Commissioning Coordinator

UnitingCare Queensland; Brisbane; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work arrangements

Salary packaging benefits

Parental leave

Career development

Job summary

UnitingCare Queensland is seeking a Commissioning Coordinator to support aged care refurbishment and development projects, ensuring sites are ready for new spaces and operational handovers. You will coordinate with clinical and operational teams, maintain readiness plans, and manage project milestones to deliver quality environments for residents and staff.

The role involves hands-on planning, liaising with suppliers, and ensuring final touches meet care standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in aged care, health, facilities, project coordination or stakeholder support.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and adhere to safety and governance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Support commissioning activities across aged care refurbishment and development projects.
• Coordinate with clinical, operations, property, project and supplier teams to maintain clear communication.
• Prepare readiness plans, checklists, action registers, site familiarisation and handover activities.
• Organise furniture, fittings, equipment, artwork and final project touches for resident spaces.
• Track priorities, risks and milestones; escalate issues and support a smooth transition to operation.

Skills

Aged care experience

Project coordination

Stakeholder support

Health/Facilities familiarity

Communication skills

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Make a meaningful difference with us

We're looking for someone who wants to make the world a little better through small moments that leave big impacts.

As a Commissioning Coordinator, you'll play a hands‑on role in helping our aged care sites get ready for new spaces, refurbishments and improvement projects. This is a great opportunity for someone who enjoys bringing people, plans and practical details together — whether that’s coordinating with clinical and operational teams, keeping project actions on track, supporting site readiness, or making sure the final touches are in place for residents and teams.

If you have experience in aged care, health, facilities, project coordination, administration or stakeholder support, this role offers the chance to build on those skills in a busy and meaningful project environment.

Please note, this position is offered as a 12‑month contract, with the possibility of extension. Flexibility is important to us, and we know it is to you, too - this role supports hybrid working by agreement.

Your part in our UnitingCare team:

• Work closely with the Commissioning Manager to support commissioning activities across aged care refurbishment and development projects, helping sites prepare for new spaces, service changes and operational handover.
• Work closely with clinical, operations, property, project and supplier teams to keep communication flowing and make sure key requirements are understood.
• Coordinate practical project requirements including readiness plans, checklists, action registers, site familiarisation, handover activities and post-occupancy reviews.
• Help organise furniture, fittings, equipment, artwork and final project touches so spaces are ready for residents, families and teams.
• Keep projects moving by tracking priorities, risks, updates and key milestones, escalating issues early and supporting a smooth transition into operation.

What makes a difference for us?

• Confidence to satisfy the relevant probity checks required by legislation or policies. This may include a Nationally Coordinated Police Check, Right to Work in Australia, Insolvency Check, WWCC - Blue Card, NDIS Worker Screening
• Demonstrated understanding of clinical and operational service delivery within residential aged care, community services, hospital or healthcare environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the confidence to engage, interact and negotiate with a broad range of stakeholders.
• Confidence using Microsoft Word and Excel, with the ability to quickly learn new systems and maintain accurate project documentation, registers and reporting.
• Ability to work collaboratively and autonomously while managing competing priorities, with an interest in health and safety legislation, best‑practice safety culture and growing project management skills through the UCQ Project Delivery Framework.

What makes a difference for you?

The opportunity to be part of the second-largest Queensland employer who has been leading by example for more than 100 years. Joining our team, you’ll be welcomed as part of the UnitingCare family. We’re a proud not‑for‑profit with more than 16,500 staff and 9,000 volunteers across our brands of BlueCare, Lifeline, ARRCS, The Wesley Hospital, Buderim Private Hospital, St Stephen’s Hospital, and St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital.

• Flexible work arrangements to support work‑life balance
• Access to salary packaging, meal and entertainment benefits - up to $15,900 per year tax free as well as up to $2,650 of your pre‑tax income to pay for meal and entertainment benefits. To learn more about this benefit watch the video via the SalaryPackagingExplained link
• A recognition and rewards platform, providing employee discounts at hundreds of retailers, including everyday expenses, holidays, health insurance, annual awards celebration, wellbeing and employee assistance programs
• 12 weeks paid parental leave and 2 weeks paid partner leave, available after 6 months' service, in addition to the government scheme
• Diversity and inclusive leave, offering paid gender affirmation leave and cultural leave options (paid and unpaid) for those who may celebrate Lunar New Year, Diwali, Ramadan, NAIDOC weeks and other significant cultural events
• Career development opportunitiesto challenge yourself, grow and make a meaningful difference
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others

Child safe, Child friendly

UnitingCare is committed to being a Child Safe, Child Friendly organisation and will:

• provide welcoming, safe and nurturing services for children
• implement measures to prevent child abuse and neglect within our services
• appropriately and immediately address child abuse and neglect if it does occur
• abide by the Child Safe Standards and adhere to the Reportable Conduct Scheme

Diversity & Inclusion

Our approach is simple- everybody iswelcome here. At UnitingCare, diversity is at the core of our who we are, our mission and our values.We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all employees no matter their sex, race, culture, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.Demonstrating our commitment to reconciliation and building long-term employment opportunities for First Nations peoples, UnitingCare strongly encourages Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander applicants for this position.

Safe workplace

We work hard to make our services welcoming and safe for every person. We are united in keeping children, young people and the elderly safe from harm, within our services, workplaces and the communities we support. We are committed to speaking up loudly for their safety.

Commitment to Safeguarding

We are committed in creating services and workplaces that are welcoming and safe for every person. We work together to protect children, young people, adults and the elderly from harm within our services and the communities we support. We speak up for their safety to ensure their voices are heard. Our recruitment and workplace practices reflect our dedication in preventing abuse, harm and exploitation across UnitingCare.