Address• Oatlands based
• 3 years Contract
• Part time- 18 hours per week
• Excellent employee benefits – 5 weeks’ annual leave
• Generous salary packaging benefits (increase your net salary by legally reducing the tax you pay!)
Are you passionate about fostering community decision-making and improving health and well-being? We are looking for a dedicated Project Officer to join Healthy Together program. This role focuses on genuine community engagement, bringing people together to address local health priorities and create sustainable solutions. You will work under general guidance to support and expand networks, coordinate actions across initiatives, and promote health literacy and mental well-being. The aim is to foster healthier, more informed, and resilient communities by addressing diverse health determinants and promoting sustainable, healthy lifestyles.
About the role:
- Promote the vision, strategy, and initiatives of Health Together across Southern Midlands communities
- Build trust and foster shared decision-making within the communities
- Assist with developing, coordinating, and implementing of campaigns, promotions, communications, and events for Healthy Together as directed by the community
- Communicate key milestones and relevant content to foster community connections
- Build community engagement and partnerships with local community members and key stakeholders
- Develop a reference/advisory group that includes representatives from communities and service providers
- Support communities in creating marketing materials for programs and events.
- Maintain and update mailing lists of key community members, service providers, and stakeholders
- Regularly check in with reference/advisory group members and provide updates
- Create opportunities for reflection, learning, and open information sharing
- Seek new members and champions to grow connections within the Southern Midlands community, including schools, sports clubs, church groups, and local businesses
About you:
- Relevant administrative/promotional qualifications or experience
- At least one year’s relevant work experience, ideally a community-based position
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to build positive and collaborative relationships.
- An understanding about the Southern Midlands, it’s strengths and challenges.
- An understanding of the principals of place-based community-led practice
- Current police check (less than 6 months old) and Tasmanian Working with Vulnerable People Registration, or ability to acquire.
- Full driving licence and own transport
- Completed or willing to complete Child Safe Modules
Hobart City Mission brings together people who want to give to and support those most in need in our local community, through the provision of client focused, holistic and innovative programs and services.
Additional information about the role can be found in the Position Description on the Hobart City Mission website. If you have any further questions about the role or the recruitment process, please call Sophie or Denise on 03 6215 4***.
HCM actively promotes diversity and inclusion in recruitment and employment. We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people who identify as LGBTQI and people with a disability.
Applications should include a cover letter and resume highlighting your suitability for the role. Applications should be submitted via Seek or emailed to *******@hobartcitymission.org.au and marked Project Officer-Healthy Together.
The successful applicant must have (or the ability to obtain) a National Police Certificate (no older than 6 months) and a current Working with Vulnerable People Registration (employment category).
Applications close Tuesday 16th Jul 2024 at 10am.
