Country Indigenous Health Project Officer (Kadina)

Posted: 06/12/2024

Closing Date: 03/01/2025

Salary: $85,120.00
- $87,344.00

Job Type: Permanent
- Part Time

Location: Narungga Country, Sonder Kadina

Job Category: Healthcare & Medical

**Who are we?**

Sonder is an inclusive, not-for-profit organisation that has been providing better quality health and support services to the South Australian community since 1993. We support thousands of people each year to access services across seven key domains
- Mental Health, Aboriginal Health, Alcohol and/or other Drugs, Employment, Community Health, Disability, and Homelessness

**What benefits can we offer?**

When you work with Sonder, you become part of the Sonder family and that provides you with a number of benefits such as:

- Salary (excluding super) paid above award and reviewed annually
- Flexible working arrangements
- Professional development allowance provided yearly
- Generous salary packaging options
- increase your take home pay by 6-12%
- 17.5% Leave Loading
- Modern and welcoming office spaces
- Christmas Closure Bonus Leave (above annual leave entitlements)
- Training opportunities
- Meal & entertainment allowances
- Paid parental leave, and much more!

Sonder are open to negotiating further benefits with the successful applicant to ensure an excellent working workplace for you.

**Hours**: 0.4 FTE ongoing (working days are negotiable)

**Location**:Based at Kadina or Maitland with regular travel across the region required (Gawler, Barossa, Yorke Peninsula, Mid-North)

**About the Role**: The Indigenous Health Project Officer (IHPO) will ensure there is a focus on Aboriginal health and aim to improve the integration of care across the Gawler, Barossa, Yorke Peninsula and Mid-North region). The role supports mainstream practices and primary health providers to be culturally safe and better engaging with Aboriginal people to access appropriate primary health care for all their health and wellbeing needs.

**Experience Requirements**:

- High level interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written) and consultative skills reflected in an ability to engage and collaborate with, a wide range of service providers and community members.
- Appropriate level of experience in primary health care delivery.
- Sound understanding and knowledge of Aboriginal health issues, priorities and policies.
- Demonstrated experience working within a fast paced environment.

**Qualification and Other Requirements**:

- Qualification and/or skills and experience in working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, able to provide leadership on Indigenous health issues tailored to meet the needs of the communities within the PHN region.
- Drivers Licence (travel is essential in this role)
- Current or willing to obtain a Working with Children's Check (WWCC)

**How to apply**: Applications close 3 January 2025 Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3ravl0