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About the Role
Join our team as a Health Promotion Practitioner on a full time, fixed term position for two years until February 2028, working within the Health Promotion Team based at Mulgrave.
We are seeking an enthusiastic early career Health Promotion Practitioner to work in a New Graduate or Grade 1 role to join the Health Promotion team and deliver high quality health promotion initiatives across the City of Greater Dandenong, City of Casey and Cardinia Shire Council.
This position will support the development, implementation and evaluation of a required health promotion priority, setting or program area with ability to embed health promotion principles, the determinants of health, systems thinking and equity in work practices.
Key responsibilities include:
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Contributing to the development, implementation and evaluation of Monash Health’s Community Health - Health Promotion Plan.
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Supporting health promotion work in the priority areas of healthy eating, active living, reducing tobacco and vaping related harm and mental wellbeing.
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Support delivery of settings-based health promotion initiatives.
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Actively supporting and contributing to other catchment-based initiatives and activities for the allocated portfolios of responsibility.
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Applying health promotion practice principles such as local collaboration and community engagement, intersectional health equity lens, place-based approaches, developmental evaluation and systems thinking approaches.
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Contributing to the strengthening of local networks and partnerships to undertake preventive health action.
This role includes the requirement to travel to other sites and community settings. The role is hybrid with a minimum three days on site.
About Us
Public Health is composed of three teams that target specific Public Health functions:
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Health Protection, Communicable Diseases Prevention and Control (CDPC)
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Health Promotion
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Health Prevention and Partnerships
The South East Public Health Unit (SEPHU) is a major component of a once-in-a-generation reform of Public Health delivery in Victoria.
The local public health units [LPHUs] have progressively taken on broader Public Health functions including 83 notifiable diseases and working to strengthen relationships with health care providers and services within their respective catchments, to deliver a comprehensive public health program including health promotion and prevention, and partnership with key stakeholders, across the catchment.
The Health Promotion team works with key partners and community settings to deliver health promotion initiatives across the City of Greater Dandenong, City of Casey and Cardinia Shire Council, under current Community Health – Health Promotion funding guidelines.
About You
To ensure your success in this role you will bring the following demonstrated skills, experience and knowledge:
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An understanding of Health Promotion core competencies, systems thinking and working in settings/ place-based approaches
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Capacity to be flexible and open to change, and to contribute positively to the workplace and team
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Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team.
Mandatory requirements of the role - qualifications, licences, memberships:
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Bachelor of Science (Health Promotion), Bachelor of Public Health Promotion, Bachelor of Public Health and Health Promotion, Bachelor of Health Science (Health Promotion), any other undergraduate or postgraduate qualification in health promotion, or any other undergraduate or postgraduate qualification relevant to the field of Health Promotion.
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Eligible for registration as an IUHPE Registered Health Promotion practitioner.
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Must hold a current Victorian Driver’s License
In Return
As a valued member of the Monash Health team, you’ll have access to a wide range of benefits designed to support your wellbeing, development, and career progression, including:
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Salary packaging – increase your take-home pay with generous salary packaging options.
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Professional development – access to ongoing training, education, and leadership opportunities to support your career growth.
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Supportive team environment – work within a collaborative, multidisciplinary team that values innovation, compassion, and excellence.
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Employee wellbeing – benefit from a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP), staff wellbeing initiatives, and a strong focus on work-life balance.
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Career mobility – opportunities to work across Victoria’s largest public health service with a wide range of roles and career pathways.
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Diverse and inclusive workplace – join an organisation that celebrates and embraces diversity and fosters a culture of respect and belonging
For a confidential discussion and to explore the opportunity further, please call Toby Sargent on 0420 312 647 or email [email protected].
Position Description can be found here
We recognise the value of equal employment opportunity. We are committed to patient safety, promoting fairness, equity and diversity in the workplace and to Child Safe Standards. At Monash Health we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and work to our six guiding principles and our five ICare values.
How to Apply
Applications are accepted via the Monash Health online EHub system. For information including how to apply and probity check requirements, please click here for the ‘Application Guide’
Applications will be screened upon receipt and selection activity may commence prior to the closing date.
Applications close February 12th, 2026.
Other facts
About Monash Health
Monash Health is Victoria, Australia’s largest and most comprehensive health service.
We deliver care for people over their entire lifespan, from pre-birth to end-of-life, providing consolidated, integrated, comprehensive, and often highly complex care.
With 25,500 employees, Monash Health provides care to south-eastern metropolitan Melbourne and rural Victoria via telehealth, within local communities, and in people’s homes.
Our major hospitals include Monash Medical Centre, Monash Children’s Hospital, Dandenong Hospital, Casey Hospital, and the newly opened Victorian Heart Hospital, which is Australia’s first dedicated cardiac hospital. Monash Health provides significant care at Moorabbin Hospital, the Kingston Centre, and the Cranbourne Integrated Community Care Centre, and in total, they operate more than 40 care locations.
Monash Health is uniquely positioned as a large-scale, publicly funded health service that improves the health outcomes of their community. Annually, we provide more than 3.6 million episodes of care and deliver more than 10,000 babies.
We’re committed to being a fair, equitable, and non-discriminatory workplace that maximises the talent, potential, and contribution of all employees. With such a wide range of locations and specialties, we’ll proudly help you grow your career in healthcare.
What you'll do
- The Health Promotion Practitioner will contribute to the development, implementation, and evaluation of health promotion initiatives. This includes supporting priority areas such as healthy eating, active living, and mental wellbeing.
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