Coordinator Primary Health Initiatives and Response

GPHN068 - Coordinator Primary Health Initiatives and Response

Full time (1.0FTE), Parental Leave Position until 24 December 2026 (subject to funding)

WHO WE ARE:

Gippsland PHN is a not for profit charity that works at a regional level to achieve improved whole of system health care. Our vision is for a Measurably Healthier Gippsland. We work closely with the primary health care system, identifying opportunities to improve health outcomes in Gippsland communities. We do this through health system improvement programs, and by commissioning services to address local health needs via our regional commissioning role.

We aim to:

• Ensure health issues are prioritised, understood and invested in; using local strengths;
• Build and support local capability in primary health care professionals;
• Enable transparent communication and information exchange across the primary health care sector; and
• Improve access in primary health services particularly for those at risk of poor health outcomes, and where gaps exist in hard to reach locations.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:
Coordinator Primary Health Initiatives and Response – Parental Leave Position

We currently have a full time (1.0FTE) career opportunity available as the Coordinator Primary Health Initiatives and Response. This position is a Parental Leave position until 24 December 2026 (subject to funding). As part of the Gippsland PHN team and reporting to the Manager Primary Health Initiatives and Response, this role supports primary care with emergency and public health responses, as well as coordination of a range of programs and initiatives that aim to improve access to primary care in the Gippsland region

A primary role of this position is to provide support to primary care providers in emergencies. This includes coordinating responses with local area hospitals, other healthcare providers, and acting as a liaison between primary care providers and emergency management teams at a State and Federal level. At times, this position may need to make decisions and maintain an organisational view that will require the skill to manage stakeholder relationships and competing demands in an emotional and challenging environment for those directly affected by disasters and emergencies.

In addition to supporting primary care during emergencies and public health responses, the position will lead various primary health initiatives and portfolios to improve health outcomes across the Gippsland region.

We are looking for an astute, agile, dynamic, and outcomes focused team member. Use your skills to complete work packages including but not limited to:

• Emergency planning and preparedness work, both regional and organisational, including developing preparedness and response plans and related communication; ensuring additional primary healthcare resources and arrangements are available to provide regional surge capacity if and when required;
• Support in emergency situations as directed by the Commonwealth Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. This could include stand up of Clinics, distribution of equipment to primary care services or assistance with vaccine strategies;
• Psychosocial and mental health recovery program development and coordination for bushfire and drought affected communities when required;
• Overseeing and coordination of grants to primary care;
• Overseeing of the Allied Health portfolio;
• Support with regional planning and commissioning activities;
• Assisting in the effective collection, collation, analysis and interpretation of regional and local data from a variety of sources; and
• As part of the wider Primary Health Initiatives and Response team, facilitate systems improvements and service developments responding to the identified gaps in primary care service provision in Gippsland, regional priorities, and political drivers.

WHAT WE OFFER:

• attractive remuneration;
• salary packaging;
• flexible working environments with a choice of being based at one of our three office locations (Traralgon, Wonthaggi or Bairnsdale), with a mix of working from home environments by agreement;
• a great organisational culture; and
• the chance for you to make a real difference to the health outcomes in our community.

HOW TO APPLY:

To view the Key Selection Criteria, please visit our Careers Page at: and click on the position description hyperlink within the role advertisement and navigate to page 4/5.

To submit your application which must include a cover letter, resume, and your addressed key selection criteria, please email

Members of the LGBTIQ+ community, those from culturally and linguistically diverse communities, people with lived experience, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people living with a disability are strongly encouraged to apply.

For further information relating to this position, please contact human resources on

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION:

At Gippsland PHN we value diversity and inclusion. We encourage and celebrate a diverse and inclusive workforce that embodies respectful, psychologically safe work practices where everyone can contribute. We value diversity in culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability status and neurodiversity.

APPLICATIONS CLOSE: Wednesday 12 November 2025

All enquiries and applications will be handled professionally and with the strictest of confidence.

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