Health Educator - LGBTQI+ Women's Health

• Part Time (22.8hrs per week – 0.6FTE), Fixed Term (until 30 November 2027)
• Abbotsford location | Hybrid Working Arrangements
• Make a difference in the lives of people living with HIV and LGBTIQ+ communities

About the role

We're looking for a passionate Health Educator to help lead our growing focus on LGBTQI+ women's health, working primarily on the Next Level - Advancing LGBTQI+ Women's Health Equity and Access project.

This is a chance to build something from the ground up: establishing an LGBTQI+ Women's Advisory Group, launching a peer-led cancer support group, and running education and awareness activities that help women understand their bodies and advocate for their own care.

You'll join our Health Promotion Team, working alongside peer educators and community members to plan, deliver and evaluate initiatives that respond to long-standing inequities in LGBTQI+ women's health. In this role, you will:

• Establish and work with an LGBTQI+ Women's Advisory Group to identify critical gaps in women's health and co-design community-led responses.
• Facilitate a peer-led LGBTQI+ women's cancer support group, offering culturally safe, trauma-informed connection.
• Deliver education and awareness activities - on topics like menopause and reproductive pain - that build confidence and health literacy.
• Collaborate with the broader Health Promotion and Community Engagement team on strategy, planning and evaluation.

What’s on offer

In addition to a pay rate at SCHADS Award/SACS Level 3 + superannuation, Thorne Harbour Health pays above award rates. You will also be able to increase your take-home pay by accessing up to $15,900 in salary packaging benefits as well as accessing professional and career development. Hybrid working arrangements are also available.

About you

You will have a tertiary qualification/s in health promotion, public health, women's or gender studies or a related field OR extensive experience in LGBTQI+ women's health, community development or health promotion. You will also have:

• High-level writing and editing skills, with a knack for clear communication.
• Experience developing and delivering community engagement activities - social marketing, events, forums, workshops and volunteer coordination.
• A genuine understanding of LGBTQI+ women's communities and the issues they face, including sensitivity toward trans and gender diverse women, women living with HIV, and other at-risk communities.
• Experience turning policy into action - project management, funding submissions and grant writing.
• A proactive, collaborative approach and excellent interpersonal skills.

About us

Thorne Harbour Health is an LGBTQI+ community-controlled health organisation, governed by our members and working for our sex, sexuality and gender diverse communities.

For over 40 years - since our beginnings as the Victorian AIDS Action Committee in 1983 - we've led the community response to HIV and AIDS in Victoria, and since 2015 have extended that work into South Australia.

We're working toward a future where our communities are healthy and live safely, with dignity and wellbeing - free of HIV, stigma and discrimination.

For a detailed position description, including selection criteria, visit our website here.

Inclusion Matters

We strongly encourage applications from people who are:

• Part of the LGBTQI+ community
• Living with HIV
• From culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
• First Nations people
• People with disability

For further enquiries about the role, please contact Rachel Cook - Manager, Health Promotion via email - rachel.cook@thorneharbour.org using the subject line: Health Educator - LGBTQI+ Women's Health enquiry via EthicalJobs.

How to apply

Written applications addressing the selection criteria and including a resume and the names and contact details of three professional referees should be sent via the job listing in Employment Hero.

Important: it is essential that applicants specifically address the selection criteria. Where selection criteria have not been addressed, applications will not be considered.

Thorne Harbour Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to child safety. We have zero tolerance of child abuse. Our robust human resources, recruitment and vetting practices are strictly adhered to during the application and interviewing process. Applicants should be aware that we carry out working with children, police records and reference checks for all roles.