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Health Promotion Officer - Prevention of Violence Against Women

Women's Health in the South East

About us

WHISE is a primary prevention and health promotion agency that works to see a future where all women in southern metropolitan Melbourne are healthy safe and thriving. We are front and centre of work in our region to prevent violence against women, create gender equity and improve access and support for women’s sexual and reproductive needs across the Southern Metropolitan Region.

We work with government, not for profit agencies and community across 10 Local Government Areas to create real impact, and right now, we are looking for a great team player who is keen to play a role in creating a better future.

The Role

Health Promotion Officer fixed term contract position (12 months’ parental leave position) the role is 1.0 FTE and offers the flexibility of working from home and the office located in St Kilda.

This role will be key to WHISE’s evaluation of the current ‘Preventing Violence Together -2016-2021’ regional strategy to prevent violence against women. This role will equally be the driving force in the development of the regions new four-year strategy, to end violence again women and promote gender equity.

The role will work closely with the Health Promotion Manager and the CEO to support the successful consultation, design and delivery of the regions second strategy to prevent violence against women and children and to support the ongoing interventions as outlined in WHISE’s Integrated Health Promotion Plan. The role also provides business support to the organisation as required and will be expected to attend team meetings and activities to support their full engagement in the busy and dynamic work of WHISE.

About you

You will have previous experience in either Health Promotion or Community Engagement roles and have demonstrated your capacity to work in similar not for profit environments.

You are a passionate individual that wants to play a role in achieving the mission of WHISE – to see all women in our region are safe, healthy and thriving.

You are a real team player with a tenacity to roll up your sleeves, work collaboratively and see what’s possible. You hold strong stakeholder engagement skills and work effectively with key stakeholders, to guide collective decision making to achieve and ultimately set a clear and shared vision for the second regional strategy.

In addition to this, you have excellent project management, organisational and time management skills, a proactive approach to work and can prioritise your tasks to support a busy organisation.

If this sounds like you, then we are very excited to hear from you!

All enquiries are to be sent the Health Promotion Manager, Zoe Francis by email – [email protected] using the subject line: Health Promotion Officer - Prevention of Violence Against Women enquiry via EthicalJobs.

Position Description – See attached 

Further Information:

•    WHISE Strategic Plan and WHISE Social Impact Framework
•    WHISE Integrated Health Promotion Plan
•    WHISE Environmental Scan
•    WHISE 2020 Annual Report 

Please note that:

WHISE has an equal opportunity exemption and applications for this role and as such this position is open to applicants who identify as women. The successful applicants has to hold current working rights in Australia.

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