Looking for a lifestyle change? Join a workplace that’s both friendly and welcoming! Located in the beautiful Great South Coast, South West Healthcare offers a comprehensive range of medical, surgical, and psychiatric services. Serving over 110,000 residents, we provide 282 beds and a wide array of primary and community services. Warrnambool features excellent sports facilities, educational opportunities from preschool to university, and a vibrant social and cultural scene. Explore the award-winning foreshore promenade—a 5.7km coastal path with stunning views stretching from the breakwater to the Hopkins River mouth.
About the role
South West Healthcare (SWH) is seeking an experienced and passionate Healthy Communities Coordinator to lead our dynamic Health Promotion team. In this pivotal role, you will work collaboratively with key stakeholders, partner organisations, and the local community to design and deliver initiatives that improve health equity and support the wellbeing of people across South West Victoria.
Reporting to the Primary and Community Services Directorate, you will oversee the planning, development, implementation, coordination and performance against a dynamic SWH Health Promotion
Plan. This role will coordinate a range of projects to deliver health promotion initiatives across the continuum, by working closely with our partners, to ensure a fully integrated approach that builds on existing strengths, and leads to better health outcomes in the South West region.
Position overview
* Employment Type: Full-time (80 hours per fortnight) with a monthly ADO, on-going position
* Location: Warrnambool Campus
* Classification: Administrative Worker Grade 6
* Salary Range: $110,479.20 pro rata, plus superannuation
What you bring
You are a skilled health professional with a strong foundation in community engagement, systems thinking, and collaborative practice. Your leadership style is adaptive and inclusive, and you bring a passion for driving positive change through evidence-informed health strategies.
Key skills and attributes include:
* Demonstrated experience in health promotion planning, implementation, and evaluation
* Proven leadership and change management capabilities
* Strong understanding of contemporary health promotion theory and practice
* Experience developing and delivering community health and wellbeing plans
* Excellent communication, diplomacy, and stakeholder engagement skills
* A collaborative mindset and commitment to equity and inclusion in health
What we offer
You will enjoy benefits such as:
* Excellent salary packaging options including meals & entertainment, novated leasing and additional superannuation contributions
* Internal and external professional development opportunities
* A range of internal development opportunities focusing on personal development such as resilience and mentoring workshops and comprehensive leadership programs
* Excellent terms and conditions of employment
Who we are
As an organisation SWH prides themselves on their values; Care, Respect, Excellence, Integrity and Leadership and their overall dedication to the local community. Learn more about SWH here .
SWH respects all individuals and promote equity and inclusion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people of all genders, sexual orientations, abilities, ages, racial, cultural and religious backgrounds and socio- economic status.
SWH is the major specialist referral centre for the Barwon South West sub-region, and provides a comprehensive range of acute, sub-acute, specialist, community, mental health and aged services.
With a population of 39,000 and a catchment of 100,000 Warrnambool is the regional centre to Victoria's Great South Coast.
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