Population Health Promotion Officer

2 weeks ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Western Health Full time

Location:
Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type:
Full time, Part time

Organisation:
Western Health

Salary:
Salary not specified

Occupation:
Administration/Secretarial, Analyst, Community Services, Engineering, Health and Allied Health, Other, Research, Medical, Nursing, Aged Care

Reference: 50884


An exciting opportunity for a population health professional to be a part of a team within the Western Public Health Unit (WPHU) that supports and coordinates improved population health and prevention efforts across the eight local government areas in the WPHU catchment.


As a member of the team, you will have a chance to work in collaboration with key partners using a systems approach to deliver high impact initiatives to improve the health and wellbeing of our community; with the team's current priorities being healthy eating and food systems, reducing vaping-related harm, and the impact of climate change on health.

Your role, working within the multidisciplinary public health team includes, but is not limited to, the following activities:

  • place-based health promotion and prevention at a population level;
- systems-based approach to co-design of interventions;
- focus on initiatives to reduce health inequities in the catchment;
- partnership development and maintenance;
- community engagement in collaboration with the Community Engagement team within WPHU;
- education and other public health activities with a focus on primary prevention;
- effective interaction/liaison with multidisciplinary teams;
- excellent communication skills both written and verbal; and,
- accurate and timely documentation.

You must have:

  • Undergraduate qualification in public health, health promotion or related health field
  • Demonstrate knowledge required to coordinate population health promotion activities including knowledge of planning, implementation, community engagement, codesign and evaluation
  • Understand contemporary health promotion practice including systems thinking, collective impact, settings and placebased approaches
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including report writing, IT literacy and social media skills in the context of health promotion
  • Current Victorian Driver's Licence
Please see the position description for the full list of selection criteria.

About Us
Our workforce of over 11,000 employees are driven by our values of 'Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Safety' (CARES). We value our people and provide them the opportunity to grow and develop. Our teams are friendly and supportive, ensuring we deliver a safe, person-centred and connected patient experience.

Western Health is in a period of rapid growth.

Our services comprise of four acute public hospitals:
Footscray Hospital, Sunshine Hospital (including Joan Kirner Women's and Children's), Williamstown Hospital and Bacchus Marsh & Melton Hospital.

We also operate Sunbury Day Hospital, Hazeldean, Grant Lodge Residential Aged Care, as well as community health centres in Melton, Caroline Springs and Bacchus Marsh and a range of community-based services.

We care for a diverse community of more than 1 million people with complex care needs ranging from Neonates to Geriatrics.

Our employees enjoy a wide range of benefits such as:

  • Professional development support
  • Career advancement opportunities
  • Salary packaging including novated vehicle leasing
  • Worklife balance


Western Health is committed to providing a safe environment for the children and young people who are involved in our services, sites and operations.

We follow and abide by all legislative requirements to keep children and young people safe.

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