Te Whiwhinga Mahi | The Opportunity

RANZCOG is seeking expressions of interest for a Consumer Representative to join its Appeals Committee. This vital role provides a consumer perspective on appeals, ensuring that the voices and experiences of women accessing healthcare in Australia and New Zealand are heard and reflected in the Committee’s decision-making processes.

Purpose of the Role:

• Provide a consumer viewpoint on matters considered by the Appeals Committee, particularly relating to women’s health
• Ensure consumer considerations are reflected in fair, transparent, and accountable decision-making.
• Represent the interests of consumers before the Appeals Committee and, by extension, the RANZCOG Board.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide a consumer perspective on matters considered by the Appeals Committee.
• Ensure that the Appeals Committee is aware of, and recognises, the implications of consumer perspectives in the consideration of appeals.
• Act as a source of information on issues affecting consumers that may be relevant to matters under review by the Appeals Committee.
• Contribute to discussions and deliberations that have implications for consumers of women’s healthcare services in the context of individual appeal cases.
• Support the Appeals Committee’s role in promoting fair, transparent, and accountable decision making in line with principles of procedural fairness and consumer expectations.

Meetings of the Appeals Committee are conducted both online and at the RANZCOG Office in Melbourne, on an ad-hoc basis typically occurring in the evenings, after 5:00pm, or as required. Depending on number of appeals received by the College, Committee meetings are typically held every quarter and scheduled well in advance. Attendance at all such meetings is an absolute requirement of this role.

The Consumer Representative is a 2 year term and may extend in accordance with the Tenure of Appointment to RANZCOG Committees and External Bodies Policy. Refer to the Appeals Committee Terms of Reference available on the RANZCOG website for more information. The remuneration for the committee is consistent with the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) Ethics Committee Member's daily rate.

Ko wai koe | About you - Key Selection Criteria

• High-level communication skills.
• Good judgement and the capacity to contribute meaningfully and collaboratively to the deliberations of the Appeals Committee.
• Demonstrated ability to analyse issues and assess their implications for consumers, particularly concerning women’s healthcare in Australia and New Zealand.
• Commitment to representing the interests of women and consumers in healthcare, with a willingness to contribute an independent, values-based perspective within the College’s governance processes.
• Availability to attend Appeals Committee meetings, both online and in person at the RANZCOG. These typically occur outside of standard business hours, after 5:00pm.

Applications Close: 10 August 2025, 5:00 PM (AEST) Please apply as soon as possible as applications will be shortlisted when they are received, and interviews may commence prior to the closing date.

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We are committed to a culture of diversity and inclusion that embraces and celebrates the differences and similarities within our staff, trainee, and member workforce.

We encourage applications from First Nations, LGBTQIA+, and neurodivergent peoples; as well as parents, carers, people of all ages, abilities, and genders, and people of diverse ethnicity, nationality, and faith.

RANZCOG acknowledges and pays respect to the Traditional Custodians of the lands, waters and communities across Australia, on which our staff live and work, and to their Elders, past, present and future. Sovereignty has never been ceded. It always was and always will be, Aboriginal land.
RANZCOG recognises the special status of Māori as tangata whenua in Aotearoa New Zealand and is committed to meeting its obligations as Te Tiriti o Waitangi partners.