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Form of work14/03/2024
25/03/2024
Contract
Melbourne - Northern Region
Healthcare
The DPV Experience:
DPV Health is a leading healthcare service provider in Melbourne’s northern growth corridor, delivering a wide variety of clinical, community health and wellbeing services.
Our People are the foundation of DPV Health; they are what make our organisation thrive and the ones who create meaningful change in people's lives. Over 700 professionals support and deliver excellent health care to our community at DPV Health. We are always looking for passionate, driven, great people to join our team and make a lasting impact. That is why we foster a workplace culture that is as rewarding as it is inclusive. We are committed to supporting Our People to lead fulfilling lives, no matter who they are, or where they are from - or where they are going.
Our workplace culture is committed to DPV Health values and celebrates workforce diversity reinforcing the positive approach we have to the way people contribute, communicate, engage and interact. Our People deserve to feel empowered and supported as they pursue their professional goals, learn new skills, and achieve meaningful milestones in their work. At DPV Health, we foster an environment that promotes greater growth, innovation, and collaboration, so you can feel elevated every day.
Our employee benefits, connect, recognise, and support Our People, acknowledging and valuing everyday contributions to the success and culture at DPV Health. We strive to ensure that Our People thrive at work and in all personal and professional pursuits. We invest in Our People, proudly offering a diverse range of opportunities including knowledge sharing, ongoing learning and development, leadership development, connectedness, and celebration; these are key pillars in our culture.
Greatness starts here!
This Health Promotion Officer (HPO) role is part of the Health Promotion Team and reports to the Senior Health Promotion Coordinator. The role is initially a 1.0 FTE fixed-term position until June 30, 2024, with possible extension of contract.
A key focus of the position will be shared responsibility for the development, implementation, evaluation and reporting of Health Promotion strategies and initiatives under healthy eating, active living and tobacco and e-cigarette portfolio set out in the DPV Health Community Health – Health Promotion (CH-HP) Plan.
The position will use evidence-based practice and work in partnership with a range of community and agency stakeholders to plan, implement and evaluate Health Promotion initiatives within the Northern Corridor of Melbourne (including the Hume and Whittlesea catchment).
The HPO will build and execute effective and sustainable programs that influence community behaviour and attitudes. They are responsible for ensuring projects are delivered according to the Community Health-Health Promotion Plan timelines and evaluated and measured according to industry and DPV Health standards. Projects will adhere to the guiding principles of impact, sustainability and scalability.
The HPO will be responsible for engaging, constructing and leveraging relationships with industry and community partners to establish shared place-based planning processes and efficient resource management.
Bring your great, everyday!
What you’ll bring to the role:
- Tertiary qualification in Health Promotion/Community Development, Public Health or other relevant field or experience.
- Experience in delivering health eating and active living Health Promotion initiatives - Desirable
- Experience and skills in developing, establishing and sustaining interpersonal relationships.
- Open minded attitude with an interest in innovation and challenging the status quo.
- Passion and persistence to change community behaviours, opinions and attitudes.
- Ideally have experience within the healthcare industry and an understanding of the current principles and practice supporting community health services and funding and;
- Experience relating to healthy eating, physical activity or tobacco and e-cigarette related harm in a community health or other relevant setting.
The fine print
- Successful candidates will be required to undergo a National Police Check, hold a valid WWCC and NDIS Worker Screening Check
- Full driver’s license and travel between sites is required
Our Talent Experience
Please include a covering letter, addressed to Ali Khaki, Senior Health Promotion Coordinator, detailing your motivation for joining DPV Health and highlighting the qualities you will bring to this position. To discuss the role further, you may contact Ali on 0487 147 *** or at - Please note that applications will close on 25 March 2024. We will be actively reviewing applications as they are received, so please don’t delay.
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DPV Health is committed to Equal Opportunity, ethical practice and the principles of cultural diversity and social inclusion. DPV Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to ensuring we have an inclusive, diverse and safe workplace for our staff and clients. To us diversity means people of any age, family situation, cultural and linguistic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical sex characteristics, ability or disability, health, life experience, socio-economic situation, faith, spirituality and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander background. We encourage all individuals to apply.
