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Healthy Communities Development Officer

North Richmond Community Health

North Richmond Community Health (NRCH) is committed to making healthcare more accessible and culturally relevant. With the recent addition of Victoria’s first Medically Supervised Injecting Room, NRCH works with community members to support social justice principles which afford all people the right to dignity, respect, and the highest quality of care.

NRCH provides a range of medical, allied health, dental and community services to clients from all backgrounds.

This Healthy Communities Development Officer position (Part-time, fixed-term, 0.6 EFT) will support the Community Food Program to engage local community members, draw on existing community strengths and build capacity where needed, to increase employment and training opportunities in the community through the new NRCH catering social enterprise.

Roles and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

  • Establish and support key partnerships in the delivery of community food projects and programs and to ensure ongoing engagement with community groups and activities.
  • Engage with community to ensure co-design, including ongoing community needs assessment regarding food security and employment.
  • Identify and engage new community members into the new catering social enterprise and training opportunities.
  • Liaising with training providers to adapt courses to community needs.
  • Supporting the Community Food Coordinator to ensure community are involved in decision making to grow the social enterprise.
  • Engaging with employment partners.
  • Seeking opportunity to engage volunteers from the community where suitable and required to support food service programs.
  • Supporting community members to enrol in and undertake training in hospitality to achieve their employment goals

Key Selection Criteria

Essential qualifications, attributes and skills include, but are not limited to:

  • Community Development qualification or similar
  • Experience working with diverse communities
  • Experience managing stakeholder relationships
  • Hospitality experience (desired)
  • Current drivers’ licence

Please note it is a requirement for all employees of North Richmond Community Health to demonstrate evidence of mandatory immunisations/vaccinations prior to commencement of employment, based on the Immunisation Category their position falls under.

All offers of employment are subject to provision of a satisfactory National Criminal History Check and a valid Working with Children Check.

A Position Description is attached.

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