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**POSITION DESCRIPTION
**POSITION**: Recruitment Coordinator - RWAV GP Locum Program
**AREA**: Healthcare Access
**REPORTS TO**: Team Leader
- Health Professional Recruitment
**DIRECT REPORTS**: Nil
**CLASSIFICATION**: Level 4

**Who We Are**
Since its inception in 1997, the Rural Workforce Agency Victoria (RWAV) has become a significant and
successful non-profit organisation based in Victoria, Australia.

RWAV improves access to quality primary care health services and other health services for rural,
regional and First Nations communities across Victoria. We improve health outcomes through effective
and customised health workforce solutions that are informed through partnerships, workforce and
population health data, and collaboration with communities.

**Our Purpose**
Providing effective and customised health workforce solutions for rural and First Nations communities
in Victoria.

**Our Vision**
All Victorian communities to be supported with equitable access to a high-quality health workforce that
promotes positive health outcomes.

**What We Do**
RWAV provides sustainable health workforce solutions for Victorian rural, regional and First Nations
communities to enable equitable access to primary health care. We do this by:

- Providing health workforce recruitment, locum services, outreach and grant programs.
- Influencing key decision-makers through our health workforce data, research and analysis

expertise.
- Collaborating to support a well-distributed, high-quality health workforce throughout Victoria.

**Our Values**
**Respect** We treat everyone with dignity, recognising the value and diversity of our

communities. We listen to everyone and respect their views and contributions.
**Accountability** We are transparent and accountable to those we work with concerning our

services and their delivery.
**Collaboration** We work as a team with our community by building strong relationships. We

embrace opportunities to collaborate and partner with communities and
organisations to help us achieve our goals.

**Innovation** We embrace change and constantly seek new ways to achieve our goals.
**Resilience **We respond to challenges willingly, with a holistic approach and unwavering

resolve.

**The Role**:
The RWAV GP Locum Program is designed to support the retention of doctors in rural and regional

Victoria, offering short-term locum relief for various purposes such as holidays, sickness, and education

leave. As the Recruitment Coordinator for the RWAV GP Locum Program, your primary responsibility is

to recruit and case manage GP locums, ensuring the provision of short-term support for health services

in rural communities is both appropriate and sustainable.

As a crucial member of the Healthcare Access Team, you may be called upon to contribute to and

support the permanent recruitment team during periods of high demand or leave.

**Key Responsibilities**:
1. Comprehensive Program Coordination: Oversee the end-to-end delivery of the RWAV GP

Locum Program, adhering to funding guidelines, and providing expert advice to management as

needed.

2. Strategic GP Sourcing and Management: Build and cultivate relationships with key partners,

stakeholders, and employers in the health sector to source and manage potential GP Locums.

Maintain a strong focus on advocating for rural communities in Victoria.

3. Independent Program Coordination: Efficiently coordinate the RWAV Specialist GP Locum

care, and placement scheduling in accordance with contracts, policies, procedures, budgets,

and timelines.

4. Financial Budgeting: Manage all aspects of financial budgeting, including the allocation of

grants and subsidies to health services and GPs within agreed targets and constraints.

5. Business Development and Relationship Management: Take charge of business development

and relationship management, addressing health service workforce needs in rural general

practice.

6. Reporting and Data Provision: Generate reporting data for the RWAV GP Locum Program,

meeting the requirements of funding agencies and RWAV priorities.

7. Innovative Marketing and Communication: Support the development and implementation of

innovative marketing and communication strategies to foster strong relationships with

stakeholders and health professionals engaging with RWAV.

8. Adaptability to Priorities: Undertake other duties directed by the manager in line with RWAV

priorities or activity work plans for funded programs, consistent with the role's required skills.

These roles and responsibilities will undergo periodic review to ensure alignment with RWAV's strategic

priorities and contractual requirements.

**Selection Criteria**:

- Relevant tertiary qualification
- Experience in temp/locum recruitment
- Outstanding interpersonal and verbal communication skills
- Well-developed written communication skills
- Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills
- Knowledge of health, cultural, and social issues
- Exceptional organisatio