Interplast Australia & New Zealand (Interplast) is launching our new graduate program, creating several paid graduate positions (12 months). It will provide you with valuable experience of working in a renowned organisation in the international health sector.
The position is a unique opportunity for a graduate at the beginning of their career to gain valuable on the job training. You should expect to leave Interplast with the skills, knowledge and experience to move into positions related to global health or community development within the NGO sector.
All positions are full time (38 hours per week) and based in our Melbourne CBD office.
Interplast Australia & New Zealand (Interplast) was founded in 1983 and is a not-for-profit development organisation, which provides volunteer plastic and reconstructive services, alongside health capacity building activities in developing countries in the Asia Pacific region.
Interplast works to improve the lives of people living with a disability as a result of congenital and acquired medical conditions such as cleft lip and palate or burn scar contractures. Volunteer plastic and reconstructive surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses, and allied health professionals provide free medical treatment for those who would otherwise not have access to these services. Interplast works closely with local organisations to build their capacity to deliver surgical and other related health care interventions.
Interplast is a member of the Australian Council for International Development (ACFID) a proud signatory to the ACIFD Code of Conduct and is an accredited non-government organisation with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).
To review the full position description, please download and read the position description.
We welcome your application and invite you to submit a resume together with your cover letter to joinus@interplast.org.au. Your application must broadly address the criteria in the position description and include the names and contact details of two referees.
Applications will be accepted until 5pm on Friday 17th January 2025, with interviews in the following weeks.
For further enquiries about this role, please contact Kate Shortt at joinus@interplast.org.au using the subject line “Graduate Position enquiry”. Please note that our office is closed December 24 2024 – January 6 2025.
Interplast is an equal opportunity employer. We recognise that equal employment opportunity is a matter of employment obligation, social justice, and legal responsibility. We also recognise that prohibiting discriminatory policies and procedures is sound management practice.
Women, people with a disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and people who identify as a member of a minority group are warmly encouraged to apply.