Population Health Promotion Officer

Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type: Full time, Part time

Organisation: Western Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Health and Allied Health, Nursing, Aged Care

Reference: 50927

An exciting opportunity exists for multiple experienced Population Health Promotion Officers to join the Western Public Health Unit (WPHU). Full/Part-time Temporary (12month) and Full/Part-time Permanant positions available.

Population Health Promotion Officers will support and coordinate improved population health and prevention efforts across the eight local government areas in the WPHU catchment.

As a key contributor to 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;
- Outcomes based evaluation and research;
- Effective interaction/liaison with multidisciplinary teams;
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal; and,
- Accurate andtimely documentation.

**You must have**:

- An undergraduate qualification in public health, health promotion or related health field;
- Considerable experience (preferably more than three years) working in prevention, population health, health promotion or a related field, including evidence of work using a systems approach and collective impact to design,implementation and evaluation
- Experience managing and leading moderate-sized projects relating to prevention and health promotion; and,
- Demonstrated ability in coordinating population health promotion activities including evidence of co-design, planning, implementation, community engagement, and outcome-based evaluation.

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
- Work-life 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.