Active Lifestyles Officer (Identified Position)

ATSI Identified: This position is open only to those who identify as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person.
Job Title: Active Lifestyles Officer
Location: Tennant Creek and the surrounding Barkly region
Employment Conditions: Part Time of Full Time
Special Conditions: 2x Positions Available (1x Female and 1x Male)
Salary: $73,149 - $80,367
Generous salary packaging: $15,899.94p/a
Professional development incentive: Allowance of $1,500p/a
Reports to: Active Lifestyles Team Leader
Amazing further benefits including: 6 weeks annual leave as well as personal/carer’s leave up to 10 days per year, general dentistry and Remote retention allowance of $750
Exciting opportunity for a full time Active Lifestyles Team Leader – in our Piliyintinji-ki – Stronger Families Services Section, based in Tennant Creek.
Join this community-based organisation and make a genuine difference to our community!
This is a Rewarding role where you will truly make a difference in the lives of our Town and Remote Communities, providing the chance to experience real job satisfaction every day and play an important role in Anyinginyi Health's drive to be a Provider of High Quality Holistic Primary Health Care services to the Aboriginal communities of the Barkly region in a Culturally responsive way - don't miss out!
You will be joining a friendly and professional team, where you will receive personal and professional development opportunities from an employer who wants to provide optimum working conditions!
About us
Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation (Anyinginyi Health) is a multi-disciplinary organisation which provides primary health care services to the Aboriginal people of Tennant Creek and the surrounding Barkly region, dedicated to ‘Closing the Gap’ in Aboriginal health within remote Australia.
Anyinginyi Health is made up of four different sections (Health Services, Corporate Services, Public Health Unit and Piliyintinji-Ki Stronger Families) which allow them to have a holistic approach to health ensuring that clients’ physical and emotional health and well-being is given the utmost priority.
Anyinginyi Health's mission is to be a provider of high quality holistic primary health care services featuring prevention and treatment in the Barkly region in a culturally responsive way.
About the Tennant Creek region
Year-round blue skies, stunning landscapes, and vibrant, diverse, and warm communities - that's life in the Northern Territory! Only a short flight from most Australian cities, Tennant Creek is not just a must-see destination renowned for its individual identity and rich cultural heritage but is a remarkable community to set up home in!
500km north of Alice Springs, Tennant Creek was once a rough and tumble droving and gold mining town but is now a modern town and one of the Territory's most populated areas. It is home to a major regional hospital, a university, schools, shops and a supermarket, accommodation, bars, clubs and restaurants, banking facilities, sporting clubs and an airport - everything you need to set up a relaxing new lifestyle! People from all walks of life find themselves calling Tennant Creek home.
About the Role
The Active Lifestyles program aims to help close the gap by lowering preventable chronic diseases and obesity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. You as Active Lifestyles Officer will provide support to the Team Leader. Along with one other Officer, you will help implement culturally appropriate programs that address physical, social, and emotional well-being needs. You will support families, communities, and individuals in becoming strong, healthy, and resilient, improve pathways to education and employment, and decrease contact with the justice system and substance abuse.
More specifically, some of your duties will include (but not be limited to):

• Support activities such as cultural dance, sport, walks, runs, general exercise groups
• Support activities that engage people to be active by engaging with other stakeholders
• Incorporate Health Promotion messages into wellbeing activities
• Helping improve health literacy
• Incorporate activities that incorporate connection to Country, and the passing of culture, history, language, and knowledge of plants and wildlife
• Provide leadership, supervision, and clear direction, while reporting to and consulting with the Executive Manager
• Develop relationships with other Sections, and other teams with PSF Section to share knowledge, information, and connections, and work together to deliver activities
• Provide an inclusive learning and supportive environment, and ensure staff wellbeing
• Ensure official record keeping is maintained and relevant data collected

About You
You should have the motivation and enthusiasm for engaging families and individuals in program activities. To be successful, you will have experience working in Aboriginal communities or health services in a culturally responsive manner. You will need interpersonal and communication skills, the ability to develop and maintain relationships. Ideally, you have experience in planning projects, and running wellbeing type programs.
Desirable Skills and Experience (Not Essential):

• Experience and knowledge of the Tennant Creek and Barkly Region.
• Ability to speak a local language

Please note:

• Confirmation of employment is dependent on the outcome of the successful application for an Ochre Card/ Working with Children’s Card and a Satisfactory Criminal History Check.
• All Anyinginyi Health employees must be Fully Vaccinated against COVID-19.
• Anyinginyi Health provides child-related services with obligations under the Commonwealth’s Child Safe Framework. All employees must fulfil their obligations under the Care and Protection of Children Act (2007).

If you meet the above criteria and you’re interested in contributing to an organisation where you can really make a difference in our local community, we want to hear from you!
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