Senior Epidemiologist

Senior Epidemiologist, Grampians Public Health Unit
Full time position, ongoing contract
Medical Scientist Award 
Hybrid work options available

About the Role 

The Grampians Public Health Unit (GPHU) is seeking a Senior Epidemiologist to join our team, to provide operational and strategic epidemiological leadership across our health protection, disease prevention and health promotion functions. The Grampians Public Health Unit, hosted by Grampians Health, is one of Victoria's nine designated Local Public Health Units (LPHUs). The GPHU provides comprehensive public health leadership across the Grampians region, serving more than 250,000 residents across 11 Local Government Area in regional western Victoria. 
 
The Senior Epidemiologist will contribute operational and strategic epidemiological expertise to develop and enhance disease surveillance systems, undertake communicable disease investigations and support coordinated public health responses to nationally notifiable conditions, in collaboration with the broader Victorian Local Public Health Network and the Department of Health. The Senior Epidemiologist will also work with regional, state and national partners to access, integrate and analyse multi-source data to identify population health priorities, inform health promotion and disease prevention activities and support strategic planning, with particular attention to vulnerable populations and health inequities across the Grampians region.

This role is perfect for those looking for: 

• A permanent, full time epidemiology role 
• Medical Scientist Award benefits
• Beautiful office location in Mt Helen, ample parking and potential hybrid work options
• Being part of a close-knit team of passionate public health professionals
• Job satisfaction through a balance of urgent response work and strategic portfolios
• Opportunities for research, innovation, leadership and teaching
• Building connections with a statewide network of epidemiologists and data experts

Key Responsibilities

• Communicable disease: Design and implement surveillance systems and epidemiological investigations to inform communicable and non-communicable disease control
• Population health: Conduct epidemiological analysis and modelling to identify health trends, inequalities, priorities and emerging issues across the Grampians region
• Data and Research: Establish and maintain data governance processes to optimise the use of public health data. Develop a strategic research agenda aligned with GPHU priorities
• Communication: Lead the development of reports, visualisations and analytical products that communicate public health trends, risks and opportunities for intervention to a range of stakeholders.
• Audit and evaluation: Support audit and evaluation functions to drive continuous quality improvement and innovation.
• Leadership and teaching: Educate and mentor colleagues in the unit and across the network.

Skills & Experience

We are seeking an experienced Epidemiologist (Medical Scientist Award Grade 2 – 3, RY4-RZ1) to lead the epidemiology function for the Grampians Public Health Unit. 

Key skills are summarised below (see the Position Description for further details).

Essential

• University qualifications in epidemiology, biostatistics, data science or related field
• Experience working effectively in and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to apply epidemiological and statistical methods to communicable disease surveillance, outbreak investigation, signal detection, public health reporting and evaluation
• Proficiency in software tools (e.g R/RStudio, SQL, Databricks, Power BI, REDCap Excel)
• Proven skills in managing, interpreting and synthesising complex multi-source datasets
• Well-developed oral and written communication skills for presentations and reports
• Demonstrated skills in research and/or peer-reviewed epidemiology publication track record

Desirable

• Additional tertiary qualification in public health, post-graduate qualifications (eg. PhD) in epidemiology or a related field
• Experience working as an epidemiologist or public health officer in a public health department and/or emergency response setting highly regarded.

To see a full copy of the Position Description please click here

Interested? 

Click APPLY or if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Dr Rehana Di Rico, Senior Manager Medical and Epidemiology on 0413 871 295 or Rehana.dirico@gh.org.au for a confidential discussion.

We're actively seeking candidates for this role and will review applications as they are submitted. Applications will close when the position is filled.

If you are currently employed at Grampians Health, please ensure you sign in through the 'Employee Login' via the external Careers Page or access the Careers Page via the Intranet before applying.

Diversity and Inclusion
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.