• Community Development (Community Services & Development)
  
• Full time
  
• $80,000 – $90,000 per year

About VACCHO

VACCHO is the peak representative for the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Victoria.

We have 33 member Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations providing support to over 78,000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the state.

We lead and support Aboriginal Community Control and the broader health and social services sector to deliver transformative health and wellbeing outcomes for Aboriginal communities in Victoria.

We are a centre of expertise, policy advice, training, innovation and leadership in Aboriginal health and wellbeing. And we'd love you to join us!

VACCHO promotes substantive equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This is an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander designated position, classified under Section 12 Special Measures of the Equal Opportunity Act (2010). This employment opportunity is only available to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

About the role

The Project Officer, Healthy Communities drives high impact project delivery across a range of community engagement, health promotion and prevention initiatives.

Working with Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations across Victoria, this role has an emphasis on developing and maintaining holistic health information and evidence-based, culturally responsive campaigns and resources. A particular focus is embedding strength-based narratives across a life-course approach. VACCHO aims to sustain healthy communities through culturally responsive communication and campaigns, combined with strategic action to address the social, cultural, historical, and political determinants health.

To be successful in this role, you will be capable of developing culturally responsive messaging for prevention and health promotion initiatives, resources, and campaigns, in partnership with ACCOs and other external stakeholders.

Essential skills/experiences

• A qualification in Aboriginal Health, Community Services, Public Health and/or Project Management will be necessary to be considered for this role.
• Highly developed and critical analysis skills, ability to identify and analyse problems, establish appropriate solutions and recommendations using analytical and conceptual skills.
• Ability to travel.

Benefits

• Working for Community in a culturally safe Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation, recently accredited as a Great Place to Work for the second consecutive year.
• Access to generous employee benefits including Not for Profit salary packaging entitlements (see below), leave loading, additional leave entitlements including cultural leave, and bonus Christmas leave if employed at VACCHO into the following year.
• Organisational early finish Fridays (4pm) and flexible working arrangements considered.
• Inner-city Collingwood office with wellness spaces and end of trip facilities available.

VACCHO is committed to welcoming and embracing the diversity of cultures, identities, gender, sex, and sexually diverse identities and expressions, experiences, beliefs, and values of all people.

About Salary Packaging

As a Public Benevolent Institute (PBI), we are able to offer generous tax concessions to our staff. For further information, please click here: Employee Services: Categories And Benefits.

Get in touch

If this sounds like you, please email [email protected], using the subject line: Project Officer - Healthy Communities enquiry via EthicalJobs, and ask for the position description.

Other employment related information

Employment is subject to a satisfactory and ongoing police records check (international where relevant) and Working with Children Check.

We believe in the right for all people to be treated with the respect and dignity at all times, and that all people who work for, govern or undertake work at or visit us should at all times feel safe and included.

Visit us here for more info: vaccho.org.au.

A position description is attached.