Flutracking Project Officer

**Join our FluTracking team to monitor health trends, engage participants, and support global surveillance of COVID-19 & influenza-like illnesses**

**Remuneration**: $62,486 - $90,360 per annum + Superannuation + Salary Packaging
**Location**: Wallsend Campus | Awabakal Country
**Employment Type**:Temporary Full Time - Until November 2025
**Position Classification**:Health Education Officer Non-Graduate
**Requisition ID**: REQ536194
**Applications Close**:Sunday 19th January 2025

**About the role**:
Join the FluTracking team and work on one of the largest online COVID-19 and Influenza-like illness surveillance system in the world. FluTracking follows over 80,000 people each week in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Argentina, and Fiji. We are seeking a Project Officer to join our Health Protection Team at Hunter New England Population Health, where we monitor health threats, respond to communicable disease risks, and promote policies and behaviours that improve public health. Tasks vary day to day, but typically involve those associated with participant engagement, team collaboration, and daily workflow management.

This role will see you be responsible for:

- Strengthening participant recruitment
- Creating summary reports of disease activity
- Responding to inquiries from participants and research partners
- Supporting operational tasks
- Contributing to existing research projects, and opportunities to develop independent research projects

To aid your success in this role, you will receive comprehensive onboarding and professional development through work with Australian and international influenza and participatory surveillance experts.. You will be trained in our operational processes, and will gain valuable experience developing your data analysis, project management and social media skills.

**Where you’ll be working**:
FluTracking is a small team that offers a collaborative environment within the broader Population Health unit. You'll have access to extensive resources and networks in the public health sector, engaging with national and international partners in respiratory illness surveillance. You will be supported by a manager, epidemiologist, public health physician, and analytical staff within the team. Our team are proud to provide a culturally safe and supportive workplace, and we look forward to welcoming you

**About You**:

- Exceptional problem-solving and logical thinking skills
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Strong communication abilities- Commitment to culturally appropriate and effective collaboration

At Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD), enjoy a career where you're challenged by interesting work and surrounded by spectacular locations. Join the team enriching health in millions of ways every day:

- Sustainable Healthcare: Together towards zero
- Proximity to shopping and other services
- ADO's each month (for full time employees)
- Salary packaging options
- Fitness Passport
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
- Opportunity to work and collaborate with a range of non-clinical and clinical professionals

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**4)**We are unable to accommodate visa sponsorship for applicants requiring a visa for this position.**

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- This is a Category B position._ Recommended applicants will be reviewed for compliance with _NSW Health policy directive_ _PD2024_015: Occupational Assessment, Screening and Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases_ _for Category B positions prior to offer. _All new employees must agree to _comply with_ the requirements outlined in the policy._
- HNE Health employees may be eligible for a range of _benefits _such as _allocated_ days off (ADO) for full time employees, long service leave, paid _maternity leave_, and salary packaging options including meal expenses._
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