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Do you have a passion for health promotion and for supporting communities to be active, healthy and well?
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Do you want to utilise your skills in a meaningful way to make a positive contribution to our community?
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We have a fixed term Health Promotion Planner opportunity available on the beautiful Bellarine!
We are seeking an enthusiastic, energetic and organised person to join our Healthy Communities team in a full-time capacity (part-time job share may be considered). The Health Promotion Planner is to contribute to creating healthy, active, connected, self-reliant communities across the Bellarine Peninsula. This role is based at our Point Lonsdale site working onsite, remotely, and in settings.
The Position Description is available here: PD Healthy Communities Planner MARCH 2025
About Us
Bellarine Community Health (BCH) is the major provider of primary health care services to the Bellarine Peninsula. BCH is a not-for-profit health care provider with close links to our community operating from six sites – in Drysdale (two sites), Ocean Grove(two sites), Point Lonsdale and Portarlington and in community settings across the Bellarine.
BCH delivers a broad scope of health services and wellbeing programs for all people in our diverse communities. If you’d like to know more about us, please refer to our website www.bch.org.au and social media (Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn) or call us to learn more about this role.
About the Team
Our Health Promotion team have a passion for addressing health inequities and are responsible for undertaking primary prevention planning, implementation and evaluation as outlined within the organisation’s Community Health – Health Promotion (CH-HP) Plan.
About the role
The Health Promotion Planner will contribute to the facilitation of high-quality primary prevention activities that are responsive to community need and empowers community action. This includes actions within Bellarine Community Health’s Integrated Health Promotion Plan 2025-2029.
This role is specifically focused on leading and supporting primary prevention activities related to identified health needs and issues within equity-based settings on the Bellarine Peninsula. This includes but is not limited to, co-designing health and wellbeing initiatives within local schools and community settings to improve health and wellbeing outcomes of our population.
We would like to hear from you, if you…
- Hold tertiary qualifications, or substantial experience, in Health Promotion, Health Science, Community Development, Education or Social Policy (or another relevant field).
- Have demonstrated expertise in designing, planning implements and evaluating complex and multi-layered health promotion programs and/or community development projects.
- Have demonstrated experience in establishing and maintaining effective partnerships with a variety of stakeholders.
- Have demonstrated experience in managing project budgets, reporting and acquittals.
- Possess strong interpersonal, communication, time management and organisational skills with an ability to work proactively and independently.
What we offer
To support you to balance your work/life commitments, grow your skills and expertise, enjoy work and feel valued, we offer the following:
- Generous salary packaging benefits – you can access some of your annual salary tax free each year, hence you pay less tax each pay and take more pay home
- Living Expenses capped at $15,900 annually (includes repayments on mortgages, credit cards, personal loans, and rental payments)
- Meal Entertainment & Accommodation capped at $2,650
- Discounted gym membership at seven sites across the region
- A supportive, positive and inclusive workplace culture and ongoing training in the role
- Flexible work environment with ability to work some hours from home
- Professional Indemnity Insurance covered
- Generous leave arrangements including annual leave, professional development and parental leave
- Employee assistance program: up to 5 counselling sessions per year
Conditions of Employment
- A new National Police Check
- A current Working with Children Check
- A current Victorian Driver’s Licence
- 100 points of ID verification
How to Apply
To find out more, please contact Zoe Taylor, Healthy Communities Manager, at [email protected] or Liz Womersley, Executive Director – Child, Youth and Families, at [email protected]. The Position Description is available here: PD Healthy Communities Planner MARCH 2025
Applications must include cover letter, response to key selection criteria, application form (click here), and resume in PDF format. Please submit your application to [email protected] – applications will be assessed as they are received, with final applications closing at 5.00pm on Monday 17th March 2025. Please indicate your preferred hours in your cover letter.
Bellarine Community Heath is an inclusive employer. We are a family friendly workplace and aim to create a work environment where all employees are respected, connected, and can contribute, regardless of age, culture, ability, family and caring responsibilities, gender or gender identity, Indigeneity, religion, or sexuality. We strongly encourage applications from people with lived experience of diversity.
Bellarine Community Health is committed to protect children and reduce any opportunities for abuse or harm to occur.
Bellarine Community Health acknowledges the Wadawurrung People as the traditional custodians of the land, waters and skies of the Bellarine Peninsula. We acknowledge and respect Wadawurrung Elders and leaders, past, present and emerging and pay gratitude for their unique ability to care for Country and deep spiritual connection to it. We are proud to be an inclusive workplace and welcome people from all cultures and backgrounds to our service.