Health Promotion Officer

**Posted**:
15/09/2025

**Closing Date**:
06/10/2025

**Job Type**:
Permanent - Full Time

**Location**:
Melbourne - Northern Region

**Job Category**:
Healthcare

**Great People. Great Careers. Excellent Healthcare**

DPV Health is a leading healthcare service provider delivering a wide variety of clinical, community health and wellbeing services across Melbourne’s northern growth corridor. DPV Health has been awarded the Premier’s Primary Healthcare Service of the Year in 2023 & 2024.

Our People are the foundation of DPV Health; they are what make our organisation thrive and the ones who create meaningful change in people's lives. Over 700 professionals support and deliver excellent health care to our community at DPV Health. We are always looking for passionate, driven, great people to join our team and make a lasting impact. That is why we foster a workplace culture that is as rewarding as it is inclusive. We are committed to supporting Our People to lead fulfilling lives, no matter who they are, or where they are from - or where they are going.

Our workplace culture is committed to DPV Health values and celebrates workforce diversity reinforcing the positive approach we have to the way people contribute, communicate, engage and interact. Our People deserve to feel empowered and supported as they pursue their professional goals, learn new skills, and achieve meaningful milestones in their work. At DPV Health, we foster an environment that promotes greater growth, innovation, and collaboration, so you can feel elevated every day.

Our employee benefits, connect, recognise, and support Our People, acknowledging and valuing everyday contributions to the success and culture at DPV Health. We strive to ensure that Our People thrive at work and in all personal and professional pursuits. We invest in Our People, proudly offering a diverse range of opportunities including knowledge sharing, ongoing learning and development, leadership development, connectedness, and celebration; these are key pillars in our culture.

**Greatness starts here**

A key focus of the position will be to work within the northern growth corridor of Melbourne in partnership with internal and external stakeholders to plan, implement and evaluate health promotion initiatives. This role will develop, build and execute effective and sustainable programs that influence community behaviour and attitudes in relation to** healthy eating and oral health.**

The Health Promotion Officer will be a driver and communicator of DPV Health programs and services through building new relationships and the establishment of internal and external networks.

Working as part of the Population Health team, and reporting to the Senior Health Promotion Coordinator for:
Coordinate programs relating to healthy eating and oral health

Project planning and reporting

Stakeholder and relationship management

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
**Bring your great, everyday**

**To be successful in this role you will**have a tertiary qualification in Health Promotion/Community Development, Public Health or another relevant field. You will also come with:
Comprehensive knowledge and experience with health promotion program planning, implementation and evaluation.

Highly developed written & verbal communication skills including ability to write reports, plans, and submissions and deliver presentations.
- Relevant knowledge or experience of project management
- Strong time management skills, supporting the ability to work both independently and in a team
- Experience and knowledge of MS Outlook, MS Office (including Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Internet Explorer.

Passion and persistence to influence community behaviours, opinions and attitudes

Experience and skills at developing, establishing and sustaining interpersonal and stakeholder relationships.

Knowledge and or experience relating to healthy eating, oral health, physical activity and/or vaping related harm in a community health or other relevant setting.

**The fine print**
- Fulltime role, ongoing (1.0 EFT) _
- Managers and Admin Award - Grade 3. _

**Our Talent Experience**

We kindly request you include a covering letter, addressed to Laura-Jane Rosewall, detailing your motivation for joining DPV Health and highlighting the qualities you bring to this position.

Make your next move, a great one