Community Engagement Officer

Posted: 19/12/2024

Closing Date: 19/01/2025

**Job Type**: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Wakefield St, Adelaide

Job Category: Community Services and Development

**About Nunkuwarrin Yunti**:
Nunkuwarrin Yunti, the foremost Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation in Adelaide aims to promote and deliver improvement in the health and wellbeing of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and their families in the greater metropolitan areas of Adelaide and regional areas to advance their social, cultural and economic status. The Organisation places a strong focus on a client centred approach to the delivery of services and a collaborative working culture to achieve the best possible outcomes for clients.

Nunkuwarrin Yunti is a Child Safe Organisation.

**About the Role**:
The primary role of the Community Engagement Officer (Tobacco) is and not limited to:

- Build the capacity of the Aboriginal community to understand the harms, risks and health impacts associated with smoking to make informed lifestyle choices.
- Provide support and facilitate access to health services, Quitline services and other treatment services available for people ready to quit smoking.
- Raise awareness, practice and demonstrate to groups, families and communities’ practical ways to change behaviours associated with smoking and to participate in healthy lifestyles.
- Maintain established networks and partnerships with relevant organisation’s and community groups to encourage a coordinated approach to tackling smoking and healthy lifestyle strategies.
- Identify, support and promote local role models who are either non-smokers or people who have quit to improve their health.
- Work within established procedures that encourage innovative ways of engaging with the Aboriginal community that support quit attempts and promote smoke-free homes and workplaces

**Desired Skills and Experience**:
**Selection Criteria**:
**Essential -**
- Minimum of one (1) year vocational experience in Health/Community Services related field sufficient to fulfil duties or Certificate III or higher in Aboriginal Primary Health Care, Community Recreation, Health Promotion or Population health.
- An understanding and knowledge of social, health and cultural issues effecting the Aboriginal and Torres Islander population in Adelaide and the great metropolitan region
- Well-developed written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively with Aboriginal people and confidence in presenting to groups.
- Ability to liaise, network and negotiate with a range of human service organisations and government agencies.
- Self-confidence and the ability to work without direct supervision, exercising tact and confidentially as required.
- Demonstrate ability to effectively engage with diverse Aboriginal audiences, including young people, pregnant mothers and those living with respiratory related chronic disease
- Ability to set priorities and monitor own workflow.
- Ability to competently use computing software.
- Knowledge of Tobacco quit/cessation programs.
- Knowledge of Healthy Lifestyle choices and strategies related to Tobacco cessation strategies.

**Desirable -**
- Knowledge and/or experience in participating in planning, marketing, facilitating and evaluating culturally appropriate community education, health promotion and social marketing activities that promote quitting, smoke-free environments and encourage attitudinal and behavioural change
- Previous experience working in community population health projects/programs that demonstrate best practice for Aboriginal and Torres Striate Islander people.
- Knowledge of Tobacco related Chronic Disease.

**_Please note, a current National Police Check and Working with Children Check is a mandatory requirement for this role._**
- Applications close 19 January 2025._