Tackling Indigenous Smoking Youth Engagement and

6 days ago

Fitzroy, Australia Victorian Aboriginal Health Service Full time

**Tackling Indigenous Smoking Youth Engagement and Community Events Officer**
- Effect real change and make a difference
- Great career opportunity to develop leadership skills
- Deliver smoking cessation and support programs to Aboriginal community

**About the Organisation
The Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS) was established in 1973 to address the specific medical needs of

Victorian Aboriginal communities. The organisation has expanded steadily over past 40 years to provide a

comprehensive range of medical, dental, and social services for our community.

As well as providing a variety of medical services, VAHS is committed to supporting the well-being of the

community through contributions to community events and activities. VAHS is also committed to assisting

research into the ongoing needs of the community.

VAHS is a child safe organisation, committed to child safety and wellbeing, and recruits’ staff in accordance with

the Child Safe Standards Victoria.

**About the Opportunity
With guidance from the Preventative Health Manager, the position will work as part of the National Tackling

Indigenous Smoking programme to implement local health promotion activities e.g. community events,

implementation of supporting creation of smoke-free homes and workplaces and community events, sharing

information about smoking cessation, to increase community understanding of the dangers of smoking,

benefits of cessation and benefits of smoke-free environments. This position will also be supporting and

engaging with students outside program delivery to empower and create pathways for appropriate services.

The position is located at the Victorian Aboriginal Health Service (VAHS) to ensure ongoing community
ownership in closing the health gap in the region.

**Key Selection Criteria
To be considered for this role you must have the following.
- Certificate IV or higher in Community Development, Population Health or related field or the

commitment and ability to undertake training in relevant qualification.
- Demonstrated experience in health promotion, experience in smoking cessation and / or Aboriginal

Health particular
- Demonstrated project Management, negotiation, time management.
- Demonstrated ability to plan and prioritise across multiple tasks
- Must be available to work on weekends
- Demonstrated ability to work and communicate with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities

and their leaders, respecting traditional culture, values and ways of doing business. This also includes

face to face, online and social marketing community engagement.
- Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a range of

organisations and health professionals
- Demonstrated ability develop, deliver, evaluate and report on projects and programs
- Strong interpersonal, written and oral communication skills which may include public speaking
- The demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a multi skilled team.
- Demonstrated high level of energy, enthusiasm, reliability, resilience and flexibility
- Fully approved Covid 19 Vaccinations (including booster)

**How to Apply
Please forward your covering letter addressing the key requirements of the role and resume to

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