Evaluation and Planning Officer

Location: Melbourne | Western Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Western Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Accounting, Administration/Secretarial, Analyst, Community Services, Education and Training, Engineering, Executive Management, Health and Allied Health, Human Resources, Medical and Nursing, Occupational Health and Safety, Other, Projects, Research, Medical, Nursing, Aged Care

Reference: 48425

An exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team as the Planning and Evaluation Officer with a key role to support the development and evaluation of health promotion initiatives in the eight local government areas of the Western Public Health Unit.

**About you**

If you have experience designing new, flexible and innovative ways to measure public health and promotion initiatives, this job is for you

**To be successful in the role you will**:

- Hold a tertiary qualification in Health Science, Health Promotion or Public Health
- Be experienced with planning the design and implementation of project evaluation
- Be able to demonstrate experience in stakeholder engagement

The Western Public Health Unit (WPHU) has been established to strengthen the public health response to infectious diseases and other health issues in the Western metropolitan region of Melbourne. The Unit is part of a system of three metropolitan Public Health Units (WPHU, North-eastern (NEPHU), South-eastern (SEPHU)) and six regional Public Health Units to provide a new state-wide system of public health delivery and oversight. As COVID-related public health control activities decrease, WPHU is taking on increasing responsibility for other communicable disease and health promotion activities, as part of the State’s overall public health response.

**About the role**

The Evaluation and Planning Officer will be responsible for:

- Supporting the Health Promotion and other teams in WPHU, as well as community partners to develop the evaluation of projects and campaigns
- Support the planning and organisation of data collection, including participant sampling and recruitment, identifying and monitoring project timelines and data storage
- Contribute to the design of qualitative and quantitative evaluation instruments, including surveys, interview/focus group discussion guides, literature review rubrics and observation schedules
- Conduct fieldwork, data collection, and running focus groups, interviews and project workshops with community organisations and community members
- Support the development of project evaluation plans consistent with the principles, goals and objectives of the Victorian Public Health and Wellbeing Plan, WPHU strategy and other policy directions
- Participate in team and service planning, health promotion activities, policy development and other project activities as required

**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.