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Full-time Monday - Friday
- Multiple opportunities with NZ’s largest Public Health Service
- Greenlane Location
Are you passionate about ensuring that decisions that impact Tamaki Makaurau have wellbeing at the forefront?
We have multiple Health Promoter vacancies within our Health Improvement Team at Auckland Regional Public Health Service (ARPHS). We work across the areas of alcohol, Healthy Auckland Together, early childhood, smokefree and workplace health and wellbeing.
Key responsibilities of role include:
- Developing and implementing health promotion programmes and projects to improve population health in the Auckland region.
- Influencing Auckland’s public policy and health systems.
- Building and maintaining health promotion networks to support collaborative working.
- Applying a health equity lens to shape Tamaki Makaurau so all flourish
As successful candidate you will:
- Be a strategic thinker committed to achieving health equity and improving outcomes for people in Tamaki Makaurau.
- Ideally have 3+ years’ experience in health promotion, project management or a relevant discipline, and experience working with M?ori and Pacific Peoples.
- Preferably have a qualification relevant to public health.
- Have a full New Zealand driver’s licence.
These are permanent full time positions with some flexibility - Monday to Friday.
Qualifications
- A recognised discipline specific undergraduate +/- post graduate qualification(s) within the appropriate discipline
- OR Relevant and extensive experience along with a firm commitment, plans and steps to attaining a recognised tertiary health promotion qualification
- A sound working knowledge of the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi.
- An understanding of the principles and practices of Te Pae Mahutonga, the Ottawa Charter, and other health promotion frameworks.
- Full Current Drivers licence.
- Willingness to travel and work flexible hours if/as required.
Experience
- Three or more years’ experience in health promotion or a relevant discipline.
- Relationship management with diverse internal and external stakeholders.
- Demonstrated health promotion networks within the Auckland region.
- Demonstrated commitment to quality Improvement and excellence.
- Experience of working with a reducing health equity lens.
- Proficiency in the use of the internet, web-based software and Microsoft Office software.
- Proficiency in writing and presenting information.
- Experience in working within Te Tiriti o Waitangi principles.
- Understanding / overview of Maori models of health promotion.
- Knowledge of government
- strategies: e.g. Primary Health Care Strategy, Reduce Inequalities and He Korowai Oranga.
Personal Skills & Competencies
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- A team player who respects diversity and works well with others
- Ability to influence and support change
- Proactive and takes initiative
- The ability to challenge and question the ‘status quo’ (ie processes and systems) and facilitate the development of innovative and workable performance improvements
- Outcome / solutions focussed
- Resourceful and resilient; able to stay calm and cope under pressure
If you feel you are the right candidate, please feel free to send your resumes or contact us via the following for more information.
nzjobs@medfuture.co.nz or medicalrecruitment@medfuture.co.nz
Call us on 09 886 9891