Job description
Agency Department of Health Work unit National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre
Job title PHOENIX Public Health Advisor Designation Staff Specialist Public Health Medicine SMO1.1 -
SMO1.6
Job type Full time Duration Fixed to 30/06/2027
Salary $213,380 - $261,100 Location Darwin
Position number 48698 RTF Closing 09/11/2025
Contact officer Meredith Neilson on
About the agency
Apply online
APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR
TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans
The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates
people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or
job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go
to the OCPE website.
Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go
to the OCPE website.
Primary objective
Provide public health technical expertise for the Public Health Operations in Emergencies for National Strengthening in the Indo-
Pacific (PHOENIX) program at the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC).
Context statement
The PHOENIX program aims to support the Pacific and Southeast Asian countries to deliver better health outcomes for all, by
contributing to more resilient and equitable public health systems with greater capability to response to health emergencies. The
PHOENIX program will deliver outcomes focused on supporting public health emergency response. Flexible conditions for the
position can be negotiated.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Provide public health emergency response leadership and technical expertise to the PHOENIX program.
2. Develop, support and deliver public health emergency education and training to health professionals internationally.
3. Support the development of multi-year country plans with the PHOENIX Directors and country stakeholders and implement
education programs.
1. Willing and able to travel throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
2. Represent the PHOENIX program at national and international meetings/committees.
3. Support the NCCTRC Director of Public Health and other NCCTRC program areas as required.
4. Follow defined service quality standards, work health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken
in order to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces.
8. Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership practices and role modelling behaviour.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. Registered as a specialist medical practitioner with Australian Health Practitioners Registration Agency (AHPRA) and a fellow
of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (AFPHM).
2. Demonstrated experience working in health emergency and disaster management, and public health programs, preferably in
the Indo-Pacific.
3. Knowledge of current and emerging Northern Territory, Australian and International public health and health emergency
management issues.
4. High level interpersonal communication skills including the ability to engage effectively with national and international agencies
and with individual stakeholders working well independently and in a team.
5. High-level administrative, organisational skills with the ability to generate reports, meet deadlines, develop high quality
documents for international and Government agencies, other stakeholders, and the public.
6. An ability to interact effectively with people from diverse cultures, ages and gender.
7. Ability and willingness to work outside normal working hours when required to support delivery of activities.
Desirable
1. Knowledge of NCCTRC, AUSMAT and Emergency Management Teams initiative.
2. Experience in developing and implementing education and training materials.
3. Willingness to become an AUSMAT member if not already.
Further information
Positions may be subject to pre-employment checks such as immunisation requirements, working with children clearance notice
and criminal history checks. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant criminal history.
For immunisation requirements Category B (indirect contact with blood or body substances).
Approved: October 2025 Professor Leonard Notaras AO, Executive Director NCCTRC
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Job description
Agency Department of Health Work unit National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre
Job title PHOENIX Public Health Advisor Designation Senior Staff Specialist Public Health - SMO2.1 -
SMO2.3
Job type Full time Duration Fixed to 30/06/2027
Salary $270,033 - $298,705 Location Darwin
Position number 48698 RTF Closing 09/11/2025
Contact officer Meredith Neilson on
About the agency
Apply online
APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR
TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans
The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates
people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment process or
job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the merit process, go
to the OCPE website.
Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures plans, go
to the OCPE website.
Primary objective
Provide public health technical expertise for the Public Health Operations in Emergencies for National Strengthening in the Indo-
Pacific (PHOENIX) program at the National Critical Care and Trauma Response Centre (NCCTRC).
Context statement
The PHOENIX program aims to support the Pacific and Southeast Asian countries by contributing to more resilient and equitable
public health systems with greater capability to response to health emergencies. The PHOENIX program will deliver outcomes
focused on supporting public health emergency response. Flexible conditions for the position can be negotiated.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Provide public health emergency response leadership and technical expertise to the PHOENIX program.
2. Develop, support and deliver public health emergency education and training to health professionals internationally.
3. Support the development of multi-year country plans with the PHOENIX Directors and country stakeholders and implement
education programs.
1. Willing and able to travel throughout the Indo-Pacific region.
2. Represent the PHOENIX program at national and international meetings/committees.
3. Support the NCCTRC Director of Public Health and other NCCTRC program areas as required.
4. Follow defined service quality standards, work health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being undertaken
in order to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces.
8. Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership practices and role modelling behaviour.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. Registered as a specialist medical practitioner with the Australian Health Practitioners Registration Agency, a fellow of the
Australian Faculty of Public Health Medicine, and at least six years of full-time service in medical practice as a Staff Specialist.
2. Demonstrated experience working in health emergency and disaster management, and public health programs, preferably in
the Indo-Pacific.
3. Knowledge of current and emerging Northern Territory, Australian and International public health and health emergency
management issues.
4. High level interpersonal communication skills including the ability to engage effectively with national and international agencies
and with individual stakeholders working well independently and in a team.
5. High-level administrative, organisational skills with the ability to generate reports, meet deadlines, develop high quality
documents for international and Government agencies, other stakeholders, and the public.
6. An ability to interact effectively with people from diverse cultures, ages and gender.
7. Ability and willingness to work outside normal working hours when required to support delivery of activities.
Desirable
1. Knowledge of NCCTRC, AUSMAT and Emergency Management Teams initiative.
2. Experience in developing and implementing education and training materials.
3. Willingness to become an AUSMAT member if not already.
Further information
Positions may be subject to pre-employment checks such as immunisation requirements, working with children clearance notice
and criminal history checks. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant criminal history.
For immunisation requirements Category B (indirect contact with blood or body substances).