Health and Wellbeing Project Officer

2 weeks ago


Melton, Australia Melton City Council Full time

**Part Time Permanent Position - 3 days per week**

**Band 5 - Salary Range $76,355 - $87,925 per annum + 11% Super (pro rata)**

**About Melton City Council**

The City of Melton is a community where everyone belongs. Ours is a vibrant and diverse municipality — one of the fastest developing in Australia. Our organisation strives to provide our community with state-of-the-art amenity and facilities, engaging health and wellbeing options, and support to become active members of our Lifelong Learning City.

We invest in innovation, offering professional and personal development, and generous leave and flexibility to staff, while also fostering a collaborative and inclusive culture. You’ll be able to work close to home in a dynamic setting featuring cafes and retail options set amongst heritage buildings and open green spaces.

**The Opportunity**

We currently have a position for a Health and Wellbeing Project Officer (reporting to the Team Leader, Community Health Promotion) to join our Social Planning and Wellbeing team.

This role will work with collaboratively with the Western Bulldogs Community Foundation and the City of Melton community to support the planning and delivery of evidence-based health and wellbeing initiatives, supporting social inclusion, mental health and physical activity across the City of Melton. To be successful in this role, you will be a self-motivated person with a demonstrated understanding of project planning, implementation and evaluation in community settings, preferably with a health background and knowledge of primary prevention.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Deliver the Sons and Daughters of the West community programs.
- Contribute to the planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based health and wellbeing initiatives that contribute to positive health and wellbeing outcomes for those who live,
work, learn and play in the City of Melton municipality.
- Deliver relevant health and wellbeing activities, events and campaigns, in collaboration with stakeholders.
- Build and maintain partnerships with internal stakeholders to enable collective impact for health and wellbeing outcomes for the City of Melton community.

To view the **Position Description**, click **here**.

**About you**

**_ To be successful in this role you will have the following:_**
- Tertiary qualification in health promotion, public health, community development, health/social sciences or a related field with some experience or a lesser formal qualification and relevant experience.
- Excellent time management and communication skills including the ability to adapt communication to suit varying audiences.
- Knowledge and understanding of the principles and practices of health promotion, social determinants of health and chronic disease prevention.
- Ability to work flexible work hours.
- Current valid Victorian Driver’s Licence.
- Must hold or be able to obtain an Employee Working with Children Check.

**Culture and Values**

Our vision for our community is to be: "A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there’s a place here for you too. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we’d love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.

We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:

- Motivate
- Empower
- Lead
- Trust
- Open
- Nurture

**Benefits**

There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council:
Staff Benefits | Melton City Council
- 5 weeks Annual Leave*
- Flexible Working Hours
- Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
- 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave*
- 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave*
- Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities (Melton City Council | Australian Breastfeeding Association)
- Wellbeing initiatives
- Subsidised Uniforms
- These benefits are pro rata.

**How To Apply**

If you require further information about the position, please contact Daisy Brundell, Team Leader Community Health Promotion on **9747 5795.**

Applications must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role. To address the Key Selection Criteria, you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise.

**To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.**

All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any COVID-19 Public Health Orders applicable to Local Government employees and Council’s COVID-19 vaccination policy which require employees to p



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