Community Liaison Officer

Northern Territory Government; Darwin; On-site; AUD 73,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

Northern Territory Government in Darwin seeks a Community Liaison Officer-Hearing to work with NT hearing services to promote early hearing and language development in babies and inform parents on keeping babies' ears strong.

This role acts as a critical community connector, linking families to hearing health services and information to raise awareness and support early identification, intervention and management of ear disease, with travel to remote communities for up to five days at a time.

Responsibilities

• Promote good hearing and language development in babies and inform parents about maintaining babies' ears.
• Link families to hearing health services and information to raise awareness and educate communities about preventable hearing loss.

Job description

Primary Objective: The Community Liaison Officer-Hearing will work with the NT hearing services team to promote good hearing and language development in babies and inform parents about how to keep baby's ears strong. This position performs a critical community connection role, linking families to hearing health services and information to raise awareness and educate communities that hearing loss in children is preventable. This role works to support early identification, intervention and management of ear disease to help reduce long term impacts leading to hearing loss. This position is required to travel to remote communities for up to 5 days at a time.

Contact: Sarah George on 08 8944 8681 or [e-mail]

Remuneration Package: Remuneration Package $82,723 - $93,279 (including salary $72,985 - $82,299)

Experience Level: Technical 2

Community Liaison Officer Darwin, NT, AU