Job description
Agency Department of Health Work unit Preventative Health Strategy
Job title Senior Policy Officer Designation Professional 3
Job type Full time Duration Fixed to 29/06/2029
Salary $114,199 - $127,898 Location Darwin
Position number 1860 RTF 351737 Closing 20/07/2026
Contact officer Adam Barnes on 08 8985 8029 or [email protected]
About the agency http://www.health.nt.gov.au/
Apply online: https://jobs.nt.gov.au/Home/JobDetails?rtfId=351737
APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A ONE-PAGE SUMMARY ABOUT YOU, A DETAILED RESUME AND COPIES OF YOUR
TERTIARY QUALIFICATIONS.
Information for applicants – inclusion and diversity and Special Measures recruitment plans
The NTPS values diversity. The NTPS encourages people from all diversity groups to apply for vacancies and accommodates
people with disability by making reasonable workplace adjustments. If you require an adjustment for the recruitment
process or job, please discuss this with the contact officer. For more information about applying for this position and the
merit process, go to the OCPE website.
Aboriginal applicants will be granted priority consideration for this vacancy. For more information on Special Measures
plans, go to the OCPE website.
Primary objective
Responsible for planning, developing and co-ordinating strategic policy and initiatives in preventive health, including in the
healthy eating and active living portfolios.
Key duties and responsibilities
1. Provide expert advice and assistance in healthy eating/active living program and policy development.
2. Manage specific projects relating to the research, development, implementation and evaluation of program guidelines,
standards and policies specific to healthy eating/active living, including building a local evidence-base inhealthy
eating/active living.
3. Prepare, contribute to and review complex correspondence, including Ministerial briefings, memorandums of
understanding with internal and external stakeholders, service agreements and research partnership agreements.
4. Prepare concise reports and correspondence and provide input into various departmental and government reports.
5. Identify emerging Territory and national nutrition and physical activity issues in the relevant program area and initiate
appropriate actions, including undertaking any necessary research.
6. Maintain effective collaborative partnerships with government agencies and other key non-government stakeholders at
local, Territory, and national levels and represent the program and department as required.
7. Follow defined service quality standards, work health and safety policies and procedures relating to the work being
undertaken in order to ensure high quality, safe services and workplaces.
8. Foster a positive workplace culture through exemplary leadership practices and role modelling behaviour.
Selection criteria
Essential
1. Undergraduate and/or post graduate qualifications in human nutrition, health promotion, public health or other relevant
qualification.
2. Demonstrated experience in program and/or policy development, research and evaluation.
3. Proven experience in the analysis and interpretation of data, formulation of detailed information, complex
correspondence and reports in plain English.
4. Sound knowledge and understanding of population health / preventive health and issues relevant to the NT context.
5. High level oral and written communications skills, including consultation, liaison, negotiation and mediation skills with a
diverse range of people including staff, clients and stakeholders from varied cultural and socio-economic backgrounds.
6. Ability to develop and maintain networks and relationships to create effective strategic alliances and capacity to work in
effective collaborative partnerships to research, analyse and evaluate critical issues.
7. Well-developed project management, time management, research and work prioritisation skills and the ability to work
independently under limited direction and coordinate a range of activities.
Desirable
1. Qualifications and/or experience in healthy eating and active living policy and programs.
Further information
Positions may be subject to pre-employment checks such as immunisation requirements, working with children clearance
notice and criminal history checks. A criminal history will not exclude an applicant from this position unless it is a relevant
criminal history. For immunisation requirements - Category A (direct contact with blood or body substances) or Category B
(indirect contact with blood or body substances), check with contact person for requirements.
Approved July 2026 Dr Belinda Greenwood-Smith, ED Non Communicable Disease
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