Do you want to work with a committed and passionate team delivering community health promotion and prevention initiatives?

Connect Health & Community provides a range of primary health, mental health, dental and community services to people of all ages within the community. Our clients include people with or at risk of chronic conditions, with multiple and complex needs and those from socioeconomic, culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. We have a comprehensive infection control plan in place to ensure the safety of our staff and clients.

Reporting to the Community Connections Lead, this role is responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating strategies to promote health and wellbeing outcomes within the community in partnership with local agencies. You will work closely with internal and external stakeholders demonstrating initiative, problem solving and a collaborative approach to achieving Connect Health & Community’s prevention and health promotion action plan.

We are looking for:

• Tertiary qualifications in in a relevant discipline such as health promotion, public health or a related field related field
• Minimum of five years experience working in health promotion or a related field
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of contemporary health promotion theory and practise
• Sound knowledge of national, state and local health and wellbeing policy contexts and line-of-sight to local projects and initiatives

• Demonstrated skills and experience in health promotion planning, implementation and evaluation

• Ability to create prevention and health promotion plans and deliver and evaluate outcomes through individual contribution and working with your team
• Confidence and capability to work with internal and external stakeholders
• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written with the ability to build effective relationships with people from diverse backgrounds

The period of employment will begin as soon as you are available on a part time basis (3 days per week) until 30/6/24.

Salary and conditions as per Community Health Centre Social & Community Services Employees Multi Enterprise Agreement 2017 – 2020 (SACS EBA) with Year subject to experience and qualifications.

Connect Health & Community offers many benefits that assist with work and life balance including:

• Flexible hours
• Salary Packaging
• Family friendly environment
• Location at East Bentleigh and Cheltenham sites

A condition of employment is a current Working with Children’s Check and Police Check. If you do not already have these checks, you must be prepared to apply and fund them.

Under the COVID-19 Mandatory Vaccination (Specified Facilities) Directions, Connect Health are required to collect, record and hold vaccination information about all Workers and are not able to permit a worker who is unvaccinated to work onsite unless an approved Medical Exemption applies. All applicants must be able to comply with this requirement.

For a confidential discussion, please contact: Lucy Delahey, Community Connections Lead on 9192 8937.

Applicants should obtain a copy of the relevant Position Description available on our website http://www.connecthealth.org.au/.

A position description is attached.