Are you passionate about promoting health and wellbeing within a vibrant and diverse workforce? Do you have a strong background in public health, community engagement, and program development? If so, Mackay Regional Council has the perfect opportunity for you!
We are looking for someone as passionate as us to be our next permanent part-time Health & Wellbeing Officer.
About the Role:
Join a team who are just as passionate as you in the Organisational Development field of Human Resources. You will work alongside learning and development, diversity and inclusion and organisational culture teams, whose full focus is on making council a great place to work.
The Health & Wellbeing Officer role has a focus on delivering a variety of health and wellbeing initiatives across four key themes: social, physical, mental and financial health. At MRC we are passionate to ensure these initiatives support employees and fit into other aspects of working at MRC including diversity, inclusion, organisational culture and leadership.
The role is a great opportunity for someone with a background in delivering employee programs who want to broaden their knowledge and experience across a greater range of challenges and initiatives. We are also able to be flexible with working days to best suit your situation.
To be successful in this role, you:
- Have a true passion for the health and well-being of others,
- Have a qualification in health promotion or a related field,
- Are able to commit to a regular working pattern totalling 21.75 hours a week (approx. 3 days a week),
- Supportive of others, and able to build strong working relationships,
- Are confident that with guidance you could design and implement health promotion initiatives for council employees, and
- Can handle the pressures of office work, such as competing deadlines, and keeping on top of your paperwork.
In return, you will join a dynamic and collaborative team as well as benefiting from:
- Hourly base rate $39.65
- Up to 11% superannuation (conditions apply)
- Choice of 4 or 5 weeks’ annual leave with 17.5% leave loading (pro rata)
- May be eligible for salary sacrificing options
- Membership to lifestyle benefits program including corporate discounts
- Study and assistance programs for career development
- Learning and development opportunities
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee health and wellbeing initiatives including Fitness Passport
- Active Social Clubs
Are you ready to catapult your career?
For us to assess if you’re the one we are searching for, it is mandatory that you submit your resume, a cover letter detailing your experience and reasons for applying for the role.
For the position description, selection criteria and further information on how to apply, visit: https://vacancies.mackay.qld.gov.au/MRC_ER/VacancyList.aspx
Advertising closes: 17 August 2023.
We are an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer, where all applicants are treated with fairness and respect and have equal access to all opportunities available. At Mackay Regional Council, diversity is about creating a respectful and inclusive workplace that recognises the unique contributions and perspectives of our employees, working together to deliver extraordinary results.