Senior Project Officer - Healthy Places (Health Mgr Lvl 2) - Perm PT
Employment Type: Permanent Part Time, working 19 hours per week
Location: SWSLHD District Wide
Position Classification: Health Manager Level 2
Remuneration: $53.53 - $63.16 per hour
Requisition ID: REQ530755
Application Close Date: 24/11/2024
Interview Date Range: 27/11/2024 – 04/12/2024
Contact Details: Christopher Browne – 0459 805 276 | christopher.browne@health.nsw.gov.au
About the Opportunity
The Healthy Places team in SWSLHD Population Health takes a unique approach to optimising the health of the South Western Sydney population, focusing on the built environment determinants of health and collaborating with partners to improve population health through planning and design.
The role supports a health in all policies approach, working to embed health as a priority in government decision-making outside the health sector, especially in local government and agencies responsible for planning, placemaking and development.
The role supports our formal partnerships with local councils, working with jointly funded officers to share knowledge and build healthy built environments capacity across partner councils and Population Health.
Role entails:
- Contributing to healthy planning and placemaking initiatives.
- Building and maintaining relationships with built environment practitioners, decision-makers and researchers in local government, the not-for-profit sector, the private sector and academia.
- Supporting business processes in Population Health with a specific focus in healthy places and relationships with local government.
- Contributing to strategic priority projects and business priorities for the District, Population Health and the Collaboration Unit.
The role reports to the Manager, Healthy Places, and works closely with one other Healthy Places Senior Project Officer.
The Healthy Places team sits within the Collaboration Unit, and the role works closely with other Senior Project Officers in Collaboration as well as the Director.
The Healthy Places team looks after formal partnerships with several local councils, and the role is instrumental in building and maintaining these relationships – this includes partnership officers employed by councils and co-funded by SWSLHD Population Health.
The role supports a number of other internal and external relationships, including non-partnership councils, other government agencies, health alliances, researchers, NGOs, and the development sector.
What You'll be Doing
The Project Officer contributes to healthy urban development and environments projects and strategies, supports business processes in Population Health with a specific focus in healthy places and relationships with local government and contributes to district and population health strategic priority projects and business priorities of the Healthy People and Places Unit.
Where You'll Be Working
South Western Sydney is rapidly growing and is a great place for young people and families to build a life. We are close to public transport, a short drive to the beach and the natural wonders of the Blue Mountains and Royal National Park.
The area is growing exponentially with many major shopping centers, great entertainment venues and the development of Sydney’s new airport all located within minutes of new housing estates.
As part of the greater Sydney area, we have bustling metropolitan hubs as well as areas that maintain their rural heritage. It is an incredible place to explore with adventure or relaxation are at your fingertips.
How to Apply
To be considered for this position, please ensure you address the below questions as thoroughly as possible. View our application guide for information on how to respond to criteria and improve your application.
- Tertiary qualifications in relevant health-related discipline or relevant experience.
- Demonstrated experience in health service planning, and/or policy development, and/or project management and/or health services research.
- Demonstrated organisational and coordination skills including the ability to develop and sustain partnerships with internal and external partners.
- Demonstrated high level analytical and problem solving skills, with the ability to gather, analyse and interpret quantitative and qualitative information.
- High level communication skills including interpersonal skills, oral presentation skills and report writing using standard office software.
- High level understanding of evidence-based practice, healthy urban development, health outcome measurement, and emerging trends in the Australian health care system.
- Applicants must possess an Australian C-Class driver's license (including P1 or P2). Those who hold a C class license (P1 or P2 included) from a state other than NSW must obtain a NSW C class (P1 or P2 included) license within three months of appointment. Learner's licenses are not permitted.
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Additional Information
Salary Packaging
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Health & Fitness
South Western Sydney Local Health District employees receive discounted Gym Membership/Corporate Wellbeing Programs, including Fitness Passport.
Transforming Your Experience
Transforming Your Experience (TYE) is SWSLHDs key strategy to always positively transform your, our patients, our consumers, our staffs and our communities experiences across our organisation and services. Our vision is that our care is always safe, high quality and personalised and all our staff are supported and empowered to achieve their full potential. SWSLHD upholds the CORE Values – Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
At South Western Sydney Local Health District we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, where we don’t just accept differences but we honour and support it. Committed to providing a working environment that thrives and values diversity, we encourage people of ⚫️ 🟡 🔴 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander ⚫️ 🟡 🔴 background, people with a disability and people from the LGBTQI+ community to apply.
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