About us

The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) is the leading advocate for surgical standards, professionalism and surgical education in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. The College is a not-for-profit organisation that represents more than 8600 surgeons and 1300 surgical trainees and Specialist International Medical Graduates.

RACS also supports healthcare and surgical education in the Asia-Pacific region and is a substantial funder of surgical research. There are nine surgical specialities in Australasia being: Cardiothoracic Surgery, General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedic Surgery, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Paediatric Surgery, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Urology and Vascular Surgery.

Our Global Health Program focuses on strengthening health systems and building capacity of health workforce to improve the quality and accessibility of health, surgical treatment and post-operative care. We work across 15 countries in the Indo-Pacific Region with the support of multiple institutional and philanthropic donors.

About the role

Reporting to the Program and Operations Manager, you will effectively engage and mobilise new and existing RACS Global Health specialist clinical volunteers to provide pro-bono clinical support, training and mentoring to RACS clinical partners across the Indo-Pacific region. A further responsibility is to lead the development of a range of RACS Global Health communications, such as the quarterly program newsletter.

As the ideal candidate you will have:

• Experience in volunteer recruitment and overseas mobilisation
• Experience in a communications role involving social media updates, development of e-newsletters and website management
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to communicate with confidence and tact with a range of professional staff, clinical volunteers and partners
• Highly developed organisational skills to maintain robust volunteer information management, logistics, compliance, and administrative systems and procedures
• Demonstrated strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work within a team in a flexible and co-operative manner
• Ability to work autonomously and with a high level of initiative and sound judgement
• Ability to coordinate tasks, set priorities and work to timelines
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy

Desirable Skills and Experience include:

• Development and maintenance of volunteer compliance monitoring and information systems
• International travel planning and coordination
• Ability to contribute to quality improvement processes
• Ability to effectively plan and work under pressure and to deadlines
• Experience of, or interest in work in the health and development sector

Benefits

At our organisation, we are proud to have a positive impact on improving health outcomes in the community. Our people are especially important to us, we treat everyone fairly and are mindful of our colleagues and their wellbeing. Working at RACS, you will thrive in our environment where we recognise that we are all one team.

Our employees are at their best when they have balance in their lives, so by joining our team you will have:

• flexibility to combine working from home with time spent in the office
• RACS Professional Development Framework (Grow at RACS)
• access to a wellbeing app
• annual wellbeing reimbursement
• additional, gifted leave at the end of the year
• access to online learning portal THRIVE with a catalogue of 89,000+ courses
• access to an Employee Assistance Program which includes counselling for personal and work-related issues, support for family members, legal support, career development and planning, nutrition & lifestyle advice as well as financial counselling

We genuinely care about our employees’ health and wellbeing and encourage our people to bring their whole selves to work.

How to apply?

To apply for this role please submit your application by clicking on Apply Now to submit a cover letter and resume.

Please note we will be reviewing applications as they come in.

Enquiries can be directed to [email protected] using the subject line: Volunteer Coordinator (Paid Position) enquiry via EthicalJobs however, applications emailed to this address will not be accepted.

RACS is a child safe organisation. RACS recruitment and selection procedures reflect our commitment to the safety and protection of children in all our activities. As part of the selection process candidates are required to undergo a Police check, an anti-money laundering & counter-terrorism check and signing of our Child Safeguarding Policy & Code of Conduct and RACS Workforce Conduct Policy.

RACS is committed to supporting diversity and inclusion in our workforce. The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) recognises Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people as the traditional landowners of Australia and Māori as the tangatawhenua (people of the land) of Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to creating employment opportunities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and Māori and building an environment that is inclusive, culturally safe and appropriate.