Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Health Education Officer Graduate
Location: Nepean Hospital
Remuneration: $74,326.00 - $118,754.00 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Requisition ID: REQ639402
Applications Close: 19 February 2026
With CORE Values of Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment,
working with us will ensure your professional life is provided every opportunity to succeed and develop in your chosen career role.
About Us
Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is a wonderful place to expand your career and grow your skills and knowledge. As a recognised leader in the healthcare industry, we provide a range of public health services to the Nepean, Blue Mountains, and Lithgow Region.
Population Health Division is responsible for addressing primary and secondary disease prevention within the local community through Health Promotion, HIV and Related Programs Multicultural Health. Our work is delivered through individual service delivery, Population level health promotion programs and capacity building initiates to members of priority populations on priority issues.
Are you passionate about health equity and working with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities? We're looking for a Multicultural Health Project Officer to join our team and help ensure accessible, appropriate health services are available for CALD communities across the district.
In this role, you'll work in partnership with health service providers and CALD communities, with a strong focus on new and emerging migrant and refugee populations. You'll lead the development and implementation of evidence based strategies to improve health outcomes, provide timely and accurate advice to service planners and Population Health colleagues, and identify priority health needs and access issues. You'll also support clinical services, management and frontline staff by building strong partnerships and network structures that promote access, equity and safety for CALD patients. Working closely with the Multicultural Health and Priority Populations Team, you'll contribute to innovative partnership projects that build community capacity and health literacy. Your work will help shape culturally appropriate models of service delivery using a quality improvement framework.
Join us in making a meaningful impact on the health and wellbeing of diverse communities. Apply now and be part of a team that values inclusion, innovation and collaboration.
Benefits available to eligible NBMLHD employees
* Accrued Day Off (ADO)
* Opportunity for extra tax savings through Salary Packaging
* Novated Leasing
* Great education opportunities through Education Training Service which offers over 110 courses each year
* Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for staff and family members
* Fitness Passport
NBMLHD is committed to achieving a diverse workforce and is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively encourages diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders; people living with disability; people from a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) background; people who identify as LGBTQI+, people with a lived experience of mental health concerns and people of mature age.
NBMLHD is committed to implementing the child safe standards. For more information, please click here Child Safe Standards.
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What you will bring to the role
* Tertiary qualifications in a relevant field, such as health promotion, population health, or education and equivalent demonstrated experience along with experience working with CALD and/or refugee populations.
* Demonstrated experience addressing health disparities, and access and equity issues in people from CALD backgrounds, including sound knowledge of relevant policies, plans and legislation.
* Excellent interpersonal and written and verbal communication skills and computer literacy; high level presentation and report writing skills.
* Demonstrated knowledge of and experience in health, social or behavioural sciences research methodology.
* Demonstrated experience in project management skills, including project planning and evaluation skills.
* Demonstrated experience in community consultation, needs assessment and community development work with CALD communities, including the ability to influence, motivate and mobilise interest, to create change in settings that may be resistant to change.
* Demonstrated knowledge and experience in designing and delivering training programs for both staff as well as consumer.
* Current Driver's Licence and willingness to use for work purpose travel.
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified and must not exceed the duration or conditions associated with the current visa.
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