• Contribute to helping people across Victoria enjoy better health and wellbeing
• Dynamic team environment within an inclusive workplace
• Bright modern office in Melbourne CBD and hybrid work model
• Unit: Health Promotion Systems
• Tenure: Full Time, fixed-term (to December 2025)
• Classification: VicHealth Grade D
• Remuneration: From $95,040 per annum (plus superannuation and other benefits). See our Careers page for some of the benefits of being a VicHealth team member!

VicHealth welcomes and values applications from candidates who are of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, candidates with culturally diverse backgrounds, candidates with disability and those from the LGBTQIA+ community. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to ensure a safe and healthy working environment.

VicHealth is the worlds first health promotion foundation that supports independent, long-term, evidence-based health promotion practice, partnerships and leadership. We continue to be a global leader in health promotion, as a Collaborating Centre with the World Health Organization and technical partner to UNICEF.

Health Promotion Systems

The three core systems are neighbourhood and built systems, commercial and economic systems and food systems. Our work in these systems is in the context of our communities increasing health inequity, and VicHealth’s approach reflects three dimensions: climate justice, community agency, and intergenerational wellbeing.

One of these core systems is the neighbourhood and built system, and VicHealth is now seeking a passionate and experienced Lead, Neighbourhood and Built Systems (NBS) to join our dynamic team and play a key role in promoting health equity and well-being in Victorian communities.

The Neighbourhood and Built Systems team has a direct focus on:

• Understanding how community design and planning impacts health
• Improving access to health-promoting opportunities
• Increasing use of community space and infrastructure.

About the role

Your role will include collaborating within a team environment in the design, implementation and evaluation of initiatives that enable increased physical activity, improve social connections and support improvements to emotional, physical, and mental health. You will lead projects to help address systemic factors such as discrimination and racism in the environments where Victorians live, work and play, for example in sport and arts. This work would help drive healthy neighbourhoods and community places and spaces that support health.

You will be able to demonstrate overseeing and supervising a project team - including providing guidance, managing a high project budget and working cross-organisationally to meet project goals.

You’ll thrive in this integral opportunity by fully using your organisational, prioritisation, partnership development and time management skills in a busy and rewarding environment.

If you have exceptional communication and relationship management skills, and love working within a team environment to improve the lives of Victorians, then we would love to hear from you!

Qualifications and experience:

Relevant tertiary or post graduate qualifications preferred

• Experience working within the public health, community or government sectors across a range of work areas, health topics, settings, population groups and sectors
• Demonstrable ability to develop and maintain strong stakeholder relationships with multiple internal and external health promotion actors, including state and local government, sporting organisations, schools, cultural, creative and arts groups, and community organisations
• Understanding and experience with projects and stakeholders that seek to improve opportunities for social connection to address loneliness; and reduce discrimination to increase access to opportunities is preferred
• Well-developed understanding of equity focused practice and cultural safety, with a demonstrated commitment to anti-racist principles and practices
• Demonstrated ability to learn new approaches and apply them in practice.

Perks and benefits:

• Hybrid-work model
• Up to $3,000 towards professional development each year
• Employee Wellbeing & OHS Committee who deliver events and initiatives
• Bring your dog to work day every Thursday and Friday
• Employee Assistance Program offering a range of free and confidential services
• Fresh fruit, breakfast and coffee machine provided
• Monthly birthday celebrations

How to apply:

Applications must include a cover letter and a current resume.

Your cover letter must include why you feel that you are suitable for the position and address the Key Selection Criteria from the Position Description.

Please refer to the position description to view the associated qualifications and experience associated with the position.

For further information about the role, please contact Brea Pape, People & Culture Business Partner, on (03) 9667 1341 or [email protected] using the subject line: Lead - Neighbourhood and Built Systems enquiry via EthicalJobs.

VicHealth acknowledges the support of the Victorian Government.

A position description is attached.