Family Violence Project Officer

Limited Term Full Time and/or Part Time positions available

**Flexible, hybrid**: working from home and on-site

Generous salary + super + salary packaging options

Eastern Health

Eastern Health is one of Melbourne's largest public health services. We provide a range of emergency, surgical, medical and general healthcare services, including maternity, palliative care, mental health, drug and alcohol, residential care, community health and state-wide specialist services to people and communities that are diverse in culture, age, socio-economic status, population and healthcare needs.

About the role

The Strengthening Hospital Responses to Family Violence Project is funded to build capacity and capability to staff in health services to provide optimum responses and outcomes for patients experiencing family violence whilst aligning the organisation to MARAM (Multi Agency Risk Assessment Management) to meet legislative requirements. The project provides a diverse range of professional opportunities including staff education, driving and promoting cultural change, policy development and review, embedding systems, event co-ordination, liaising and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders and working together as a team to develop a project plan and implement initiatives to meet funding deliverables.

About you

**To be successful in this role you will possess**:
Highly developed interpersonal and leadership experience

A strong commitment to high quality care

Excellent communication and organisational skills

Personal Qualities

**Team Work**: co-operate and work well with others in the pursuit of team goals, share information, support others, show consideration, concern and respect for others feelings and ideas.

**Commitment**: be enthusiastic and committed; demonstrate the capacity for sustained effort and hard work. Set high standards for performance.

**Initiative**: Be proactive and self-starting. Seize opportunities and act upon them. Originate action and actively influence events. Demonstrated time management capabilities and ability to work to a deadline.

**Communicates with influence**: Actively listens to ensure views and information are properly exchanged. Checks with others to ensure their views have been accurately represented. Creates opportunities to listen to those whose input can add value.

Essential

A tertiary qualification in Social Work, and eligibility for membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers, or another Allied Health Discipline as specified, or Psychology, Pharmacy or Nursing / Midwifery at Clinical Nurse Educator Level.

Ability to effectively present and train small and large audiences.

Experience working in the area of family violence and/or prevention of violence against women, and a demonstrated understanding of the theoretical frameworks applied to gender equality and family violence.

Experience and skills in provision of expert advice/guidance to other practitioners, to support their safe and effective performance of healthcare activities.

Understanding of project management methodology including planning, implementation and evaluation.

Ability to work effectively in both a team environment and independently.

Excellent and effective written and verbal communication skills, as well as interpersonal skills.

An understanding of the Eastern Health programs and organisational structure.

Experience working within healthcare and/or hospital settings.

A current Victorian driver's licence and ability to travel between Eastern Health sites.

Computer literacy (e.g. Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook).

Desirable

Experience in development and delivery of training in accordance with pedagogic principles.

Expertise in project management methodology including planning, implementation and evaluation.

Experience in delivery of complex projects.

Evidence of involvement in, and understanding of, principles of research and/or evaluation.

Relevant postgraduate qualifications.

Please refer to the attached position description for further details of the role.

Vaccination against infectious disease is a mandatory requirement of this role. An offer of employment is conditional on you providing evidence that you are currently vaccinated against COVID-19 with booster & Influenza, prior to commencing employment.

What we offer

Eastern Health offers a variety of fantastic Employee Benefits, view the extensive range here

Diverse and engaging career opportunities

Friendly & supportive team

Flexible working hours

Salary packaging options

Career progression in our teaching hospitals

Next Steps

**Please note**:
Eastern Health is a child safe organisation, committed to promoting the wellbeing and cultural safety of Aboriginal children, children with disabilities and all children in their diversity.

Eastern Health is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that welcomes and values all people. We recognise that diversity