• New strategic leadership role, 2 Year Fixed-Term Contract
• Flexible hybrid working from our St Kilda Road offices
• Join an internationally recognised, purpose-driven medical college

Be part of something bigger
At the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) incorporating the Faculty of Pain Medicine, we are proud to be a world leading specialist medical college, dedicated to training, examining, and supporting over 7000 doctors in Australia and New Zealand.

About the opportunity:
As the Project Manager – Accreditation Standards, you will be a key member of the Development and Governance leadership team responsible for an important implementation project. 

You will lead the implementation of the new model specialist accreditation standards and procedures for various training programs and ensure compliance and high-quality standards in the accreditation process. This role reports to the Head of Education Development and Governance and offers the opportunity to influence at both an operational and strategic level. 

The Development and Governance unit sits within ANZCA’s Education and Research department. Together, the team leads the strategic design and continuous improvement of training and professional development programs, including curricula and assessment frameworks, digital learning, policy and governance systems, and reporting and evaluation.

This team also supports ANZCA’s education governance committees and communities of practice—ensuring our programs are responsive, evidence-based, and aligned with global best practice and local health equity priorities.

Keys to your success:

You would be an experienced project manager, comfortable operating in a complex environment. You will have substantial experience work across teams and multiple stakeholders, and experience managing projects in a regulated industry (ideally medical/health care). 

You will ideally bring:

• Proven track record in project management, delivering key outcomes within agreed timeframes and budget, preferably in the context of health, education, or standards development. 
• Applied understanding of contemporary project and change management methodologies, frameworks and tools. 
• Strong experience in stakeholder engagement and influencing skills. 
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including the ability to develop and maintain collaborative and constructive work relationships, at all levels and across diverse groups, internally and externally. 
• Experience contributing to the development and enhancement of technology systems to create alignment with new cross functional processes, with a focus on ensuring they meet accreditation standards and support effective implementation. 
• Experience supporting governance bodies, including coordinating meetings, preparing agendas, documenting decisions, and preparing strategic briefing documents and progress reports. 
• Excellent written communication skills, analyse, interpret, contextualise and present clear and meaningful information demonstrated through effective engagement.
• Demonstrated experience in the development of education activities including resources such as webinars and online learning. 

Desirable 

• Expertise in developing and aligning accreditation standards and procedures (preferrable within medical/ healthcare environment, but can be from other applicable settings).

What we can offer you:
We offer employment benefits and a working environment that contribute to our people's health, safety and wellbeing, personal and professional development and support an inclusive, equitable, and respectful college culture.

• Join a purpose driven organisation with a team of individuals highly passionate about improving educational opportunities for health professionals.
• A competitive remuneration package including full FBT exempt salary packaging. 
• New leadership role to own and make your mark. 
• Opportunity to grow in the position with genuine career pathways.
• Excellent staff benefits – additional leave over the Christmas period, additional personal leave, health and wellbeing offerings, market leading parental leave, staff recognition program, member advantage program with access to discounted lifestyle benefits and leisure activities.
• Flexible, hybrid working options.
• Free confidential counselling service to support our staff and their close family through life’s challenges via our Employee Assistance Program.

ANZCA is an equal opportunity employer and our commitment to creating and supporting an inclusive culture is reflected in our diverse mix of talented people passionate about delivering their best. We embrace and value the diverse society we live within and consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, colour, national origin, religion, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or age. We strongly encourage Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and Māori applicants to apply for any of our current opportunities. 

Next steps

Apply now and take the next step towards a rewarding and long-term career within a progressive environment. Our application process will require you to submit your current resume and a cover letter. We will progress suitable candidates through the hiring process as soon as we can.

If selected, we will contact you to discuss your application on the phone, you will be invited to meet with us at the college and from there complete a few background checks. We will help you through this process. If we identify potential candidates prior to the advertised closing date, we may close the advertisement sooner than the closing date. Therefore, we encourage you to apply promptly if you are interested. 

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process and supportive workplace, so please let us know what you need.

For more information about ANZCA or for a copy of the position description, please email Nuzee at recruitment@anzca.edu.au.