About the role

Hepatitis B and C are major public health issues in Australia and there are ambitious targets to address their impact on the affected communities. The Vietnamese community is one such community that is disproportionately affected by hepatitis B and C and the liver damage that they cause. There is much work to be done in improving the health and wellbeing of people living with viral hepatitis in NSW and this project looks to do just that with a strong focus on meaningful engagement with communities, taking healthcare to people, and increasing awareness of hep B and C. The project will involve an exciting research project performing rapid finger prick testing in community, the development of in-language information resources, and education sessions with the Vietnamese community.

This role requires fluency in both English and Vietnamese, written and oral. This role will focus on engagement with the Vietnamese community and join our Korean and Chinese project officers in engaging with their respective communities around hepatitis B. Applicants who do not have Vietnamese language competency will not be considered for this role.

The Hepatitis B and Multicultural Liver Health team consists of three part-time project officers who lead the development and delivery of our hepatitis B and liver health areas of work with multicultural communities. This may sometimes involve working together or sometimes separately on projects or events but will always involve collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders and partners to make community outreach events a success.

The team will primarily be responsible for the planning, organisation, and delivery of a high-quality collaborative research project enabling access to rapid, point-of-care hepatitis B and C testing in the community. This will involve working closely with a diverse group of stakeholders including researchers, Hepatitis NSW staff, local health district staff, multicultural health services, and community members in rolling this research study out.

This exciting new area of work will take much-needed liver healthcare to affected communities, offer hepatitis testing with immediate results, and link people into care if they test positive. Each event will require significant planning work, collaboration, organising of both internal and external staff, and delivering the research study on the day.

This role will require performing finger-prick testing for hepatitis B and C in the community. Applicants must be comfortable working with blood and in healthcare and non-healthcare settings. However, there is no need for previous experience in this area nor any clinical background. Staff will be trained and supported to conduct this testing as well as the required data collection that goes with the study.

Key areas of work will include:

• Building and establishing strong connections with Vietnamese communities across Sydney.
• Lead Hepatitis NSW’s engagement with the Vietnamese community in NSW including translation support, improving organisational cultural competency, and leading outreach events
• Assisting in the development of hepatitis B resources, particularly with Vietnamese language versions.
• Collaborating with research organisations in the implementation and delivery of an innovative, community-driven model of rapid hepatitis B and C testing.
• Working with a diverse range of stakeholders to collaboratively build health promotion events, activities, and projects.
• Developing, planning, and organising health promotion outreach events in community settings.
• Liaising with and organising our pool of casual staff and volunteers, including our lived experience staff, to assist with outreach events.
• Conducting finger prick blood testing at outreach events.
• Data collection as part of health promotion events and research studies we are part of.
• Helping to drive the hepatitis B response in NSW through various projects, channels, relationships, presentations, and inputs.
• Involvement in external reference groups, collaborations, projects, and advisory panels.

The role has a statewide reach though the majority of the work will occur across the Sydney metro area. As such, a NSW Driver’s Licence is required for this role. There may be some very occasional work on evenings and weekends, as negotiated. Some occasional interstate travel may also be required to attend conferences and other relevant meetings.

This role will require out of office work at health promotion and testing events, usually during business hours. This will also come with light physical demands such as transporting resources to and from events. The position is 3 days per week, 21 hours, and will be based at our offices in Surry Hills. Further details can be found in the attached job pack.

What we are looking for

Hepatitis NSW is seeking a motivated and community-minded person to join our hepatitis B team to drive an innovative multicultural liver health project.

Hepatitis NSW is seeking a candidate who has high level proficiency in both English and Vietnamese. Applicants who do not have Vietnamese language competency will not be considered for this role.

People with lived experience of hepatitis B or a family history of hepatitis B are strongly encouraged to apply for this role. Hepatitis NSW highly values lived experience and a personal connection to the communities we work with and for.

Next steps

Please click ‘Apply Now‘ to submit your application.

Please ensure you have completed the selection criteria questions in both English and Vietnamese.

Applications that do not address the selection criteria will not be considered.

Shortlisted applicants will be contacted by phone after the closing date.

If you have not heard from us by the interview date, then your application has not been successful.

Interviews will be held in the week commencing Monday 29th of September 2025.

Please download the attached job pack for more detail about the role and organisation using the Apply now link.