Project Officer
Date: 31 Jul 2026
Location: 50 Flemington Rd, AU
Company: theroyalch
The Hospital:
The Royal Children’s Hospital’s (RCH) Vision is “A world where all kids thrive”.
RCH is a cornerstone member of the Melbourne Children’s Campus, partnering with Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics and The Royal Children’s Hospital Foundation.
RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria for more than 150 years since it was founded in 1870. A full range of paediatrics and adolescent health services are provided plus tertiary and quaternary care for the most critically ill and medically complex patients in Victoria, Tasmania, southern NSW and other states around Australia and overseas. The Hospital has more than 6,000 staff, a budget of $850M, 12 wards and 350 beds. Annually, the RCH has 300,000+ Specialist Clinic appointments, 90,000+ Emergency Department presentations and 20,000 elective surgeries.
The RCH is committed to the Child Safe Standards.
RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact.
For further Information on RCH is available here.
- Centre for Health Analytics- Parkville, The Royal Children's Hospital
- Excellent employee benefits including salary packaging
- Permanent, 1x 0.4 FTE Part time
About the role
There is one Permanent Part Time position at 30.4hrs per fortnight (with opportunity for additional 0.2FTE from recruitment until 08 January 2027) within the Centre for Health Analytics.
You will be responsible for assisting clinician investigator(s) and data analysts in designing, planning, running and evaluating data related improvement projects and EMR embedded research trials. The position will be supported by the analysts working in the CHA data services team. The Project Officer will assist with the generation of processes, relationships and infrastructure which will facilitate future improvement projects.
Classification for this position will range from AO51-AO55 (FTE base salary $96,570.76 - $106,759.12 per annum, plus superannuation).
What you'll achieve
- Drive project management for specific quality improvement and research projects.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand the impact of clinical workflows on the secondary use of clinical data for quality improvement and research projects.
- Ensure quality improvement and research project work adheres to Centre and organisational data governance and quality standards, procedures and policies.
Your skills and experience
- Tertiary qualification in a health, science or data field, or equivalent, with a minimum of 4 years’ experience in the field.
- Relevant experience in the use of health information system(s) including data capture workflows, data validation logic and data reporting.
- Experience in quality improvement basic principles, clinical research and clinical trials.
About the Department
The Centre for Health Analytics enables the vision of Melbourne Children’s to become an internationally leading paediatric campus in the use of data to improve all aspects of patient care, operations, education, and research. The Centre delivers data services to the Campus, enabling access to data and analytics support, builds data infrastructure and is building a data enabled workforce through a range of workforce development initiatives. Our vision being to unleash the power of data to improve health.
What we offer:
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Culture of continuous improvement
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Flexible work options available
Other requirements:
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Current National Criminal Record Check, or willing to obtain
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Valid Working with Children Check
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Compliance with RCHs “Staff Immunisation - Prevention of Vaccine Preventable Diseases” procedure
Application process
To apply, you will need a resume and a tailored cover letter outlining your skills, experience, and suitability for the position in line with the requirements of the position description.
Shortlisting for this position will commence immediately, we encourage you to apply promptly!
For more information about this position please contact Janice Campbell, Data Services Manager Email: janice.campbell@rch.org.au
Why work at the RCH?
RCH enjoys high employee engagement and is committed to staff safety and a positive culture through enactment of our Compact. We offer the opportunity to work in world-class facilities, surrounded by Royal Park and only a short tram trip from the heart of Melbourne city.
We also offer staff benefits such as discounted staff parking, salary packaging, and an award-winning health and wellbeing program.
The RCH is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and/or linguistically diverse background, all members of the LGBTQI community and people with disability.
It is a requirement of your employment that you be vaccinated against Influenza annually for Category A and B roles, in compliance with any public health orders in place at the relevant time, unless you have a medical exception in line with those public health orders, which has been accepted by The Royal Children’s Hospital. Applicants will be required to provide their Australian Government Immunisation History Statement, it is a requirement of the RCH to collect, record and hold vaccination information.
It is also a requirement of your employment that you comply with any direction given by The Royal Children’s Hospital that you be vaccinated against, or prove immunity to, any other disease, unless you have a relevant exemption, and offers of employment are conditional on successful completion of background checks including reference checks.
Are you ready to join our team?
Apply online by clicking on the “Apply” button
Applications close 14 August 2026