Health and Wellbeing Promoter

Location: Kelburn
- Type: Permanent
- Post Date: Tue Sep 10 22:32:52 2024
- Ref: 1931
- Have you got a relevant tertiary qualification and experience in health and wellbeing promotion, public health or community development?
- Do you have proven experience in the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes, events and initiatives?
- Can you build effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders and work collaboratively to achieve goals?

**Mō Te Herenga Waka - About Our University**

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is a global-civic university with our marae at our heart. This iho draws off our heritage and is further defined by our tūrangawaewae, in particular Wellington, Aotearoa, and the Asia-Pacific, all of which are expressed in our position as Aotearoa New Zealand's globally ranked capital city university.

**Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role**

Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington is currently recruiting a permanent, full-time Health and Wellbeing Promoter that is focused on improving and embedding student wellbeing into the fabric of the University.

Key responsibilities:

- Provide advice, resources, training and presentations to staff and student leaders and take a key role in implementing Ki te rā - Student Wellbeing Outcomes Framework.
- Provide wellbeing expertise for the development and implementation of the peer support programmes, and wellbeing communication and events provided by the Manawa Ora - Student Wellbeing.

This work is closely informed by internal and external wellbeing expertise, professional health and wellbeing promotion approaches, and is student centered.

**Ō pūmanawa - About you**

You will have:

- A relevant tertiary qualification and experience in health and wellbeing promotion, public health, community development or other relevant qualification.
- Experience in leading others to provide a high-quality client service.
- Experience in implementing wellbeing best practice.
- Demonstrated professionalism, organisational skills and the ability to work proactively.
- Proven experience in the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes, events and initiatives.
- Proven experience in building effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders and working collaboratively to achieve goals.
- Proven and relevant experience developing programmes and events for equity groups such as Māori, Pasifika, LGBTQIA+ and Takatāpui, International, Disability, Refugee-Background communities.
- Proven ability to influence others and to innovate.
- Excellent skills in conflict resolution.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills including presentations.

**Ētahi kōrero hai āwhina i a koe - Why you should join our team**

Across the Student Equity and Wellbeing Portfolio of services our staff are dedicated to ensuring students can thrive and are well supported to succeed. We offer you:

- The ability to work from home one day a fortnight.
- Consistent working hours.
- Regular supervision and guidance.
- Competitive rate.
- Professional development.

People enjoy working in our team because we support students to thrive and support our University to have a safe and inclusive wellbeing culture. You can learn more about our service here.

There are many benefits to working at Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, including being part of New Zealand’s top research university.

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