About Children's Ground

Children's Ground is a First Nations organisation. The Children's Ground Approach is designed and delivered through the leadership of First Nations people. We are committed to systems change to ensure dignity, justice and equity for all children and families. Our work focuses on national reform as well as evidencing a new way of working.

The Children's Ground Approach is a whole of community, whole of life approach. We privilege First Nations knowledge systems and practice. Over the course of a generation, led by local expertise, we create and deliver an integrated system that is centred on learning, development and wellbeing that responds to the child and their family through the key transition points from pre-birth to young adulthood.

Our approach recognises the cultural, social, and economic strength of our communities. We build on this over a generation to ensure a future for our children and grandchildren that gives them freedom, opportunity and rights to their culture and identity.

Children's Ground operates in Central Australia and across the Top End, with support provided by a Melbourne-based Shared Services team.

About you

We are seeking an innovative, organised and suitably skilled First Nations male to help deliver on our health promotion goals. With relevant experience in health promotion, you are open to learning new ways of doing things to deliver the best service to our communities. You are engaged, enthusiastic, responsive to community need and keen to be part of a team.

You bring a passion for social justice and improving outcomes for First Nations Communities as well as being a self-starter who thinks systematically and thrives in an environment that is ambiguous and complex.

To be successful in this position, you need to be creative and flexible with the ability to engage and empower First Nations communities to identify their strengths and needs and to respond accordingly.

About the role

This position is for a male identified First Nations person with a strong understanding of traditional and western health.

The Men's Health Promotion Officer will be working in a multi-disciplinary team, to deliver the Children's Ground Family Health and Wellbeing Framework, Health in the Hands of the People to improve the health and wellbeing outcomes for First Nations communities in the Top End. This includes recognising, respecting, and privileging local cultural knowledge systems and practices, and the agency of First Nations people.

The Men's Health Promotion Officer will work with children, young people, elders and families to promote family health and wellbeing and create and deliver responses to population health needs with the local community. This role will support service delivery by designing and delivering health promotion activities within Early Years learning, support family health plans with individuals and families and create and deliver responses to population health needs with the local community.

This position works with families in Darwin First Nation communities and may provide outreach support to West Arnhem.

Key Responsibilities

1. Delivery of the Children's Ground Family Health & Wellbeing Model – Health in the Hands of the People

• Under the guidance of the Children's Ground Family Health and Wellbeing Framework – Health in the Hands of the People - contribute to improving the health and wellbeing outcomes for children, families, and communities.
• Work with children and families within early learning and outside learning sessions, including home/community visits and other outreach strategies, bringing a particular focus to optimal health promotion.
• Work with First Nations staff and family members in each location to support the delivery of culturally appropriate health and wellbeing information.
• Encourage and support all First Nations families, valuing their ideas, strategies, and aspirations.
• Meet regularly with local First Nations people and elders to discuss local aspirations; this will inform the direction of the role.
• Liaise with local First Nations community members in relation to activities to ensure active promotion of local cultural knowledge and practice.

2. Program Design, Standards, and Implementation

• Provide broad health promotion and support at an individual, family and community level.
• Deliver health promotion activities across health and learning delivery, both on Country and in community.
• Help develop resources including videos, books, activities, nutrition education etc. in collaboration with or guided by First Nations staff and community members.
• Provide advice and recommendations to Children's Ground regarding health promotion needs in the community.
• Work with families to develop family-based health and wellbeing plans.
• Provide personalised health support to individuals and families that can include supporting to make health appointments, travel to health appointments and support where appropriate at health appointments.

3. Information and data systems, monitoring, and reporting

• Ensure relevant user data and information is being recorded to meet the monitoring and evaluation needs of the organisation.
• Ensure compliance and standards meet the needs of Children's Ground and the security of information for consumers.
• Maintain confidential, organised, and up-to-date files relating to people.

4. Contribute to Children's Ground

• Be a positive, innovative member of the Children's Ground team.
• Be a role model for health promotion and healthy behaviours.
• Support a strong, connected, respectful and supportive organisation.
• Participate in professional development programs offered by Children's Ground.
• Ensure Children's Ground Policies and Procedures are followed.
• Maintain strong joint working relationships across Children's Ground operations.
• Represent Children's Ground in meetings as requested.
• Undertake other tasks as requested to support the delivery of Children's Ground in the Top End region.

Key Selection Criteria

1. Experience working with First Nation people and communities with ability to work positively with people's strengths and capacities, seeking opportunities for genuine inclusion.

2. Min. 2 years' experience working within Health Promotion or related field.

3. Strong people skills – teamwork, communication, and collaboration.

4. Strong organisation skills with knowledge of online ordering and payment management systems.

5. Ability to work in a flexible team environment.

6. Current full driver's license.

7. A current Working with Children Clearance Notice (Ochre Card) or ability to obtain. And a willingness to undergo a National Police Check.

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