Recruitment Officer

Latrobe Regional Health is a leading provider of health care services across the Gippsland Region

About the role

Are you seeking a rewarding and diverse Recruitment Officer role in a leading regional hospital? Join the People & Culture team at Latrobe Regional Health, where we value our employees by providing a safe and supportive workplace culture that enables you to thrive. 

Latrobe Regional Health is looking for Recruitment Officer to join our growing team on a part-time or full time ongoing.

The Recruitment Officer plays a key role in supporting workforce growth and service expansion by delivering responsive, contemporary recruitment solutions across the organisation. Reporting to the People & Culture Manager, this position partners with hiring managers to manage end-to-end recruitment activities, including advertising, candidate attraction, interview coordination and onboarding support. This role requires strong stakeholder engagement, a focus on candidate experience and the ability to maintain accurate recruitment and compliance records while providing expert administrative and advisory support throughout the recruitment lifecycle.

Working Together | We will respond to challenges together to create a safe, quality health service

The role of the Recruitment Officer is to:

• Partner with managers across LRH to coordinate and manage end-to-end recruitment processes for a range of roles.
• Develop and deliver contemporary recruitment solutions, including drafting job advertisements, reviewing position descriptions and promoting roles through appropriate channels.
• Provide support to managers during shortlisting and interview processes, including interview coordination and candidate communication.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date recruitment records, including applications, visa status, qualification verifications and onboarding documentation.
• Provide administrative support for recruitment and onboarding activities and prepare reports and documentation as required.
• Build and maintain effective working relationships with internal stakeholders, recruitment agencies and external partners, representing LRH at job seeker and attraction events when required.

About you

Ideal candidates for this role will have:

• Experience in recruitment, employee services, business administration or career development roles.
• Strong organisational, interpersonal and communication skills, with a focus on delivering a positive candidate and hiring manager experience.
• Ability to build, manage and sustain productive working relationships across an organisation and with external partners.
• Understanding of job‑seeker attraction, candidate experience and the benefits of promoting regional employment opportunities.
• Qualifications in Recruitment, Human Resource Management or Business Administration (desirable).

Latrobe Regional Health offers a range of benefits including:

• Salary packaging up to $9,000 per annum.
• Meals/Entertainment benefit up to $2,650 per annum.
• Encouragement for professional development and ongoing education.
• A range of social club activities, discounts and diverse workplace activities.
• Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering health education and wellbeing
• Access to discounted gym membership and fitness services through Fitness Passport Services.

Interested about this exciting opportunity, but want more information? We encourage you to contact Lee Cochrane, General Manager People & Culture email on Lee.Cochrane@lrh.com.au for a confidential discussion.

Please click here for a copy of the Position Description

About us

Located in the picturesque region of Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) offers the perfect balance between career and lifestyle. Enjoy easy access to Melbourne, stunning beaches, majestic mountains, and serene lakes. With flexible working hours, you can make the most of what Gippsland has to offer.

LRH cares for a population of about 300,000 and is the regional provider of specialist services. Our catchment covers 42,000 square kilometres, from Phillip Island to Mallacoota in the far east of Victoria. LRH offers cardiac care, surgery, medical, renal, emergency care, aged care, women's and children's services, pharmacy, allied health and rehabilitation. Medical and radiation oncology are offered by the Gippsland Cancer Care Centre.

Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with the $223.5 million expansion completed in March 2024, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increased medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.

Diversity and inclusion

We embrace workforce diversity and actively encourage applications from across our community including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with linguistically diverse backgrounds, people of all genders and gender identities and people with disabilities. LRH's Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officer is available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted via email: AboriginalHealthUnit@lrh.com.au 

How to apply

Join us in our mission to provide exceptional healthcare services to our community. Apply today and make a difference in the lives of our patients and their families. Please click the APPLY button to be directed to our Careers page for direct application. Applications should include a cover letter addressing the Key Selection Criteria and current resume.

Applications Close: 18 May 2026

Explore all the great things happening at LRH by visiting our Careers and Training page of our website www.lrh.com.au/Careers-and-Training/ and take the next step in your career journey.

Before commencement, the successful applicant will

Provide evidence of an original and valid National Police Record Check, an employee Working with Children Check, and a current season influenza vaccine (if applicable to work area), unless a valid medical exemption applies.