Early Career Community Engagement

• Part time, 0.8 FTE, Fixed term until July 2027
• $40.48- $ 43.42 per hour + Super + Generous salary packaging options to reduce your cohealth taxable income
• Connect with community, champion lived experience and help shape more accessible, inclusive mental health support for all

So why cohealth?

At cohealth, we’re committed to reducing health and social inequity by partnering with communities to deliver inclusive, culturally safe services. Our people are driven by courage, innovation and compassion, creating meaningful change while championing diversity, inclusion and the wellbeing of all. Join a workplace where you can bring your whole self to work, feel valued and make a genuine difference. Please click here to find out more.

About the role

As an Early Career Community Engagement Worker, you’ll help build stronger connections between community and mental health support. Working alongside experienced teams, you’ll engage with people with lived experience, support co-design and community partnerships, and contribute to creating more inclusive, accessible and responsive mental health services.

This position requires traveling across the Brimbank, Maribyrnong and Wyndham sites.

Please refer to the Position Description to know more about the role.

Your duties include:

• Assist with the facilitation of community engagement strategies, contributing to the development of inclusive health promotion resources and activities
• Build the capacity of the program staff to connect consumers with services, monitoring engagement ensuring alignment with agreed goals
• Collaborate with staff and external organisations to improve access to services, strengthening awareness of community needs
• Attend to meetings and activities to promote the program and assist with productive partnerships and networks

What cohealth offers:

• Generous salary packaging of up to $15,900, plus an additional $2,650 for meals and entertainment, to help increase your take-home pay. Find out more on salary packaging here
• Novated Leasing is available along with a significantly discounted fitness membership with unlimited access to over 290 facilities for you and your family. To find out more click here
• cohealth offers primary carers 14 weeks paid parental leave upon completion of only 6 months of continuous service
• Eligible co-workers will continue to receive superannuation on unpaid parental leave as well
• Counselling services for you and your immediate family through our EAP-Access provider, along with mindfulness, resilience, and wellbeing programs
• An inclusive workplace where diversity is valued and the work you do makes a meaningful difference

Our ideal candidate:

• Relevant undergraduate qualification in community services, health promotion, social sciences or related field (minimum Cert IV/Diploma, bachelor’s degree preferred)
• Demonstrated interest in mental health and community development principles
• Ability to build respectful relationships with consumers, carers, community members and partner stakeholders
• Ability to travel across sites (Brimbank, Maribyrnong, Wyndham)

Application Process

We will be conducting interviews for this role as applications are received.

If you have any questions regarding this role, please contact Jeff Weitzel Jeff.Weitzel@cohealth.org.au using the subject line: Early Career Community Engagement enquiry via EthicalJobs.

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Nationally Coordinated Criminal History Check (NCCHC), a Working with Children Check (WWCC), complete a Pre-Employment Declaration Form, evidence of legal rights to work in Australia, and evidence of vaccination.

Successful applicants will be required to provide evidence of immunisation assessment including Influenza within 12 weeks of commencement (B). This is in accordance with the Victorian Minister of Health Mandatory Vaccination Orders and legislated requirement for influenza vaccination.

A position description is attached.