Health Promotion Coordinator

**Health Promotion Coordinator**

**Macedon Ranges Health, Gisborne, VIC**

**0.8 FTE, Permanent - 60.8 hours per fortnight**
- We’re looking for a Health Promotion Coordinator to become part of our highly experienced, friendly team. The position will suit a health promotion professional who has great people skills, who enjoys improving the wellbeing of younger and older people, and who thrives in a collaborative multi-disciplinary team environment. You will have relevant experience in planning, implementing and evaluating health promotion programs and activities.

**Benefits of joining our Health Promotion Team at Macedon Ranges Health**:

- An enjoyable role with a balanced workload - A range of new and ongoing health promotion initiatives for you to drive and coordinate for the benefit of the Macedon Ranges community.
- Develop, plan and implement new health promotion initiatives based on the body of knowledge developed, to allow us to be responsive to our community needs.
- Enjoy the benefits of a supportive management team, as you lead the Health Promotion Team and the Social Support Program Team.
- Work/life balance and flexible working arrangements including part-time hours, staggered start and finish times.
- We have a friendly and family orientated service - Accommodative to the needs of working parents.
- We are open to development of additional health promotion areas of interest or expertise.
- Our team - Work alongside an experienced dietician, community health nurse, social worker, musculoskeletal physiotherapist, and a broader supportive team of allied health professionals.
- Full administrative and reception team to field client enquiries and to support planned health promotion activities.
- Allied health assistants to support provision of a range of rehabilitative group programs, including Strength For Life, and a warm water program.
- Our facilities - We have a purpose built, modern building, built in 2015, that is close to the main street of Gisborne.
- Large bright working spaces overlooking beautiful, leafy Gisborne.
- Our facility has two large well-equipped gyms to facilitate individual and group sessions.
- Indoor and outdoor lunch break facilities.
- On site: gym, café, chemist and GP clinic.
- Extra perks that we offer - Generous Salary Packaging options available for mortgages, meals and entertainment costs - resulting in higher take-home pay.
- Free car parking.
- Childcare facilities within 2 minutes’ walk.
- Ongoing supported training and professional development opportunities.
- Be employed by an ethical, community-focused employer - Macedon Ranges Health (MRH), supported by Benetas, is an award winning, not-for-profit provider of primary health, community health, home care and residential aged care across Victoria's beautiful Macedon Ranges. The team at MRH is passionate and dedicated to providing our community with quality allied health, health promotion and social support services to assist our clients to live their best lives. We are team focused and strive for the very best outcomes for our clients whilst working in a happy and supportive environment.

**Key responsibilities of the role**:

- Coordinate, implement, monitor, evaluate and renew the Macedon Ranges Health - Health Promotion Plan in line with Department of Health strategic and operational requirements.
- Lead and develop the Health Promotion Team. Management support and assistance is provided for the Health Promotion Coordinator and the Health Promotion Team by the MRH Clinical Services Manager.
- Provide leadership and management support for the Social Support Program (SSP) and contribute to and support the SSP Team. Assist the SSP Team in developing and facilitating the delivery of the Program, which aims to improve connectedness and wellbeing of members of our community.
- Network and liaise with other community health agencies and key organisations regarding Health Promotion direction and potential partnerships.
- Contribute to and maintain prevention partnerships for successful place-based prevention activities, including engagement in local committees.
- Identify health promotion funding/grant opportunities and develop submissions in consultation with the MRH Clinical Services Manager and with the Regional Business Manager.
- Financial planning, oversight, and acquittal responsibilities in regards to the funding of the Macedon Ranges Health - Health Promotion Program, as assisted / in consultation with MRH Clinical Services Manager and Benetas Finance Officers.
- Maintain and develop Macedon Ranges Health social media presence, assisted by the MRH Clinical Services Manager and Benetas Communications Team.

**To be successful in this role, applicants will have**:

- A tertiary qualification in a relevant field, e.g. Health Promotion; or a clinical health professional discipline; or a social health discipline.
- Membership of the Australian Health Promotion Association (Desirable)
- Experience in progr