Health Broker - Macedon Ranges

• Part time (3 - 4 days per week), Temporary (June 2026)
• Band 7, Starting salary $99,276 (Pro rate) plus superannuation

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The City of Greater Bendigo is in the heart of central Victoria on Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Country. Located just 90 minutes’ drive from Melbourne, our region offers all the benefits of a large city with a warm and welcoming country feel. 

Greater Bendigo is an attractive region that is famous for its food and wine, and boasts the Bendigo Art Gallery, theatres, stunning heritage buildings and natural surrounds that provide great recreational opportunities. There are also high quality education and health services, a wide range of housing options, excellent rail and road networks, and Bendigo Airport has regular direct QantasLink flights to Sydney. 

We provide more than 65 important services to support our community, which is heading towards a population of 200,000 by 2050. Now is a great time to join us!

The Role

Are you passionate about improving health and wellbeing outcomes for the community?

Do you enjoy connecting people, generating creative solutions and working in a fast-paced environment?

The Healthy Loddon Campaspe (HLC) initiative is seeking a committed, team oriented and experienced professional to join a regional team working across local government and local communities to make health everyone’s business.

HLC is a state government funded initiative aimed at improving health outcomes across the Loddon Campaspe region – the ‘heart’ of Victoria. The success of the initiative has resulted in further state government funding through to June 2026.

As the Macedon Ranges Health Broker, you will collaborate with a diverse range of stakeholders to generate and deliver community activation programs and projects focused on physical activity, healthy eating and food systems.

As the ideal candidate, you will also generate creative ideas and solutions to get the best outcomes for community, create partnerships, be flexible and responsive to emerging community needs and contribute to various place-based and regional initiatives.

About You

This would be an ideal role if you have experience and interest in population health or health promotion or with transferable skills in areas such as project planning and implementation, stakeholder engagement, change management, community engagement, strategic planning, communications and evaluation.

We welcome applications from persons with tertiary qualifications in public health, health promotion, community development or social sciences with relevant postgraduate qualifications highly regarded. 

A satisfactory police record check and Working with Children’s Check is required for this role.

This position is located in Kyneton, an approximate 45-minute drive from Bendigo. There is flexibility on which days of the week are worked.

Benefits

• We offer hybrid work options with flexible employment arrangements
• Generous leave provisions
• Career progression and learning and development opportunities

Visit our Employee Benefits website for more of our benefits.

Contact

If you require any further information regarding this position, please contact Alicia O’Brien, Healthy Communities Coordinator on 0429 447 232.

To Apply

Please submit your cover letter, outlining why you are interested in this position and detailing your relevant experience with your current CV/resume by close of business Wednesday 20 November 2024.

Other employment opportunities: 

We currently also have other Healthy Communities position available which may interest you, check out our website to apply.