Coordinator Recruitment - Mental Health Reform Project

Help build the future of mental health capability across Australia's largest ambulance service.

Why Join NSW Ambulance?

- Work on one of the most significant mental health workforce projects in the organisation's history.
- Join a supportive, collaborative and high-performing People & Culture team.
- Make a genuine impact on the mental health capability of Australia's largest ambulance service.
- Access professional development and growth opportunities.
- Be part of a purpose-driven organisation that serves communities across New South Wales every day.

Employment Type : Temporary Full time (until February 2029) with possible extension
Salary Range : $118,821 - $140,201 per annum (Health Mgr Lvl 2)
Location : NSW Ambulance State Operations Centre, Sydney Olympic Park
Closing Date : 11:59 PM, Sunday 25 October 2026

About the opportunity

NSW Ambulance is undertaking an exciting and transformational Mental Health Reform Project, designed to strengthen mental health support and specialist capability across our organisation. We are seeking an experienced and passionate recruitment qualified to play a pivotal role in delivering this critical workforce initiative. This is a rare opportunity to join a high-performing recruitment team and directly contribute to a project that will have a lasting impact on the wellbeing of our people and the communities we serve.

About the Role

As the Coordinator Recruitment - Mental Health Reform Project, you will lead and coordinate end-to-end recruitment activities to support the successful implementation of the Mental Health Reform Project (MHRP).
You'll manage recruitment campaigns from attraction through to onboarding, driving outcomes across a range of specialist mental health positions including:
- Mental Health Registered Nurses (MHRNs)
- Psychologists
- Clinical and allied health professionals
- Other specialist mental health positions
- Working closely with project stakeholders, operational leaders and People & Culture teams, you'll ensure workforce targets are achieved while delivering an outstanding candidate and stakeholder experience

This role is funded for the duration of the Mental Health Reform Project and will play a critical role in establishing and embedding the project's workforce capability.

What You'll Be Doing





- Leading end-to-end recruitment campaigns for specialist mental health roles.
- Developing innovative sourcing strategies to attract hard-to-find talent.
- Coordinating assessment centres, interviews and selection activities.
- Managing pre-employment screening, contract administration and onboarding processes.
- Building strong relationships with internal stakeholders and external candidates.
- Producing meaningful recruitment reports, workforce insights and activity tracking.
- Supporting workforce establishment planning and vacancy management.
- Driving continuous improvement initiatives across recruitment processes and candidate experience.
- Representing NSW Ambulance at career expos, industry events and recruitment marketing activities.

What We're Looking For

To be successful in this role, you'll bring:

- Minimum 12 months' end-to-end recruitment experience within an agency, internal recruitment or talent acquisition environment.
- Demonstrated success recruiting for hard-to-fill or specialist health positions, particularly:
- Mental Health Registered Nurses (MHRNs)
- Psychologists
- Allied Health or clinical professionals
- Proven sourcing capability using multiple attraction channels, networking and talent pipelining strategies.
- Experience managing high-volume recruitment activities while maintaining exceptional attention to detail.
- Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship management skills.
- Ability to work autonomously, prioritise competing demands and deliver against tight deadlines.
- Experience generating and analysing recruitment reports, workforce metrics and activity dashboards.
- High level communication, organisational and problem-solving skills.

Ideal Candidate

You are someone who thrives on finding talent where others cannot. You understand the challenges of recruiting specialist mental health professionals and enjoy building relationships with candidates, hiring managers and project stakeholders alike. Most importantly,



you're passionate about making a difference and want to contribute to a project that will positively impact the future of mental health support within NSW Ambulance.

Project Delivery Requirements

This is a time-critical project role supporting a government-mandated workforce initiative with fixed implementation deadlines. Due to the requirement to recruit, onboard and deploy the initial Mental Health workforce by early January, the successful candidate will be required to work full-time and should be prepared to undertake additional hours, including reasonable overtime, during peak recruitment periods to ensure project milestones are achieved.

Our Commitment

- NSW Ambulance is committed to achieving a diverse workforce that reflects the communities we serve. All are welcome to apply, including women, Aboriginal People, people from culturally diverse backgrounds, refugees, people of diverse genders and sexuality, and people living with a disability. We value the knowledge, skills, experiences, and perspectives that all people bring to our organisation, patients, communities, and workforce.
- If you are an Aboriginal job applicant and wish to obtain more information about applying for a role with NSW Ambulance, please contact our Aboriginal Workforce Engagement Coordinator via or visit Stepping Up. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles within NSW Health - visit
- If you wish to discuss any changes to the process, you may need to present your best self, including accessibility requirements; please contact the panel convenor or recruitment team for support at NSW Ambulance Corporate Recruitment Team via

NSW Ambulance is dedicated to fostering a child-safe environment that respects and upholds the rights of children and young people, aligned with NSW Health’s commitment to implementing the Child Safe Standards. We aim to ensure that children and young people feel protected, supported, and included in their care. All current and prospective staff are expected to prioritise the safety, welfare, and well-being of children and young people, actively working to protect them from harm and abuse.

NSW Health acknowledges the people of the many traditional countries and language groups of New South Wales. It acknowledges the wisdom of Elders past and present, and pays respect to all Aboriginal communities of today.

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