At a Glance
- Tasks: Drive impactful prevention programs and create innovative health initiatives.
- Company: Join a passionate team at Western Sydney Health.
- Benefits: Flexible work arrangements, competitive salary, and focus on wellbeing.
- Other info: Opportunity to work with diverse communities and enhance your project management skills.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in community health and reduce health inequalities.
- Qualifications: Relevant qualifications in population health or health promotion required.
The predicted salary is between 123504 - 123504 $ per year.
Drive impactful prevention programs across Western Sydney.
Build partnerships that improve community health outcomes.
Join a passionate team dedicated to reducing health inequalities.
Create, deliver and evaluate innovative health promotion initiatives that help communities thrive and make a lasting impact on population health.
Employment Type: Permanent Full Time
Position Classification: Health Education Officer Graduate
Remuneration: $77,299 - $123,504 per annum
Hours Per Week: 38
Location: Cumberland Hospital, North Parramatta
Are you passionate about prevention and ready to help make it a routine part of healthcare? Do you want to support initiatives that improve health outcomes, reduce chronic disease, and address health inequities across Western Sydney?
At Western Sydney, we know that better health starts long before people become unwell. Through strong partnerships with clinicians, primary care providers and communities, we're embedding prevention into everyday healthcare to address risk factors such as poor nutrition, physical inactivity, smoking and vaping.
In this role, you'll support the planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence-informed prevention initiatives and programs, helping build the capacity of health professionals to integrate prevention into routine care and improve health outcomes across our diverse communities while reducing health inequities.
You'll be part of a team that is:
- award winning, vibrant, innovative and highly respected
- passionate about population health, creating healthier communities and reducing health inequities
- collaborative and supportive, where expertise is shared and your contribution is valued
- committed to your wellbeing, with flexible work arrangements, including hybrid work options, and a strong focus on positive team wellbeing
- focused on real impact, delivering programs that improve health outcomes at scale
We're Looking For Someone Who Has:
- an interest in prevention, chronic disease prevention and population health
- strong population health project management and organisational skills
- strong skills in stakeholder engagement
- experience of working with priority populations and applying health promotion principles to address health inequities
Selection Criteria:
- Relevant tertiary qualifications at graduate level or above in: population health, health promotion, public health, or other relevant areas.
- Project management skills including demonstrated ability to plan, implement, evaluate and disseminate a population health project report on the outcomes of a project.
- Demonstrated capacity to establish and maintain partnerships with community, government and business organisations and agencies, and facilitate collaborative action.
- High level written and oral communication skills; computer skills; and negotiation and interpersonal skills.
- Demonstrated ability to analyse, understand and work with, and within, a range of systems, sectors and agencies to implement change.
- Demonstrated capacity to work effectively in a cross cultural context, particularly with members of the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander community and Culturally & Linguistically Diverse communities.
- Demonstrated ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Current Drivers Licence valid within Australia.
Need more information? Find out more about applying for this position. Review the detailed Position Description for insights into role requirements and criteria. Explore the selection process, employment checks, outcomes and notifications.
For inquiries about the role, contact Bianca Bakr on ***********@health.nsw.gov.au.
This is an Aboriginal targeted position. As priority is given to a suitable candidate who is Aboriginal, applicants will need to provide information to corroborate their Aboriginality.
People with disabilities who meet the selection criteria are encouraged to apply; and where required, WSLHD will implement reasonable adjustment consistent with industry standard.
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply. Stepping Up aims to assist Aboriginal job applicants by providing information about applying for roles in NSW Health organisations.
Please note: To be eligible for permanent appointment to a position in NSW Health, you must have an Australian citizenship or permanent Australian residency.
Applications Close: 26th August 2026
Population Health Promotion Officer - Prevention Programs in Parramatta employer: NSW Health
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