Health Promotion Officer - Men's Health
Job No:
120032
Location:
Tennant Creek
- Highly rewarding opportunity to help improve health outcomes throughout the Barkly Region!
- Attractive salary circa $65,948 - $72,456 plus 9.5% super and salary sacrificing!
- Huge range of benefits including relocation assistance, 6 weeks annual leave, free general dentistry & subsidised accommodation!
About the Organisation
Anyinginyi Health Aboriginal Corporation (Anyinginyi) is a multi-disciplinary organisation which provides primary health care services to the Aboriginal people of Tennant Creek and the surrounding Barkly region.
Anyinginyi consists of five different sections covering a wide array of services such as clinical care and social and emotional well being, health promotions, sports and active lifestyle and administrative services. This diversity allows for a holistic approach to health, ensuring that clients' physical and emotional health and well-being is given the utmost priority.
Anyinginyi health service delivery area stretches north of Tennant Creek to Elliott, across to the east, almost to the QLD border and south to Ali Curung - almost 150,000 square km.
About the Opportunity
Anyinginyi has an exciting opportunity for a passionate Health Promotions Officer to join their team in Tennant Creek, NT. This role is being offered on a full-time basis, as part of a 1-2-year contract.
Reporting to the Public Health Section Manager, you will primarily be responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating regional and local health promotion activities, helping to embed good health promotion practice and health education into communities within the Barkly Region.
More specifically, some of your key duties will include (but will not be limited to):
- Undertaking research and gathering statistical information into health issues in Tennant Creek and the Barkly region,
- Developing a monthly schedule of culturally appropriate health education events and programs;
- Coordinating the staffing and resources for relevant events and activities, in collaboration with Anyinginyi Health Section Managers;
- Running educational presentations for Anyinginyi Health staff and other stakeholders about health issues throughout the Barkly Region;
- Engaging with relevant Continuous Quality Activities within the public health section; and
- Developing and maintaining strong working relationships with Indigenous and mainstream service providers and key agencies within the region.
About You
To be successful in this role, you will ideally hold a tertiary qualification in Public Health, Health Promotion, Health Sciences or Community related field, and have demonstrated experience in developing and coordinating health promotion activities or events.
Due to the nature of this role, you will need to have a clear understanding of community development practices that encourage community management, control and ownership, and experience in developing detailed action plans within a community development framework.
It is essential that you are a personable communicator, with the ability to act with tact and diplomacy using various means of communication, and experience working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. You will have a respect for traditional Aboriginal Culture, and the ability to communicate effectively and sensitively to a diverse audience.
You will have strong organisational skills and the ability to autonomously manage and prioritise competing deadlines. With proven computer literacy, you will be confident using and learning a range of software.
Please note: In this position, an applicant's gender is a genuine occupational requirement and is authorised by s35 of the NT Anti-Discrimination Act and Division 4 (s30, ss1 & ss2a,c,g,e,& h) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984.
About the Benefits
This is a highly varied and interesting role where you will truly make a difference in the lives of Aboriginal people and experience real job satisfaction each day.
In return for your hard work and dedication, you will be rewarded with an attractive base salary circa $65,948 - $72,456 plus 9.5% super, negotiable with skills and experience.
You will also have access to a fantastic range of additional benefits including:
- Salary packaging up to $15,899.94;
- Relocation Assistance, where applicable;
- Subsidised furnished accommodation for candidates who are relocating;
- 6 weeks annual leave giving you plenty of time to explore the beautiful Barkly region;
- Monthly paid ADO;
- Free general dentistry (excluding laboratory work);
- Free gym membership; and
- Free personal medical prescriptions (conditions apply).
You will be joining a friendly, multidisciplinary team, and have access to a variety of personal and professional development opportunities.
This is a diverse and highly rewarding opportunity to help improve the wellbeing of the Barkly community - Apply Now!
About life in Tennant Creek
Tennant Creek is located between Katherine and Alice Springs along the Stuart Highway in the Barkly Region. With a population of around 3,500 people, it is the fifth largest town in the Northern Territory and the Barkly region covers an area larger than Victoria or New Zealand.
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! Once known as a rough and tumble droving town, it now offers all the amenities you would need to set up a relaxing new lifestyle, including a major regional hospital, a university, schools, shops and a supermarket, accommodation, bars, clubs and restaurants, banking facilities, sporting clubs and an airport.
Please note: Prior to commencement, you will need to hold, or be willing and able to obtain the following:
- National Police Clearance;
- Current Ochre Card; and
- Unrestricted Driver's License.