Lead, Food Systems

7 days ago

Melbourne, Australia Victorian Health Promotion Foundation Full time

Location: Melbourne | CBD

Job type: Full time / June 2025

Organisation: Victorian Health Promotion Foundation

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Community Services

Reference: VG/VHLEADFOODSYS2024

VicHealth is the world's first health promotion foundation that supports independent, long-term, evidence-based health promotion practice, partnerships and leadership. We continue to be a global leader in health promotion, as a Collaborating Centre with the World Health Organization and technical partner to UNICEF.
- Share and contribute to VicHealth's vision that all Victorian's enjoy a fairer, more healthy and circular food system
- Contribute to helping people across Victoria enjoy better health and wellbeing
- Dynamic team environment within an inclusive workplace with a hybrid-work model

**About the role**:
Located within the Health Promotion Systems group, the position of Lead, Food Systems reports to the Manager, Food Systems and provides indirect leadership to the Coordinator and the Assistant, Food Systems.

This exciting full-time, fixed-term opportunity works as part of the Food Systems team and has a close working relationship with the Manager, Food Systems and key external stakeholders, including staff in government departments and agencies, and communities.

**Key responsibilities**:
The Lead, Food Systems supports and contributes to the health promotion capacity of VicHealth by:

- supporting the design of approaches and activities to influence systems-based approach to achieve VicHealth objectives
- supporting activating opportunities for system change to achieve VicHealth objectives
- supporting evidence-based approaches, designed to demonstrate achievement of VicHealth outcomes and objectives
- where required, supporting the implementation of grants rounds by providing expertise, knowledge and capability

**About you**:
We're looking for someone who has strong communication, food systems expertise and project management skills with a strategic planning mindset. If you have well-developed stakeholder management skills, you will thrive in this collaborative role.

**Qualifications and experience**:

- Relevant tertiary qualification in Health Promotion, Public health, Project Management or related field
- At least 3 years experience in fields related to health promotion policy and practice, or at least 3 years experience in project management, with contract management experience
- Experience working within public health, community or government sectors across a range of work areas, health topics, settings, population groups and sectors

**Closing Date**: Monday 30 September 2024

**Unit**: Health Promotion Systems Groups

**Tenure**: Full-time, fixed-term until June 2025

**Classification**: VicHealth Grade D

**Remuneration**: From $93,176 per annum (plus superannuation and other benefits). See our Careers page for some of the benefits of being a VicHealth team member

**How to apply**:
Applications must include a cover letter and a current resume.

The cover letter must include why the applicant feels they are suitable for the position, and also address the Key Selection Criteria from the Position Description.
Please refer to the position description attached to view the associated qualifications and experience associated with the position.

You may be required to undertake a Police Check, and Working with Children check.

Applications can be submitted by clicking here.
- VicHealth acknowledges the support of the Victorian Government_

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