Engagement Officer

The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine (ACRRM) is a member-based organisation that strives to set, maintain and promote high quality professional standards for rural and remote medicine. This will help to ensure that rural and remote communities have access to safe and accessible health care.

The College is seeking to expand our footprint with the addition of an Engagement Officer in Victoria to drive new business opportunities, enhance the College's profile and secure new leads into our training program, membership and CPD activities.

The successful candidate will be self-directed, confident and driven to achieve the KPIs required to build future sales pipelines. This role would suit an experienced sales or business development individual. Experience in the health sector and/or education would be highly beneficial.

This role builds on our pilot program so will initially be a 6-month contract with the intent to become permanent pending federal contract negotiations later this year.

Your duties will include:

• Identify local / regional opportunities for representing ACRRM to key target markets in conjunction with the national and regional strategies
• Regularly meet with and present ACRRM products and services to universities, student clubs, hospitals, practices and related settings
• Identify, document and nurture leads across the training pathway, membership and CPD programs.

Qualifications and competencies:

• Highly effective written and spoken communication skills, including confident presenting skills
• Demonstrated ability to prioritise and work productively under pressure, remaining calm and consultative
• Strong sales experience including the ability to identify, nurture and close leads
• Highly organised, a commitment to meeting deadlines, and excellent attention to detail
• Commitment to excellent member and customer service.

To be successful in this role the following professional behaviours are required:

• Presence and ability to remain calm under pressure
• Self-motivated and proactive
• Quality work and attention to detail
• Dependable, following work to completion
• Ability to communicate with multiple stakeholders
• Positive attitude
• Expertise and self-directed learning.

This is an opportunity for a professional, friendly, articulate, solutions focused and collaborative individual to work in a dynamic and motivated team.

Our values are optimism, conviction, Courage and Inclusiveness.   We respect, inspire, and support each other and we believe in an inclusive workplace reflective of communities in which we live and serve. We are an open and welcoming group of diverse individuals, unified by a common purpose. As a core deliverable of our Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan we welcome and encourage applications from people who identify as part of the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.

For further information and access to the position description and recruitment timeline visit the ACRRM website or contact ACRRM Member Engagement Manager, Rachel Killorn at

To apply for this position please submit a cover letter and resume by using the 'Apply' button below. Applications close on 14th October 2025.

About ACRRM

The Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine is accredited by the Australian Medical Council (AMC) for setting professional medical standards for training, assessment, certification and continuing professional development in the specialty of general practice. We are the only College in Australia dedicated to rural and remote medicine. We train and support aspiring and experienced rural General Practitioners and Rural Generalists to provide the highest quality care for their communities. Find out more