Duties and responsibilities:

• Provide secretariat support to Clinical Standards Committee and Public Health Committee including management of all communications, meeting agendas, minutes and action items
• Assist and advise Committees in accordance with the RANZCO Strategic Plan
• Prepare RANZCO policy statements, submissions, reports, communication with members, briefings and correspondence
• Coordinate engagement with external stakeholders and regulatory agencies as appropriate
• Coordinate review and updating of existing clinical guidelines and position statements
• Consult Fellowship to determine need for new guidelines/standards/position statements
• Coordinate referral pathway development with multiple stakeholders for priority diseases
• Set up working group and coordinate a response on a priority issue when needed
• Respond to written and verbal enquiries from members, the public and other organisations
• Participate and represent RANZCO on external committees and working groups (such as Vision2020 Australia) as may be required
• Undertake other projects, outside the roles and responsibilities outlined above, as requested by the General Manager, Policy and Programs.
• Contribute to the success of the team in meeting RANZCO’s aims and objectives and to undertake other reasonable duties commensurate with the level of this role.
• The duties and responsibilities of the position may require the flexibility to travel interstate and work outside of normal business hours, which may occasionally include evenings and weekends.

Internal Liaison:

• Policy and Programs team
• Communications team
• Fellows
• Public Health Committee, Clinical Standards Committee and relevant subcommittees
• Other RANZCO Committees, State Branches and Special Interest Groups
• Other RANZCO Staff

External Liaison:

• Eye health sector peak bodies, including Vision 2020 Australia
• Other medical colleges and associations
• Regulatory and standard setting government agencies
• Allied health representative bodies
• Departments of Health (Federal and states)

Required skills, experience and behaviours:

• Demonstrated project management skills and experience.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Experience working in a not-for-profit organisation, membership-based organisation.
• Experience working in the government sector.
• Relevant tertiary qualifications in either public health, communications, political and social sciences or a related discipline.
• The capacity to develop and foster effective relationships with a broad range of people at various levels, both within and outside the organisation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to find, analyse, synthesise and present information.
• The ability to be proactive, use initiative and bring creative and innovative thinking concepts to organisation initiatives.
• A good understanding of the discourse on public health issues and the policy environments in which these issues are addressed in Australia and/or New Zealand.
• Knowledge and understanding of how social media can be harnessed for advocacy or health promotion purposes.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and productively as a team member and also be comfortable working autonomously
• Ability to work under pressure and meet project deadlines.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Demonstrated higher level computer skills.
• Observe the RANZCO Values of Excellence, Respect, Integrity and Collaboration.

A full position description is available below.