Senior Executive Officer, Training Accreditation Services

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians; Sydney; On-site; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Australasian College of Physicians in Sydney is seeking a Senior Executive Officer to lead the Training Accreditation Services (TAS) team and oversee accreditation programs across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. You will manage governance, reporting, and stakeholder engagement to ensure compliance with policies and regulatory directives.

You will drive strategic and operational support, with responsibility for committee management, risk assessment, quality control, and continuous

Qualifications

• Experience leading and managing a team to deliver outcomes in a complex environment.
• Stakeholder management including ability to develop effective working relationships, negotiate and influence outcomes.
• Organisation and time management skills, including prioritising and managing changing priorities in a high workload area.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with attention to detail in agendas, briefs, minutes, letters, reports, and presentations.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver presentations and represent a team or organisation in meetings and events.
• Problem solving and analytical skills.
• Commitment to quality assurance and continuous improvement in policy and procedure documents.
• Ability to travel within Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, if required.

Responsibilities

• Manage allocated accreditation portfolio, scheduling and conducting accreditation activities in line with policies and directives.
• Provide day-to-day leadership and management of a team to ensure performance.
• Offer expert advice on accreditation criteria, standards, and processes to resolve questions and maintain compliance.
• Maintain stakeholder engagement and support activities to uphold high service delivery and relationships.
• Coordinate committee support to ensure robust, compliant decisions and timely deliverables.
• Undertake quality control to keep accurate records and minimize errors.
• Identify and manage risks and escalate issues as required.
• Represent the TAS unit and College professionally in external settings.
• Contribute to projects and continuous improvement initiatives for accreditation and College functions.

Job description

Senior Executive Officer, Training Accreditation Services

Job Type: Fixed Term Contract

Location: Sydney CBD

Job Category: Education & Training

About the RACP
The Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) connects, represents, and trains physicians and trainee physicians across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. The RACP provides services to support the delivery of training, continuing professional development, and health policy and advocacy to medical health professionals.

Our Values
Accountable | Collaborate | Indigenise and Decolonise | Lead the way | Respect

Why Join Us?
As part of our team, you will be offered a competitive remuneration salary and access to some amazing benefits including a flexible hybrid work model, additional paid leave between Christmas and New Year, paid parental leave, free annual flu vaccinations, professional development opportunities, access to our Employee Assistance Program, special corporate discounts and more! To view all our benefits, visit www.racp.edu.au/about/careers-at-racp.

Our 3-2-1 Hybrid Working Model

• 3 days from anywhere in Australia or Aotearoa New Zealand per week,
• 2 days from an RACP office location per week,
• 1 of the two days per week in office spent with your team.

Job Description

About the Role

This position sits within the Training Accreditation Services (TAS) team, which oversees accreditation for training programs across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand. TAS is responsible for managing and supporting the accreditation of training settings and the RACP training programs they deliver. This entails provision of advice, operational support and reporting to a range of involved internal and external stakeholders, as well as ongoing evaluation, development and improvement, and change initiatives.

The purpose of this role is to lead a small team within TAS to plan and deliver strategic, administrative and operational support for RACP accreditation programs, in compliance with policies, procedures and other strategic and regulatory directives. This includes extensive stakeholder engagement and committee management, and providing input and support for projects and initiatives that are owned by and/or impact TAS.

Key accountabilities include:

• Manage allocated accreditation portfolio, including scheduling and conducting of accreditation activities and ongoing monitoring and active management activities in compliance with policies, procedures and other strategic and regulatory directives
• Provide day to day leadership and management of a team to ensure efficient and effective team and individual performance
• Provide expert advice on RACP accreditation criteria, standards, requirements, policies, and processes to stakeholders to resolve questions and issues, maintain compliance, and promote awareness.
• Manage day to day stakeholder engagement and support activities to maintain good stakeholder relationships and uphold a high standard of service delivery
• Plan and coordinate committee support and management activities to ensure they function effectively, make robust and compliant decisions, and achieve deliverables within required timeframes.
• Undertake quality control activities to maintain accurate records and minimise errors in team outputs and reporting.
• Identify and manage risks appropriately, and escalation issues as required.
• Professionally represent the TAS business unit and College, as required
• Contribute to projects and continuous improvement initiatives to enhance accreditation and other College functions

This is fixed term opportunity with possibility of extension.

Desired Skills and Experience

About You

• Experience leading and managing a team to direct work and deliver outcomes in a complex environment and within tight timeframes
• Stakeholder management experience, including ability to develop effective working relationships, and to negotiate and influence outcomes
• Organisation and time management skills, including the ability to prioritise and manage changing priorities in a high workload area to achieve set work objectives on schedule
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including demonstrated experience and attention to detail in the development and review of agendas, briefs, minutes, letters, reports, policy/process documentation, and presentations
• Demonstrated ability and confidence to deliver presentations and to professionally represent a team, business unit, or organisation in meetings and at events
• Proven problem solving and analytical skills
• Commitment to quality assurance and continuous improvement, including ability to develop, implement, evaluate and improve policy and procedure documents and templates
• Ability to work flexibly and demonstrate initiative and resilience in a changing environment
• Willingness and ability to travel within Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, if required