About us

The Australian Digital Health Agency leads the national effort to digitally enable Australia’s health system. We support the delivery of person-centred, connected healthcare through the development and adoption of digital health services and systems. Our work includes managing My Health Record, Electronic prescriptions, and the 1800MEDICARE app, ensuring a healthier future for all Australians through connected healthcare.

The key duties of the position include:

Our opportunity

Are you a highly organised professional who enjoys building relationships, coordinating activities and supporting meaningful stakeholder engagement? The Australian Digital Health Agency is seeking an Engagement Officer to join our Development and Engagement team and contribute to improving health outcomes through digital health initiatives.

As an Engagement Officer, you will play a key role in supporting stakeholder engagement activities, maintaining engagement systems and resources, coordinating events and projects, and providing high-quality operational and administrative support to the branch. Working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, you will help deliver business outcomes that support the Agency's strategic priorities.



We're looking for someone who can:

- Build and maintain productive stakeholder relationships.
- Coordinate multiple priorities and activities in a quick-paced environment.
- Prepare high-quality correspondence, reports, presentations and briefing materials.
- Apply sound judgement and attention to detail.
- Contribute to process improvement and business planning activities.

To be successful, you will bring strong communication and organisational skills, experience providing administrative, operational or project support,



and the ability to work collaboratively across diverse teams and stakeholder groups.

This role offers the opportunity to contribute to nationally significant digital health initiatives while developing your skills in stakeholder engagement, project support and government operations.

Eligibility

Australian citizenship is a mandatory eligibility requirement. Candidates must be able to obtain and maintain both a national police clearance and a baseline security clearance, with the capacity to attain a higher-level clearance if required by the Agency.

Notes

How to apply

To apply for these opportunities, please submit your resume and a cover letter (1 page maximum) addressing the requirements outlined above and in the candidate pack.

To learn more about the Agency, our employee benefits, and what our people have to say about working with us, visit our Careers page.

For queries relating to the application process, please contact the Talent Acquisition team at *******@digitalhealth.gov.au. For position-specific enquiries, please refer to the contact details provided in the candidate pack.

The position may be filled in Brisbane, Sydney or Canberra.

Closing date: Tuesday 10 November 2026, 11:30pm

Salary: $90,562 - $97,939 plus 15.4% superannuation, depending on skills and experience.

Getting to know the Australian Digital Health Agency

Tasked with improving health outcomes for Australians through the delivery of digital healthcare systems and the national digital health strategy, the Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency) commenced operations on 1 July 2016. The Agency is responsible for national digital health services and systems, with a focus on engagement, innovation and clinical quality and safety. Our focus is on putting data and technology safely to work for patients, consumers and the healthcare professionals who look after them

📌 Engagement Officer (Sydney)
🏢 Australian Digital Health Agency
📍 Sydney