Project Lead - Active Living Census

Job No: 12101124
Location: Bendigo

  • Full time or Part time (0.8 FTE), Temporary (December 2025)
  • 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

Would you like to play key part in shaping the health and well-being of communities across the Loddon Campaspe region?

In this exciting project role, you will work with local governments, key stakeholders and the Healthy Loddon Campaspe team to lead the successful delivery of the region wide population health survey – the Active Living Census 2025.

This unique survey will provide locally and regionally relevant, reliable and valid data on the health behaviours, activity levels, preferences and needs of the Loddon Campaspe population. The data collected enables evidence-based planning for local health and recreation services and a better understanding of the health behaviours, needs and preferences of the local community.

You will undertake all communication, planning, delivery, reporting and contribute to the success of the Active Living Census that will be utilised across our region to inform decision making and deliver future projects for our communities. 

About You

To be successful in this role you will have:

  • The ability to coordinate and manage all aspects of complex projects, including materials, logistics, timelines, and stakeholder engagement
  • Expertise in guiding data preparation, cleaning, management, statistical analysis, modelling, and reporting to ensure high-quality insights and data integrity
  • Experience monitoring data collection processes, identifying challenges, and implementing solutions to maintain timelines, accuracy, and alignment with project objectives
  • Excellent time management skills, strong verbal and written communication skills with a customer service focus
  • Qualifications in public health, health sciences or similar

A satisfactory police records check and employee working with children check is required for this position.

Benefits

  • Annual salary increases | 17.5% annual leave loading | Above award wages
  • Contribute to our community | Work close to home | Come and work in beautiful Bendigo
  • Salary packaging options | Values based organisation

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, Coordinator Healthy Communities 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 Monday 25 November 2024.

Other employment opportunities: 

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

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About City of Greater Bendigo

The City of Greater Bendigo is a proactive, flexible and dynamic employer, delivering more than 65 services to the community. The City is an equal opportunity employer, supportive of flexible working arrangements and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people of diverse cultural and religious backgrounds, gender identities, sexual orientations, people returning to the workforce and of all ages and abilities.

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