Primary Health Care Solutions - Project Officer

Are you passionate about improving health and supporting projects to obtain great health outcomes?

This role enables you to support the development and implementation of a new model of team-based care, which enhances the capability of Primary Health Care nurses and their teams to improve health outcomes and prevent hospitalisations. Through day-to-day project delivery, you will support the Program Manager to achieve successful outcomes that will make a difference in local communities. This will be a primarily remote role with opportunities to travel to the client sites and work with our Queensland based team.

Key Responsibilities

• Regularly communicate and work with the Program Manager and project team members to meet the project activity plan, timelines, and key milestones to ensure the timely delivery of the program and support to APNA’s organisational purpose.
• Collaborate and consult with external organisational teams, subject matter experts and other stakeholders to achieve project aims and outcomes.
• Assist with recruitment of project participants for consultation and with organising venue, catering, renumeration for participation (where relevant), agenda and communications as needed.
• Support the management of feedback and data collection to support evaluation processes.
• Provide a broad range of administrative support for the project team, including support with external stakeholder engagement and communications.
• Provide reports to the Program Manager as required.
• Comply with APNA’s policies and procedures.

Essential qualifications and experience

• 2+ years Project Officer experience
• A broad understanding of the Primary Health Care environment 
• Excellent oral and written communication
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders and prioritise competing tasks
• Microsoft Office applications (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Projects)

Who we are

The Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) is the peak professional body for nurses working in Primary Health Care. APNA champions the role of Primary Health Care nurses; to advance professional recognition, ensure workforce sustainability, nurture leadership in health, and optimise the role of nurses in person-centred care.

As an organisation, we are dynamic and future focused. We have a strong, positive, fun and committed organisational culture and offer flexible working arrangements.

Our Values

• Better Together - We are passionate and collaborative, fostering an environment where diversity is valued, and all voices are heard. 
• Positive Disruptor - We are community-minded champions of change, innately curious and always open to innovation and ideas of the future. 
• Pursue Excellence - We are evidence-based in our approach and hold our stakeholders and each other accountable as we strive for the highest standards of excellence 

Our values are important in inspiring our work, informing our decision-making, giving us a clear identity and personality, and deciding both what we want to do, and how we want to do it.  Together, we will make Australia healthier.

A full role description is available on request.