Role type: Full Time, Continuing
Location: Shepparton
Faculty: Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences
Department/ School: Department of Rural Health
Salary: $100,847 - $109,163 p.a. plus 17% super
Make a tangible difference to rural health outcomes / craft compelling campaigns and events for diverse audiences / collaborate within a supportive, purpose-driven university team
Join us to drive rural health impact through engaging marketing, compelling stories and memorable community events.
Investing in you – 17% superannuation, benefits package including salary packaging, health and wellbeing programs, discounted services, and professional development opportunities.
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Your next career opportunity
You will coordinate impactful marketing and events that showcase promote rural health education, training and community partnerships.
You will craft accessible, culturally safe content that attracts students and strengthens engagement across rural communities.
What you will deliver:
Plan, create and deliver engaging marketing and communications content across digital, social and print channels.
Coordinate regional and rural health campaigns and events that enhance student engagement, partnerships and awareness of placement support and scholarships.
Collaborate with students, clinicians, academics and community partners to source stories and develop high-quality rural health content.
Apply health literacy, plain language and culturally safe principles to ensure accurate, accessible communications for diverse audiences.
Maintain web and social channels, support integrated content production, and assist broader marketing operations and reporting.
You may be a great fit if you:
Hold a relevant marketing or business qualification, or equivalent experience in marketing and event coordination.
Demonstrate strong stakeholder engagement skills, building effective relationships with health services, community organisations and education partners.
Exhibit excellent communication, with proven ability to create targeted content across multiple channels.
Bring experience organising and managing large-scale events, including logistics, promotion and stakeholder coordination.
Understand or quickly learn rural health contexts, health literacy principles and culturally safe communication practices.
Manage multiple projects concurrently, prioritising competing deadlines while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
For further information please refer to the attached PD.
What we offer you!
We offer the opportunity to be part of a vibrant community and enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits to support your success and sense of fulfilment, including:
Build future financial security with 17% superannuation
Supportive flexible work arrangements underpinned by our commitment to inclusion and well-being
Career development opportunities, including access to a range of tailored programs, such as Academic Women in Leadership, and learning platforms including LinkedIn Learning
Progressive, considerate leave provisions to empower your work-life balance and well-being, including leading parental leave, gender affirmation leave and cultural leave
Salary packaging and access to a range of discounted services including Bupa health insurance, and access to unique cultural and recreational benefits such as discounts for the Melbourne Theatre Company
Health and well-being services including a leading Employee Assistance Program
For more information check out our benefits page!
Your new team – Department of Rural Health
You will join the Department of Rural Health, a vibrant team advancing health outcomes across regional communities.
The team delivers rural health training, student placements, research and community engagement in their regional footprint through the Going Rural Health program.
You will collaborate with passionate academic, clinical and professional colleagues committed to improving access to quality rural healthcare.
Together, you will strengthen partnerships with communities, health services and government, amplifying the impact of rural health initiatives.
Be Yourself
The University of Melbourne is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a child-safe organisation. The diversity of our community enriches us all, and we are committed to creating an inclusive and fair workplace where everyone is valued, respected, and empowered to succeed. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, identities, and experiences. Discover more about Diversity and Inclusion at UniMelb.
We're committed to a barrier-free recruitment process and ongoing workplace support, providing adjustments throughout. We warmly encourage applications from people with disabilities. Learn more about how we support an accessible recruitment process.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Applicants
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Indigenous applicants are encouraged to connect with our Indigenous Employment & Development team at [email protected].
Application essentials:
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You must have current valid work rights for Australia. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
A Working with Children Check is required for all positions. If successful, we will guide you through the process and reimburse you.
Please upload your resume and a cover letter outlining your interest, experience and addressing the key selection criteria as part of the application process.
Want to know more?
For queries related to this specific position, contact Jaiden
For questions related to our recruitment process email Walid at [email protected]
For recruitment adjustments contact Kim Groizard on +61 3 9035 3218 or at [email protected] (subject: 'Recruitment Adjustments').
Apply today, and join a community that’s shaping the future.
Applications close: Monday, 7th September 2026 at 11:55 PM; Melbourne time zone.
Position Description:
PD_JR-014930 Marketing and Events Coordinator.docx
PD_JR-014930 Marketing and Events Coordinator.pdf
Skills Required
- Relevant marketing or business qualification, or equivalent experience in marketing and event coordination
- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills
- Excellent communication skills and proven ability to create targeted content across multiple channels
- Experience organising and managing large-scale events, including logistics, promotion, and stakeholder coordination
- Understanding of, or ability to quickly learn, rural health contexts, health literacy principles, and culturally safe communication practices
- Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently and prioritise competing deadlines while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail
- Current valid work rights for Australia
- Working with Children Check
- Resume and cover letter addressing interest, experience, and key selection criteria
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