Salary and Working Conditions

- Salary Package: Attractive manager level salary, plus 12% superannuation and salary packaging advantages
- Employment Type: Full-time, permanent
- Location: Macquarie University, Wallumattagal Campus, North Ryde Drive

Innovation in healthcare, transform patient outcomes, and advance your career today.

About The Role

Patients, carers and consumers bring insight that cannot be found anywhere else, and volunteers bring warmth and practical support at the moments people need it most. This role brings those contributions together across Macquarie University Health, leading our volunteer program, supporting the Consumer Advisory Committee, and progressing the initiatives set out in our Consumer Partnership Framework and Action Plan. Reporting to the Deputy CEO, you will work alongside clinical, operational and academic teams to make sure consumer voices shape the way care is planned, delivered and improved.

As the Volunteers, Consumer Partnership and Experience Manager, you will lead an established and growing volunteer program to ensure that it continues to be well governed, genuinely rewarding and aligned to areas of greatest need, while building the structures that allow consumers to partner with us in service planning, redesign, education and research. You will also work closely with the Patient Safety and Quality team to translate experience data, feedback and complaint themes into practical improvements across the precinct.

Key Areas of Responsibility

- Leading the volunteer program end to end, including strategy, role design, recruitment, onboarding, rostering and day-to-day coordination
- Maintaining volunteer policies, procedures, scope-of-practice boundaries and escalation pathways, and ensuring alignment with WHS, infection prevention and patient safety requirements
- Coordinating volunteer training, mandatory education, supervision, feedback, recognition and annual celebration activities
- Supporting the Consumer Advisory Committee, including member recruitment, agenda development, liaison with the Chair and presenters, and closing the loop on consumer feedback
- Developing broader consumer engagement and partnership mechanisms in line with the Consumer Partnership Framework and Action Plan, and building organisational capability through training, coaching and toolkits
- Applying experience-based co-design methods and monitoring experience measures, qualitative insights and workforce metrics, with regular reporting to governance committees and executives

About Us

Macquarie University Health combines Macquarie University Hospital, the Macquarie University Health Clinics and the Macquarie University Faculty of Medicine,



Health and Human Sciences to deliver integrated clinical care, research and learning. Our integrated approach is designed to deliver holistic patient care and treatment informed directly by the latest research and continuous learning, for improved patient outcomes, enhanced student experiences, and more and better research. As Australia's first fully integrated academic health precinct on a university campus, we are guided by our values and by a shared commitment to compassionate, coordinated, patient-centred care.

About You

- Relevant tertiary qualification in health, social services, management or a related field, and/or equivalent experience in volunteer services, consumer engagement, patient experience or quality improvement
- Demonstrated experience establishing and supporting consumer participation structures, such as consumer representatives, advisory committees or volunteer programs, and facilitating co-design to improve services and care pathways
- Experience designing roles, recruiting, onboarding, training and developing staff or volunteers
- Strong understanding of clinical governance and operational risk management, including privacy and confidentiality, safeguarding, WHS and infection prevention controls relevant to volunteers and consumer engagement
- High-level written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills, with proven ability to build trusted relationships and influence clinical leaders, operational teams, volunteers and executives across a complex organisation
- Demonstrated experience leading improvement initiatives from planning through to implementation and evaluation, supported by proficient computer skills including word processing, Excel and rostering systems

Pre-Employment Checks

Macquarie University Health cultivates a workplace defined by safety, ethical conduct, and strong integrity. Prior to completion of an offer of employment, preferred candidates will be required to participate in a combination of pre-employment checks relevant to the role they have applied for. Your employment is conditional upon the completion and maintenance of all role-required pre-employment or background checks in manner satisfactory to Macquarie University Health. If you're already part of the Macquarie Group (MQ University, , MQ Health, MGSM),



you'll need to apply through your employee Workday account.

This position is only open to Australian citizens, permanent residents and those currently residing in Australia with full working rights.

A Place Where You Belong

At Macquarie, we believe diversity makes us stronger, inclusion drives our success, and belonging inspires us to do our best work. We are proud to foster a community where different backgrounds, identities, and experiences are valued, and where our people are empowered to thrive through supportive leadership, shared responsibility, and a deep commitment to genuine care and respect for our community. Find out more about our vision for a truly inclusive workplace in our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Framework.

Values

Our values, Caring, Integrity, Teamwork, Ambition, Innovation and Empowerment, are at the heart of everything we do. They reflect our shared commitment to improving lives through exceptional care, groundbreaking research, education and collaboration. Our values guide how we work, lead and support one another, helping us create a culture where people can thrive and where we continue to shape the future of healthcare together. Our Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Framework supports Macquarie's vision by building a community where everyone truly feels safe and like they belong. We acknowledge the richness of each individual’s identity and the potential that brings. This diversity creates an inclusive environment that leads to better outcomes for all. Through a nurturing and fair environment, we are a workplace that empowers our people to grow, succeed, and make a meaningful impact.

What We Offer?

When you join Macquarie University Health, you gain access to a supportive workplace designed to help you thrive. Our benefits include:

- Salary sacrifice options and excellent salary packaging benefits (including venue hire, meals, entertainment and novated leasing), so you have great potential to maximise your income working for us.
- Macquarie University childcare at a reduced staff rate.
- Post graduate study and ongoing education support through scholarship programs.
- Access to extensive Macquarie University facilities, including reduced fees for sporting centre, gym and pool.

Location

Just 15km from Sydney’s CBD and easily accessible by metro, our Wallumattagal Campus in Macquarie Park offers a vibrant and inspiring place to work in one of the world’s greatest cities.

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📌 Volunteers, Consumer Engagement and Experience Manager (New South Wales)
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