Program (Events) Coordinator

RACS VIC Office, 250-290 Spring Street, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Req

Thursday, 28 March 2024

About the company

The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) is a not for profit, membership-based organisation leading the way in surgical performance, professionalism and patient care in Australia and New Zealand.

With service to our members at the forefront of our business, we support ongoing learning and development for our surgical workforce of more than 7,000 surgeons and 1,300 surgical trainees and Specialist International Medical Graduates.

RACS is on an exciting journey to transform the way our members engage with us by making improvements across many aspects of the College - from learning and development to technology and governance. We are focusing on collaboration and innovation to better serve our members and to enhance the contribution of surgeons to the community.

About the role

Reporting to the Manager, Education Services - Professional Development, this exciting role will see you make your mark through the event management, monitoring, evaluation and review of professional development activities and strategies. With service delivery as a key focus, you will use your proven experience and expertise to steer the delivery of educational activities, online and face to face, ensuring the successful delivery, promotion and evaluation of educational activities in a complex medical environment.

The primary objectives of the role will be to support college activities through:

- Coordination and delivery of a range of Education Services events and activities such as courses, workshops, webinars and online learning.
- Attending and coordinating events to support faculty members to deliver activities.
- Establishing and building important relationships with key stakeholders regarding delivery of educational activities.
- Administering the learning management system that is used to deliver online activities.
- Developing and implementing promotional strategies and content for activities to maximise registrations liaising with the Marketing and Communications Team when required.

This role is being offered on an ongoing basis and can be based in any of our office locations in Australia.

This is a full time position and will involve occasional work on weekends and evenings, and there may be a requirement to occasionally travel to events.

Skills and experience

- Completion of Certificate or Diploma in Event Management or equivalent work experience.
- Experience coordinating events and educational workshops.
- Advanced experience using Zoom to support webinars and meetings.
- High level customer service skills with the ability to communicate effectively with tact and diplomacy with various levels of staff.
- Excellent written communication skills with ability to prepare appropriate reports, correspondence, emails and other communication.
Excellent organisational and time management skills
- High level attention to detail.

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

Enquiries can be directed to however, applications emailed to this address will not be accepted.

• RACS VIC Office, 250-290 Spring Street, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia