Connected Hume Partnerships Officer

• Fixed Term contract for 2 years, Full Time
• $99,526.96 per annum plus Superannuation
• Join the Community Health & Wellbeing team

Hume City Council is one of Australia’s fastest growing and culturally diverse councils. We put the customer and our community at the centre of all that we do, ensuring our services are efficient and accessible.

The Connected Hume Partnerships Officer is responsible for driving the planning, delivery, partnership coordination, and reporting associated with Connected Hume: Building Thriving Neighbourhoods.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead the development, coordination and submission of the Partners in Place Plan - including strategy, theory of change, annual approach and budget - in line with VicHealth milestones, timeframes and approval processes.
• Coordinate the design and implementation of Connected Hume project activities aligned with VicHealth's Neighbourhood and Built Systems prevention priorities and the Council's Plan 2025-2029.
• Convene, coordinate and strengthen the Connected Hume Place-Based Coalition, comprising community leaders, government, non-government and sector partners, to drive collective action for health and wellbeing.
• Develop and maintain productive partnerships with community organisations, neighbourhood centres, health and social services, schools, and other relevant stakeholders across the Hume municipality.
• Lead community engagement processes with priority communities — particularly First Peoples and Culturally and Racially Marginalised (CARM)communities — to co-design neighbourhood activation initiatives and Place-Based health and wellbeing responses.
• Develop culturally safe and inclusive engagement approaches that embed health equity principles in project design, delivery and governance.
• Fulfil all VicHealth MEL Plan requirements, including data collection, reflective learning session participation, and contribution to program-level evaluation activities.
• Contribute to strategic planning and continuous improvement within the SPHC Unit, sharing learnings from Connected Hume with the broader team to inform future prevention investment.

The skills and experience you’ll bring to the role:

• Demonstrated experience planning and delivering community-based projects or programs within a health, social services, local government or community sector context.
• Knowledge and understanding of the long-term goals of Place-Based approaches to health promotion, prevention and community development, including systems thinking and health equity principles.
• Demonstrated experience engaging with First Peoples and/or CARM communities using culturally safe, co-design approaches that meaningfully involve priority communities in the planning, design and delivery of Place-Based initiatives.
• Understanding of VicHealth's Partners in Place program, prevention systems framework and Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) requirements (or demonstrated ability to rapidly acquire this knowledge).
• Experience in stakeholder engagement and partnership coordination across government, non-government and community organisations
• Experience in grant or program reporting, monitoring and evaluation, including milestone management and financial acquittal (desirable).
• Knowledge of local government operations and planning frameworks (desirable, not essential).

Required Certifications & Qualifications 

• Tertiary or higher degree in Public Health, Health Promotion, Community Development, Social Planning, Project Management or a relevant field; or lesser formal qualifications with significant relevant experience.
• Current driver's licence

For any queries, please contact us at [email protected].

Why Hume City Council?

A leader in local government, we’re committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative work environment that is guided by our values:

We’re better, every day: We give things a go and value progress over perfection. We have permission to go for it and are expected to reflect and learn.

We’re in it together: At Hume, everyone matters. We Welcome and include all. Respect and safety are expected.

We show up: We empower and trust others and own our work. We rise to the challenges and are expected to do what we say we will.

All for Hume: We strive to achieve our best for the Hume Community. We are proud and passionate about working towards better outcomes and expect they are at the centre of everything we do.

We offer a competitive salary package, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

A child safe organisation and an equal opportunity employer. Council encourages people of all ages, people with disability, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, LGBTIQA+ people and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to apply.

All candidates will be required to undertake background and probity checks including Reference Checks, Working with Children Check, and a Criminal Record Check.

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