PHOENIX Public Health Advisor

Job description

Agency Department of Health Work unit National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre

Job title PHOENIX Public Health Advisor Designation Staff Specialist Public Health Medicine SMO1.1 -

SMO1.6

Job type Full time Duration Fixed to 30/06/2027

Salary $213,380 - $261,100 Location Darwin

Position number 48698 RTF Closing 09/11/2025

Contact officer Meredith Neilson on

About the agency

Apply online

APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR

TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS.

Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans

The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates

people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or

job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go

to the OCPE website.

Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go

to the OCPE website.

Primary objective

Provide public health technical expertise for the Public Health Operations in Emergencies for National Strengthening in the Indo-

Pacific (PHOENIX) program at the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC).

Context statement

The PHOENIX program aims to support the Pacific and Southeast Asian countries to deliver better health outcomes for all, by

contributing to more resilient and equitable public health systems with greater capability to response to health emergencies. The

PHOENIX program will deliver outcomes focused on supporting public health emergency response. Flexible conditions for the

position can be negotiated.

Key duties and responsibilities

1. Provide public health emergency response leadership and technical expertise to the PHOENIX program.

2. Develop, support and deliver public health emergency education and training to health professionals internationally.

3. Support the development of multi-year country plans with the PHOENIX Directors and country stakeholders and implement

education programs.

1. Willing and able to travel throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
2. Represent the PHOENIX program at national and international meetings/committees.
3. Support the NCCTRC Director of Public Health and other NCCTRC program areas as required.
4. Follow defined service quality standards, work health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken

in order to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces.

8. Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership practices and role modelling behaviour.

Selection criteria

Essential

1. Registered as a specialist medical practitioner with Australian Health Practitioners Registration Agency (AHPRA) and a fellow

of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (AFPHM).

2. Demonstrated experience working in health emergency and disaster management, and public health programs, preferably in

the Indo-Pacific.

3. Knowledge of current and emerging Northern Territory, Australian and International public health and health emergency

management issues.

4. High level interpersonal communication skills including the ability to engage effectively with national and international agencies

and with individual stakeholders working well independently and in a team.

5. High-level administrative, organisational skills with the ability to generate reports, meet deadlines, develop high quality

documents for international and Government agencies, other stakeholders, and the public.

6. An ability to interact effectively with people from diverse cultures, ages and gender.

7. Ability and willingness to work outside normal working hours when required to support delivery of activities.

Desirable

1. Knowledge of NCCTRC, AUSMAT and Emergency Management Teams initiative.

2. Experience in developing and implementing education and training materials.

3. Willingness to become an AUSMAT member if not already.

Further information

Positions may be subject to pre-employment checks such as immunisation requirements, working with children clearance notice

and criminal history checks. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant criminal history.

For immunisation requirements Category B (indirect contact with blood or body substances).

Approved: October 2025 Professor Leonard Notaras AO, Executive Director NCCTRC

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Job description

Agency Department of Health Work unit National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre

Job title PHOENIX Public Health Advisor Designation Senior Staff Specialist Public Health - SMO2.1 -

SMO2.3

Job type Full time Duration Fixed to 30/06/2027

Salary $270,033 - $298,705 Location Darwin

Position number 48698 RTF Closing 09/11/2025

Contact officer Meredith Neilson on

About the agency

Apply online

APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR

TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS.

Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans

The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates

people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or

job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go

to the OCPE website.

Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go

to the OCPE website.

Primary objective

Provide public health technical expertise for the Public Health Operations in Emergencies for National Strengthening in the Indo-

Pacific (PHOENIX) program at the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC).

Context statement

The PHOENIX program aims to support the Pacific and Southeast Asian countries by contributing to more resilient and equitable

public health systems with greater capability to response to health emergencies. The PHOENIX program will deliver outcomes

focused on supporting public health emergency response. Flexible conditions for the position can be negotiated.

Key duties and responsibilities

1. Provide public health emergency response leadership and technical expertise to the PHOENIX program.

2. Develop, support and deliver public health emergency education and training to health professionals internationally.

3. Support the development of multi-year country plans with the PHOENIX Directors and country stakeholders and implement

education programs.

1. Willing and able to travel throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
2. Represent the PHOENIX program at national and international meetings/committees.
3. Support the NCCTRC Director of Public Health and other NCCTRC program areas as required.
4. Follow defined service quality standards, work health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken

in order to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces.

8. Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership practices and role modelling behaviour.

Selection criteria

Essential

1. Registered as a specialist medical practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioners Registration Agency, a fellow of the

Australian Faculty of Public Health Medicine, and at least six years of full-time service in medical practice as a Staff Specialist.

2. Demonstrated experience working in health emergency and disaster management, and public health programs, preferably in

the Indo-Pacific.

3. Knowledge of current and emerging Northern Territory, Australian and International public health and health emergency

management issues.

4. High level interpersonal communication skills including the ability to engage effectively with national and international agencies

and with individual stakeholders working well independently and in a team.

5. High-level administrative, organisational skills with the ability to generate reports, meet deadlines, develop high quality

documents for international and Government agencies, other stakeholders, and the public.

6. An ability to interact effectively with people from diverse cultures, ages and gender.

7. Ability and willingness to work outside normal working hours when required to support delivery of activities.

Desirable

1. Knowledge of NCCTRC, AUSMAT and Emergency Management Teams initiative.

2. Experience in developing and implementing education and training materials.

3. Willingness to become an AUSMAT member if not already.

Further information

Positions may be subject to pre-employment checks such as immunisation requirements, working with children clearance notice

and criminal history checks. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant criminal history.

For immunisation requirements Category B (indirect contact with blood or body substances).