Medical Education Coordinator

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Austin Health is the major provider of tertiary health services, health professional education and research across three campuses in the Northeast of Melbourne and state-wide. We have a highly engaged, diverse and collaborative workforce that is unified by our goal to help people live healthy and fulfilled lives.

About the Medical Education unit

The Medical Education Unit is part of the Austin Doctors portfolio, and provides resources to support the education, training and supervision of junior /prevocational medical staff at all levels. The Medical Education Unit reports to the Medical Director of the Medical Workforce Unit | Deputy Chief Medical Officer. The MEU works collaboratively with the Medical Workforce Unit (MWU), and has key contacts in the CMO Directorate, the Austin Doctors Education, Training & Workforce Collaborative, the Clinical Education Unit, supervisors of specialist training programs, and more broadly across Austin Health to deliver medical education that meets professional, regulatory and organisational requirements.

About the role

The Medical Education Coordinator (MEC) reports to the Lead Medical Education Officer (Lead MEO) of Medical Education Unit, and supports the Lead MEO, the Medical Education Officer (MEO) and other Medical Education Unit staff with administrative tasks including scheduling, management of meeting papers and management of surveys and reports for the various Medical Education Unit functions and committees. The MEC will also work collaboratively with the Medical Workforce Unit (MWU) staff in supporting coordinated activities for Austin Doctors.

The MEC will be able to complete some of the less specialized tasks that overlap with the Medical Education Officer role, at the discretion of the Lead MEO.

About you

As the Medical Education Coordinator, You will be someone who has excellent communication skills, with a strong commitment to doctors' education and professional development. You'll bring energy and drive to your work, and have a keen interest in developing your skillset.

To be successful in this role, you'll bring with you:

• Previous experience in Administrative role.
• Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively across a broad range of internal and external clients
• Exceptional skills using the Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint. MS Teams
• Highly organized and flexible work ethic, with high attention to detail
• Maintain data bases as required by the DCT and Lead MEO, and collation of reports, including notifying the Manager MEU of response rates and requirement for sending reminder notifications.
• Tracking organizational compliance of the prevocational medical cohort for all mandatory training

Our benefits

Working at Austin Health means enjoying a strong sense of purpose, engaging in meaningful work every day. Our people also receive a variety of rewarding benefits, including:

• Greater take-home pay through generous salary packaging benefits, for living expenses, meals and holiday accommodation
• A suite of wellness initiatives designed to support you, including discounts on fitness memberships and health insurance, and a comprehensive wellbeing program
• Mentoring and career development opportunities
• Onsite childcare, easy access via public transport, car parking and end of journey facilities for cyclists

Work with us

We are committed to cultural safety and health equity for Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People. We celebrate, value, and include people of all backgrounds, genders, identities, cultures, bodies, and abilities. We welcome and support applications from talented people identifying as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, people with disability, neurodiverse people, LGBTQIA+ and people of all ages and cultures.

If you feel this role is right for you, we encourage your early application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and interviews may take place prior to the closing date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad prior to the advertised closing date.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory National Police Check and if required, a Working With Children Check. If you require any reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process, you are welcome to reach out to the hiring manager: Therese Kissane, Lead Medical Education Officer,

Interested in finding out more about this opportunity? Read the position description for further details.

Application closing date: Wednesday 17 September 2025