Training & Education Specialist (Contract)

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

We have an exciting role for a Training & Education Specialist based in our Head Office in Macquarie Park, Sydney. Working in close partnership with the Surgical Training and Education Team, this role ensures seamless coordination of remote and in-person training events, including oversight of communications, event logistics, and surgical training center facility management.

Reporting into the Director- Global Sales Excellence, the Training & Education Specialist is responsible for the effective deployment, tracking, and compliance management of training programs through the organisation’s Learning Management System (LMS). This role is critical in enabling high-quality, compliant, and operationally excellent training experiences that support commercial teams, healthcare professionals, and strategic business objectives.

This is a parental leave contract for 12 months

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

Training Deployment & LMS Administration 

• Deploy training curricula and learning pathways within the LMS. 

• Monitor training completion, certification status, and compliance requirements. 

• Generate regular compliance and completion reports for leadership. 

• Maintain accurate learner records and training documentation. 

• Ensure alignment with regulatory, quality, and corporate compliance standards. 

• Troubleshoot LMS access, enrollment, and reporting issues. 

Event Coordination & Logistics (Remote & In-Person) 

• Coordinate logistics for surgical training programs, workshops, and product education events. 

• Manage event scheduling, faculty coordination, attendee registration, and communications. 

• Organise travel, accommodation, catering, and equipment logistics where required. 

• Support virtual training delivery platforms and remote event execution. 

• Ensure materials, instruments, and product inventory are prepared and available. 

Surgical Training Centre Facility Coordination 

•  Oversee operational coordination of the dedicated surgical training centre. 

• Manage facility scheduling and utilisation. 

• Coordinate equipment setup, simulation labs, and technical requirements. 

• Liaise with vendors and internal stakeholders to ensure facility readiness. 

• Maintain compliance with health, safety, and infection control protocols. 

• Support continuous improvement of the training environment and participant experience 

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in education, business, healthcare, or related field.

• Experience administering a Learning Management System (LMS).

• Experience coordinating training programs or events, preferably within healthcare or MedTech.

• Understanding of compliance requirements within a regulated industry (preferred). 

• Strong organisational and project coordination skills 

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here