Medical Writer

Salary: Up to $90,000 (excluding profit share and bonus)

Hours: 4-day (34-hour) week with flexible working

Holiday: 23 days’ holiday (pro rata), plus Bank Holidays

About the role

We’re looking for a Medical Writer with a keen eye for detail and a passion for clear, impactful communication to join our team on a hybrid basis in Sydney, Australia.

Reporting to an Associate Scientific Director, this role offers you the chance to develop high-quality scientific content that supports education, engagement, and positive change in healthcare.

Day to day, you’ll collaborate with client services, programme development, creative, and editorial teams to deliver engaging materials across a wide range of formats. From training modules and slide decks to symposia reports, and manuscripts, you’ll play a key role in shaping medical education programmes that meet client needs and resonate with healthcare audiences. This is a hands‑on role with opportunities to contribute creative and strategic input, liaise with clients and experts, and grow within a collaborative, supportive agency culture.

A few more details about the job:

Develop, manage, and deliver a variety of scientific materials – training resources, scientific messaging, slide decks, manuscripts, and meeting outputs.

Liaise with clients, KOLs, and external contractors to ensure content is accurate, on brief, and delivered to deadline.

Support live, hybrid, and digital events, attending meetings, conferences, and symposia as needed.
Manage project timelines and writing activities in line with agreed budgets and schedules.
Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to align content with creative, editorial, and client service objectives.

Provide input during project development, contributing both creatively and strategically, and utilizing AI to enhance content development where appropriate. Support business development by contributing to proposals and, where needed, pitches.

This is a dynamic role with a balance of independent project delivery and collaborative teamwork. You will be supported to sharpen your writing skills, expand your scientific expertise, and make a real difference through high‑quality medical communications.

To help you decide whether to apply, here’s what we’re looking for in our next Medical Writer:

- 1 year’s experience writing scientific or medical content, ideally within an agency or healthcare communications environment
- Strong organizational skills – able to manage multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and keep projects on track
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to liaise confidently with clients, colleagues, and healthcare experts
- A proactive mindset, eager to learn and contribute ideas
- A degree in a life sciences discipline (e.g. biology, pharmacology, medicine, or related field)

More about the work:

- Collaboration with client services, creative, editorial, and programme development teams
- Live, hybrid, and digital medical education delivery
- Opportunities to contribute to proposals and pitches
- Enhanced family leave
- Employee ownership
- Employee assistance programme
- Option to purchase additional holiday

Hiring process

- Submit your CV, and a brief covering letter
- 20‑minute screening conversation with our recruitment manager
- Test (approximately 4 hours), completed in your own time to a mutually agreed deadline
- Interview (50 minutes) with the hiring team
- If needed: Second interview (30 minutes) with members of the Client Services and Medical Writing & Editorial teams

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