Health and Social Planner

• Employment Status: Permanent, Full Time
• Days & Hours of Work: Monday to Friday totalling 38 hours per week
• Competitive Salary: Band 7 – $108,190 p.a + 11% superannuation 
• Location: Corporate Centre in Sandringham, with the flexibility to work from home

About Us:

We are a passionate organisation, connected in our shared goal to be ‘sector leading’ in all that we do for the community and each other. Home to over 100,000 residents, Bayside City Council’s enduring purpose is building extraordinary places, thriving communities, and better futures.

Bayside Council is an equal-opportunity employer committed to providing an accessible and safe working environment that embraces and values child safety, diversity, and inclusion. Our organisational strategy is made up of three priorities and we consider these in everything we do: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Customer Experience and Results Matter.

We want everyone to be as proud of what we are achieving – and excited about our future – as we are, and we are committed to working together to achieve this.

About the Role:

The Health and Social planner will provide specialised and strategic advice during the planning, implementation and evaluation phases of key health promotion and community development strategic plans that are led by Community Wellbeing.

The position will play a lead role in applying relevant health data, contemporary research and best practice health promotion principles to community health promotion initiatives, partnerships and plans, that will address the emerging health and wellbeing needs of the bayside community.

You will be responsible for:

• Provide leadership in the development and delivery of Councils Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan.
• Lead the annual review of the Municipal Public Health and Wellbeing Plan.
• Provide expert advice to assist the development, implementation and evaluation of key community development and health promotion strategies.  
• Undertake relevant and appropriate research analysis that inform consistent and effective health and social planning, program delivery and evaluation.
• Develop and maintain networks with government agencies, service providers, community organisations and businesses to enhance health and social planning.
• Develop strong relationships and collaborate with internal council departments to support the integration and delivery of community health and wellbeing initiatives across council.
• Collaborate with internal departments to monitor and improve, all processes, systems and reporting obligations related to safeguarding children and young people.

Key Selection Criteria:

To be successful in this role, you will bring the following skills and competencies:

• Demonstrated experience in health and social planning, within a regional context.
• Ability to apply best practice health promotion and community development principles to plans, projects and initiatives.
• Experience in developing, implementing, and evaluating multiyear strategic plans within a health and wellbeing context.
• Able to collect, analyse, and apply relevant population and/or epidemiologic data.
• Demonstrated experience in evaluating health promotion projects and initiatives.
• Ability to influence across organisations, in cross-functional teams and settings, with experience in public sector operating environments desirable.
• Well developed, interpersonal, stakeholder management and partnership skills.
• Able to provide advice and recommendations to complex and sensitive issues related to the safety of children and young people or demonstrate the ability to acquire this knowledge quickly.
• Relevant tertiary qualification required.

Mandatory pre-employment requirements:

• Be willing to undergo and complete a satisfactory criminal history check.
• Provide or obtain an employment-based Working with Children check.
• Current Victorian driver’s licence.

What we can offer you in return: 

• A work life/balance through flexible and hybrid working arrangements.
• Generous leave provisions, including accrued time off, parental leave, three days of wellbeing leave per year, cultural and ceremonial leave, gender affirmation leave, plus the ability to purchase up to four weeks additional leave per year.
• Dedicated Staff Wellbeing programs, events and gym membership discounts.
• Learning and development opportunities so our people can grow and thrive.
• A Parkland surrounded office that is only short 500m stroll to the beach.
• Free onsite staff parking plus hybrid vehicles that employees can book for work related travel.
• A Green Money program, that rewards our staff for taking simple everyday steps to a more substantiable and climate aware living.

If you are ready to be part of our incredible organisation, and you think this role is the right fit for you, then we look forward to finding out more about you and what you would bring to this role.

How to apply:

1. To discover more about the role and responsibilities review the Position Description on Bayside City Council Careers page.
2. Provide a cover letter responding to the Key Selection Criteria and what has motivated you to apply for this role.
3. Click Apply to submit your application.
4. If you require reasonable adjustment at any point throughout the recruitment process, then please do let us know by contacting the listed Hiring Manager.

Please note – Shortlisting will commence prior to the closing date so we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

If you would like to learn more about this opportunity or have any question, please contact Josh Connell, Community Wellbeing Coordinator on 03 9599 4712 or via email [email protected]

Bayside City Council prides itself on its values of Respect Each Other, Own It, Work Together and Find Better Ways.

Bayside City Council proudly acknowledges the Bunurong People of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of this land, and we pay our respects to their Elders, past, present and emerging as well as all Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander community members with us today.

We are an equal opportunity employer committed to an equitable, diverse and socially inclusive work environment. We actively encourage applicants with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with disability, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply for this opportunity.