please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button and follow the instructions. A position description is available below. We note that you must have the right to work in Australia to apply for this role.