If you are motivated, passionate, open minded and interested in helping deliver the services offered by Family Planning Australia, we’d love to have you join the team.

• Looking for the right candidate to contribute to our team
• We are a leading and continually growing NFP organisation
• We offer a friendly, collaborative team and you will have your contribution valued
• Study leave options for those completing additional formal qualifications relevant to roles within Family Planning Australia
• Full time employees accrue ADO’s
• Paid parental leave
• Opportunities for continual growth within this role
• Full Not For Profit Salary Packaging ($15,900pa) plus Meal/Entertainment ($2,650pa) increasing your fortnightly take home pay

Why Family Planning Australia?

Family Planning Australia is always on the lookout for talented and passionate individuals to contribute their skills to one of Australia’s largest not-for-profit reproductive and sexual health care organisations and we believe that a diversity of experiences and perspectives will help us build stronger strategies, teams and services.

About Family Planning Australia

Family Planning Australia (FPA) is the leading provider of reproductive and sexual health services in NSW. As an independent not-for-profit organisation, we offer expert clinical care, information, and advice for everybody in every family as well as education and training and evidence-based research to support doctors, nurses, and other professionals.

Family Planning Australia is committed to excellence in meeting the reproductive and sexual health needs of the community. We achieve this by providing best practice, accredited clinical services, enhancing the knowledge and skills of service providers, improving the body of knowledge about reproductive and sexual health through rigorous research and evaluation, and leading international development projects to promote the rights of marginalised people in developing countries.

Our Values

Family Planning Australia is a pro-choice organisation:

• All staff at Family Planning Australia are expected to fully support an individual’s right to choose regarding their pregnancy, whether that be parenting, adoption/foster care or abortion.
• As an abortion service provider, all staff in the organisation are expected to actively participate in the provision of abortion services in line with the full scope of the role they are appointed to.

Must support the Family Planning Australia values:

• Human rights focus - promoting the rights of all people to reproductive and sexual health
• Integrity - maintaining a strong ethical base, being accountable and transparent
• Inclusiveness - valuing and respecting diversity without judgment
• Equity of access - ensuring access to our services for all including priority populations
• Client centred - placing the needs of the whole person at the centre of our work
• Commitment to excellence - ensuring high standards in all our work
• A just culture – a balanced accountability for both individuals and the organisation

Are you open minded, motivated and passionate about improving the reproductive and sexual health knowledge and awareness?

Are you interested in leading award-winning, innovative health promotion projects?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

We are searching for the right candidate to fill this positions on a Permanent Part-Time basis in a dynamic team

Position Overview

The Senior Health Promotion Officer (CALD) responsible for the leadership of a state-wide program of health promotion and education activities focusing on improving the reproductive and sexual health of culturally and linguistically diverse communities in NSW.

The role is responsible for managing the overall operations of the CALD health promotion team including the design, implementation and evaluation of health promotion projects, community and professional education, research and advocacy activities, and performance to agreed KPIs.

Base Full Time Salary: $84,506 - $87,004 (Level will depend on experience).

Selection Criteria

Essential

• Tertiary qualifications in health promotion, public health, health education or relevant field with at least 5 years' experience working in health, education and community services or similar field
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in development, implementation and evaluation of health promotion programs, including digital health promotion programs and campaigns
• Experience working with culturally and linguistically diverse communities and a strong understanding of cultural competency
• Demonstrated knowledge of current reproductive and sexual health issues as experienced by culturally and linguistically diverse communities
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiation, written and oral communication skills including community education, consumer engagement, advocacy, partnership development and networking
• Demonstrated skills in mentoring, supervision and team leadership
• Experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team across multiple projects
• Current NSW drivers license
• Must have full permanent working rights in Australia

Desirable

• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment
• Post graduate qualifications in a relevant area

Other Requirements

• A Criminal Record Check and Working With Children Check are required prior to commencement in this role

next steps

To learn more about the role, responsibilities and the required pre-employment checks, please see the position description. If you are unable to view the attached position description, please visit our careers page here and click on the position description link at the bottom of the relevant job advert.

A position description is also attached below.

Family Planning Australia does not accept unsolicited agency resumes or applications and is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited agency resumes or applications.

To apply online, please click on the Apply now link below. Alternatively, for a confidential discussion, please contact Ee-lin Chang on (02) 8752 4304.