Community Health Promotion Officer (Regional Services) – NR

Ok, so what’s the role?

The Community Health Promotion Officer role is to educate our communities by using existing ACON Health campaigns that focus on People Living with HIV (PLHIV) or affected by HIV and the LGBTQ+ community. You will:

• Deliver peer education in partnership with community-based organisations and groups, Local Health Districts and other relevant stakeholders to implement ACON’s state-wide HIV and STI prevention initiatives and other LGBTQ+ health promotion activities.
• Maintain and strengthen partnerships between ACON and service providers, community networks / groups, businesses, venues, organisations and events.
• Coordinate; HIV, STI, and LGBTQ+ education outreach at community events, volunteer participation, and the supply of safe sex equipment and health promotion campaigns.
• Maintain accurate records of health promotion activities, including the monitoring and evaluation of effectiveness.
• Represent the needs of ACON’s communities among key stakeholders.
• Work in partnership with Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander stakeholders to respond to the HIV and sexual health promotion needs of sexuality and gender diverse Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including brotherboys and sistergirls.
• Amplify the voice of regional LGBTQ+ communities in research by promoting local research initiatives that inform health sector planning. Maintain knowledge of contemporary and emerging HIV, STI, and LGBTQ+ research and communicate findings to LGBTQ+ communities.
• The role requires frequent travel across the NSW Northern and Mind North Coast regions.

Who are we looking for?:

• Someone driven to grow our following and foster a community through engaging conversations.
• Someone who takes initiative and can work autonomously within a collaborative team.
• Someone who can set priorities, plan and organise work, and deliver on agreed outputs as defined in both the unit-level and individual-level workplans.
• Someone eager to actively participate in, and contribute to, an ongoing process of supervision, building a positive team culture, information exchange and effective team meetings, quality improvement and professional development.

What else can we tell you?

ACON provides a colourful, nurturing, and fun workplace. Our employees and volunteers are the foundation for our ongoing effectiveness and for our capacity to deliver innovative community engagement and health promotion programs and initiatives for our communities.

To support the successful candidate in their new role at ACON we offer:

• Flexible working arrangements.
• Generous learning and development opportunities.
• Potential for tailored mentoring opportunities.
• Supportive working environment with a knowledgeable and friendly team.

What’s the remuneration and working details?: 

Salary: $66,749 to $80,817 (Gross per-annum, PLUS Superannuation and Leave Loading) – commensurate with skills, qualifications, and experience.

Location: ACON’s Northern Rivers Office in Lismore NSW.

Hours: Permanent, Full-Time (70 hours per fortnight) on an ongoing contract.

We offer flexible working arrangements and a generous array of entitlements often above the National Employment Standards (NES) including:

• Salary Packaging up to $30,000 gross up value (i.e., currently up to $15,899 tax free).
• Generous pro-rata leave entitlements – including up to an extra week of paid leave for full time employees to be taken during our Christmas and New Year’s shutdown period.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – access to a comprehensive counselling service free to employees.