Senior Technical Officer, Nursing & Midwifery

La Trobe University; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

La Trobe University in Melbourne invites applications for a Senior Technical Officer in Nursing & Midwifery. You will oversee laboratory and simulation activities, ensuring safety and regulatory compliance while supporting teaching staff with equipment use and resource management.

The role focuses on supervising laboratory support staff, rostering to maintain service delivery, coordinating stock levels, and ensuring timely provision of equipment and consumables for practical classes across the

Qualifications

• Degree with experience consolidating theories and supporting staff.
• Proven experience managing activities of self and others including coaching.
• Ability to interpret and apply policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and roster laboratory support staff to ensure consistent service delivery.
• Act as central point of contact for staff for lab services and equipment needs.
• Monitor stock levels and coordinate ordering to maintain resources for teaching.
• Provide guidance on laboratory procedures and ensure compliance with safety standards.

Skills

Degree with experience

Policy interpretation

People management

Lab supervision

Coaching

Time management

Education

Degree with relevant experience

Job description

Senior Technical Officer, Nursing & Midwifery

• Australia, Vic
• Sep 18, 2026

About La Trobe University

La Trobe University La Trobe University (LTU) is an emerging educational institution and is known for its passion in giving excellent education by enriching the minds of the students and improving their natural talent and skills. They...

• La Trobe University’s Melbourne (Bundoora) campus location

About the position

The role ensures laboratory and simulation activities are delivered efficiently, safely and in line with relevant Health & Safety and regulatory requirements. Key responsibilities include preparing, setting up and packing down equipment, coordinating timetabled and ad hoc activities, supporting teaching staff with equipment use, and maintaining laboratory resources and consumables.

The position also provides guidance to staff on laboratory procedures, monitors stock levels, coordinates ordering, and ensures equipment and resources are available to support teaching activities.

A key focus of the role is supervising and rostering laboratory support staff to ensure consistent service delivery and operational coverage. As a central point of contact for staff, the position plays an important role in the smooth and responsive delivery of laboratory services and may also provide support to clinical laboratory activities across the Clinical Schools when required.

Skills and Experience

To be considered for this position, you will have;

• Degree with subsequent relevant experience to consolidate the theories and principles learned, or extensive experience, leading to either the development of specialist expertise or to the development of broad knowledge in an administrative field, or an equivalent alternate combination of relevant knowledge, training and/or experience.
• Demonstrated depth or breadth of expertise developed through extensive relevant experience and application.
• Demonstrated ability to gain a conceptual understanding of relevant policies, procedures or systems and interpretation in the application of policy and/or precedent.
• Ability to innovate and take responsibility for outcomes.
• Demonstrated capacity to organise work effectively and efficiently and deliver outputs in a timely manner.
• Demonstrated experience managing the activities of self and/or others including coaching, motivation and performance management.

Please refer to the Position Description for other duties, skills and experience required for this position.

This role supports the undergraduate laboratory practical classes and therefore the successful applicant will need to be available to work 7 hrs 15 mins, between the hours of 7.30am and 7.30pm. This will be rostered on a rotational basis.

La Trobe University’s success is driven by people who are committed to making a difference. They are creative and highly motivated, pursue new ideas and create knowledge. La Trobe is one of Australia’s research leaders, and the largest provider of higher education to regional Victoria.

All La Trobe University employees are bound by the Working with Children Act 2005. If you are successful, you will be required to hold a valid Victorian Employee Working with Children Check prior to commencement.

Based Violence (GBV Code). This aligns with our mission to create safe and respectful communities.Candidates will be asked during the recruitment process to declare whether they have ever been investigated for, or found to have engaged in, gender-based violence in previous employment and/or in legal proceedings and provide relevant information to assist in determining suitability. Gender-based violence means any form of physical or non-physical violence, harassment, abuse or threats based on gender, that results in, or is likely to result in harm, coercion, control, fear or deprivation liberty or autonomy.