Make a meaningful contribution to your community and help us create healthier communities as our Community Awareness and Engagement Officer in headspace Armidale.
Armidale | Full-Time | Permanent
The Community Awareness and Engagement Officer is part of the Armidale headspace service team. Their purpose is to promote the services of the headspace centre, help young people to get early access to health and other services, and promote positive mental health messaging within their local communities.
- Provide information to young people and their families presenting to headspace, including at community events.
- Develop and maintain positive and effective working relationships with a broad range of people and organisations.
- Recruit, train, supervise and support young people to be involved in the headspace Youth Advisory Group and/or other groups targeting young people.
- Work closely with the headspace team to ensure that the views of young people are integrated into service planning and service delivery.
- Build relationships with external service providers and community partners to develop opportunities for mutually beneficial partnerships that progress headspace toward its objectives in the local community.
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Minimum relevant Certificate IV or demonstrated experience in communications /stakeholder engagement
- Ability to work autonomously with high-level written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to prioritise and manage multiple and competing work tasks and deliver to agreed deadlines.
- Experience and ability to use a range of mediums to connect with audiences including social media, groups and presentations
- Experience in the youth and/or mental health sector.
- A broad understanding of the mental health service system in Australia.
- A broad understanding of the primary care health system in Australia.
- Ability to think creatively and develop innovative solutions to problems.
- High attention to detail
- Positive and collaborative team player.
HealthWISE is a specialist provider in rural and remote NSW and southern QLD. We deliver a wide range of community-led services across every life stage, with a strong and growing focus on mental health and youth wellbeing.
Our purpose is to create healthier communities as we deliver integrated primary, allied and mental health services, including youth-specific and culturally responsive programs, with a long-standing commitment to Aboriginal and LGBT+ health.
- Mentoring and career development pathways
- Opportunities to contribute to meaningful change in regional and rural communities
- Competitive salary and superannuation
- Salary packaging
Applications Close: Thursday 30th July 2026 – 5pm
A cover letter and resume are required for all applicants.
Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date. For this reason, applicants are advised not to delay in applying for this role.
Please contact
Georgie Oates for a copy of position description and other questions via [email protected] or (02) 6771 1146
HealthWISE provides primary health care programs and clinical services across southern QLD and the New England North West area of NSW.
