Identified Project Officer

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a transformative, culturally responsive initiative within Queensland Health's child sexual abuse service. As the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Project Officer, you will work collaboratively with a dedicated project team to strengthen relationships across Hospital and Health Services (HHSs), Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs), and other key stakeholders.

Under s25 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991, there is a genuine occupational requirement for the incumbent to be Indigenous to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

About the Team

The Queensland Health Child Sexual Abuse Service will ensure trauma-informed, streamlined, and timely service delivery statewide and provide ongoing consultation, education, and formalised peer review for regional, rural and remote sites around Queensland. The service will align with the newly developed Sexual Assault Services Framework (the Framework), for children under 14 years.

About the Role

There are two Identified Project Officer Roles within the Queensland Health Child Sexual Abuse Service (QH-CSAS). The positions are physically located within the Health Equity team at QCH, they operationally report to the Director of the Child Protection and Forensic Medicine Service and work within the Queensland Health Child Sexual Abuse Service project team.

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to a transformative, culturally responsive initiative within Queensland Health's child sexual abuse service. As the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Project Officer, you will work collaboratively with a dedicated project team to strengthen relationships across Hospital and Health Services (HHSs), Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHOs), and other key stakeholders.

Your role will be instrumental in:

• Facilitating meaningful engagement with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
• Supporting the development of culturally safe pathways for care and healing.
• Building and nurturing partnerships with Cultural leaders, Elders, Aboriginal medical services, and health providers.
• Empowering HHSs to design and implement sustainable, culturally appropriate care pathways by providing guidance, resources, and connection to community expertise.
• While the responsibility for implementation remains with each HHS, your role will help ensure that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives are embedded in service design and delivery. You will contribute to a system-wide shift toward trauma-informed, culturally safe care that respects the strengths, needs, and aspirations of First Nations children, families, and communities.

About Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQ HHS)

Children's Health Queensland is a recognised leader in paediatric healthcare, teaching and research, delivering a full range of clinical services and training, tertiary and quaternary care and health promotion programs to children and young people from across Queensland and northern New South Wales.

Our interprofessional workforce of more than 5,000 people deliver responsive, integrated and internationally recognised person-centred care through a network of services and facilities, including the Queensland Children's Hospital, Jacaranda Place, Ellen Barron Family Centre, our Child and Youth Community Health Service, our Child and Youth Mental Health Service, and other statewide services and programs including specialist outreach and telehealth services.

Inclusion and diversity

To encourage inclusive practices in recruitment, we are committed to increasing our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workforce and building inclusive cultures that respect and promote human rights and Workforce Diversity and Inclusion. CHQ is an equal opportunity employer.

Some of the great benefits of working at CHQ HSS

If you're looking for a rewarding career, and you're excited to contribute to the development of Australia's best paediatric health service, come and join the team at CHQ and enjoy a range of benefits including:

• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• Competitive renumeration
• Annual pay increases
• 12.75% employer superannuation contribution
• 17.5% annual leave loading
• Salary packaging
• Employee wellness and assistance program
• Work/life balance, variety, and flexibility

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at CHQ HHS here.