Health Promoter

6 months ago

Christchurch, New Zealand Te Whatu Ora - Health New Zealand Waitaha Canterbury Full time

**Utilise your in-depth knowledge of health promotion and community development to promote healthy environments in Mid-Canterbury.**:

- ** A permanent, part-time 0.6FTE (24 hours pw) position is available.**:

- ** Bring your passion for health and wellbeing and make a difference in the Canterbury community.**:

- **A connection and ability to work in partnership with Māori and Pasifika communities, associated partners and networks.**

**Mō te tūnga - About the Role**

Our team has an equity focus in helping communities to identify and address their specific health priorities, including but not limited to housing, mental wellbeing, active transport, sexual health, nutrition, and smokefree. We work in various settings such as kura/schools, churches, and workplaces to promote health and wellbeing, reduce inequalities and work alongside focus populations to support them in building on their strengths to address identified needs.

**Ko wai koe | About You**

In this role, you will be responsible for:

- Taking a community development approach to delivering culturally appropriate health promotion;
- Working collaboratively with other relevant health providers and communities to identify and address health priorities - including nationally as a part of our role in a new National Public Health Service;
- Developing and implementing health promotion strategies based on the identified community needs and potentially spanning other determinants (e.g. social isolation, culture & identity, arts & wellbeing, discrimination & violence);
- Building and maintaining trusted relationships with communities and external health agencies, with an ability to work from a grassroots to international level.
- Strengthening community action to support the health and wellbeing aspirations of local communities.

Note that because this role is based in a public health unit, the role - s usual responsibilities may be suspended in part or in full in order to support our public health unit to respond to the demands of COVID or other communicable disease outbreak (i.e. Measles).

Your skills will include:

- Health promotion experience along with experience working with community development is highly desirable;
- Experience initiating and facilitating diverse groups and projects is highly desirable;
- Comfort and experience with independent groups
- Health promotion or other relevant qualification is advantageous but not essential;
**Mō mātou | About Us**
- Ko ngā tāngata, te mātua mahi_ - _Putting people at the heart of all we do - _

Te Whatu Ora, Health New Zealand, leads the day-to-day running of our health system across New Zealand, with functions delivered at local, district, regional and national levels. It weaves the functions of the 20 former District Health Boards into its regional divisions and district offices, ensuring continuity of services in the health system.

Here in Waitaha, Canterbury we deliver health services to the almost 600,000 people that live in the Canterbury region. We are committed to Te Tiriti o Waitangi and its principles by ensuring our partnership with Māori are at the forefront of all our conversations.

**Ngā** **hua | Benefits of working at Te Whatu Ora [Health New Zealand]**

When you work at the Te Whatu Ora, you are part of a wider whānau that will support you along your journey. We offer great coaching, mentoring and learning outcomes for all staff. We are always improving our facilities across all campuses and have amazing discounts from select retailers, restaurants and business.

We have a range of clinical and non-clinical roles at Health New Zealand, there could be a place for you

Please visit our careers website for other roles and find your ideal fit within Health New Zealand.

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