Health Promotion Officer

Full Time Permanent Position

Band 6 - Salary Range $97,926 to $106,637 per annum + 12% Super + ADO

Salary offered will depend on level of skills and experience.

Be part of something new

This is a brand-new role at Melton City Council that has been created to support our growing community and evolving strategic priorities. This is a great opportunity to shape the future of the role, bring fresh ideas, and make a meaningful impact from day one.

Why join Melton City Council?

Melton City Council is proud to serve one of Australia's fastest-growing and most diverse communities. We are a forward-thinking local government committed to creating a city where everyone feels welcome, supported, and empowered.

As a Council, we are driven by innovation, inclusion, and excellence. We deliver high-quality services and infrastructure, promote lifelong learning, and champion health and wellbeing across our municipality. Our team plays a vital role in shaping a vibrant, sustainable future for our residents.

Working with us means being part of a collaborative and inclusive culture that values your growth. We offer:

• Professional and personal development opportunities
• Generous leave entitlements and flexible work arrangements
• A dynamic workplace close to home, surrounded by heritage charm, green spaces, and modern amenities

Join us and help build a city that thrives—where your work makes a real difference every day.

The Opportunity

We currently have an exciting Health Promotion Officer position (reporting to the Team Leader, Community Health Promotion) within our Social Planning and Wellbeing team.

You will be a proactive and self-motivated person with demonstrated understanding of health promotion and social equity principles and the ability to apply your knowledge in a rapidly growing and changing city.

You will apply your stakeholder engagement, planning and evaluation skills on prevention-focused health and wellbeing priorities, as outlined in the Council and Wellbeing plan, such as:

• Promote gender equity and prevent gender-based violence
• Healthier eating and food security
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Active living and physical activity
• Community Safety.

In this role, you will build and maintain effective relationships across organisational and community stakeholders, and embed collaboration and inclusion applications, such as systems thinking, social justice, equity, community engagement, co-design and intersectionality principles.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and evaluate initiatives which contribute to the Council and Wellbeing Plan 2025 – 2029, Equality and Respect 2030: A Strategy to prevent violence against women by promoting gender equity, and other relevant strategies and plans.
• Work collaboratively with external stakeholders to develop and implement evidence-based, prevention-focused initiatives aimed at improving health and wellbeing.
• Facilitate the revision of existing policies and procedures relating to portfolio areas.
• Deliver internal capacity building sessions for Council staff to increase awareness and understanding of how to support the community in response to emerging health and social issues.

To view the Position Description, click here.

About you

To be successful in this role you will have the following:

• Tertiary qualification in health promotion, public health, health sciences, community development, or related discipline with relevant experience in a similar role, or alternative lesser formal qualifications and substantial relevant experience.
• Experience in planning, implementation, evaluation and supporting the sustainability of community health and wellbeing initiatives that are tailored to the specific needs of the local community.
• Experience in successful planning, implementation and evaluation of health and wellbeing capacity building initiatives.
• Must hold or be able to obtain an Employee Working with Children Check.

Culture and Values

Our vision for our community is to be: "A vibrant, safe and liveable city accessible to all" and that means there's a place here for you too. Our organisational values represent us as an established growth Council and the values are reflected in everything we do; our decision-making, our actions and our service provision to the community. Council has a diverse and vibrant organisation and we'd love to have you join us to help shape a city for the future.

We are Vibrant MELTON. Our values are:

• Motivate
• Empower
• Lead
• Trust
• Open
• Nurture

Benefits

There are a number of great reasons why our people love working at Melton City Council:

Staff Benefits | Melton City Council

• 13 ADO's (Accrued Day Off) per year*
• 5 weeks annual leave*
• Genuine Flexible work options
• Extensive Career Development & Leadership Programs
• Access to the Local Government Employee Health Plan (GMHBA) with exclusive benefits
• 16 weeks Paid Parental Leave (Super is paid during parental leave)*
• 3 weeks Paid Secondary Carer Leave*
• Family Room available including Breastfeeding Facilities - Australian Breastfeeding Association
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Subsidised Uniforms

*Eligible for Full Time positions or for Fixed term positions eligible after 12 months of employment.

How To Apply

If you require further information about the position, please contact Rayna Berg, Acting Team Leader Community Health Promotion on

Applications must include a Resume and address the Key Selection Criteria outlining your suitability to the role. To address the Key Selection Criteria, you will need to write short statements explaining how you meet the criteria, or how you demonstrate the capability. We encourage you to keep your responses concise.

To be eligible for employment at Melton City Council you must be legally entitled to work in Australia.

All successful applicants will need to undertake pre-employment requirements including but not limited to a satisfactory criminal history record check. Successful applicants must be able to comply with any public health orders applicable to local government.

We strongly encourage job applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, LGBTIQA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds. If selected for an interview and you require any additional support or adjustments regarding interview arrangements, please advise the contact listed above in advance.

Melton City Council is committed to being a child safe organisation and has Zero tolerance for child abuse. Melton City Council is committed to creating and maintaining a child safe organisation where protecting children and preventing and responding to child abuse is at the centre of our everyday thinking and service delivery.

Applications close 11:59pm Tuesday 28 October 2025