Manager Healthy Communities

Ballarat Community Health; Ballarat; On-site; AUD 107,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary packaging

Flexible working arrangements

Supportive, values-driven workplace

Lead meaningful prevention work with•

Job summary

Ballarat Community Health seeks an experienced Manager Healthy Communities to lead prevention, health promotion and health protection work in Ballarat. You will provide strategic and operational leadership for program delivery, people management, governance, budgeting and reporting.

The role focuses on shaping future prevention strategies, building strong partnerships with government, health and community services, and guiding a high-performing team to deliver meaningful, sustainable community

Qualifications

• Graduate or postgraduate health professional qualifications and/or management qualifications with relevant health/public health experience.
• Desirable registration as an IUHPE Health Promotion Practitioner.
• Significant experience leading health promotion and prevention work in community health or local government.
• Strong collaboration and partnership-building abilities.
• Experience leading teams and managing budgets and governance.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across BCH's prevention, health promotion and health protection work.
• Oversee program delivery, people leadership, stakeholder engagement, governance, budgets and reporting.
• Look ahead to emerging health needs and opportunities for innovation and growth.
• Build partnerships across government, health and community sectors to achieve shared goals.
• Create an environment that supports creativity, evidence use, collaboration and high-quality work.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Public health

Health promotion

People leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Governance

Budget management

Education

Graduate or postgraduate health qualifications

Management qualifications related to health/public health

IUHPE Health Promotion Practitioner (desirable)

Job description

Reports to: Executive Manager Community and Public Health

Employment type: Ongoing

Time fraction: Full time

Salary: $60.19 per hour or $118,944.28 per annum FTE

Are you an experienced health promotion leader who sees opportunities, brings people together and knows how to turn good ideas into action?

Ballarat Community Health is looking for a Manager Healthy Communities to provide leadership to our prevention, health promotion and health protection work.

We're looking for someone who is curious about what's possible. Someone prepared to ask "why do we do it this way?", look to the evidence, listen to communities and partners, and find new and better ways to improve health and wellbeing.

This is an opportunity to lead a high-performing team, shape the future direction of our prevention work and build partnerships that create meaningful and sustainable change across our community.

About the job

As Manager Healthy Communities, you'll provide both strategic and operational leadership across BCH's prevention, health promotion and health protection work, with responsibility for program delivery, people leadership, stakeholder engagement, governance, budgets and reporting.

But this role is about more than managing what already exists.

We want you to look ahead: to understand emerging health and wellbeing needs, identify opportunities for innovation and growth, and help us continually strengthen the way we work. You'll bring together evidence, data, community knowledge and fresh thinking to develop approaches that are relevant, effective and capable of making a genuine difference.

Partnership is central to the role. You’ll build strong relationships across government, health and community services, education, workplaces, funders and community organisations. We're looking for someone who understands that effective health promotion rarely happens in isolation, and who enjoys bringing people and organisations together around a shared purpose.

You’ll also lead and support an established, high-performing team, creating an environment where people are encouraged to think creatively, use evidence, collaborate and deliver work they are proud of.

About you

You are an experienced health promotion or public health leader who can see the big picture and make things happen.

You're likely to have significant experience leading health promotion and prevention work within community health, local government or a similar setting, together with a strong understanding of public health and the social model of health.

Just as importantly, you will:

• be a strategic and curious thinker who is comfortable questioning established approaches and exploring new possibilities;
• be able to translate ideas into practical action and take initiatives from concept through to implementation and evaluation;
• value evidence-informed practice, using evidence, data and community insight to guide decisions and measure impact;
• be an accomplished collaborator who genuinely values partnerships and knows how to build trusted relationships across organisations and sectors;
• be an engaging and supportive people leader who can bring out the best in an already capable team;
• understand health inequity and the importance of addressing the social factors that influence health;
• bring energy, flexibility and optimism, while remaining focused on outcomes, accountability and sustainable impact;
• have a Graduate or postgraduate health professional qualifications and/or management qualifications with relevant health/public health related experience; and
• desirably have registration as a IUHPE Health Promotion Practitioner (or working towards).

About us:

Ballarat Community Health is a not-for-profit community health organisation that?s been creating healthy communities through the provision of accessible, affordable and quality health and wellbeing services for over 45 years. Our work is grounded in addressing health inequity, improving community health and wellbeing, and ensuring what we do has impact and is sustainable.

We deliver a range of primary health, social care and community-based support to meet local community needs. We have approximately 300 staff, with six (6) locations across Ballarat and the Western Region.

We offer:

• Salary packaging - up to $15,900 for everyday living expenses and up to $2,650 meals and entertainment to increase your take home pay
• Excellent working conditions with a high sense of job satisfaction
• Flexible working arrangements
• A supportive, values-driven workplace where you can contribute ideas, influence direction and make a genuine difference.
• The opportunity to lead meaningful prevention work with strong community connections and established partnerships.

If you'd like to know more about us visit our website http://www.bchc.org.au/

If you're excited by the opportunity ... we'd love to hear from you.

Further information, applications, and accessibility

For a confidential discussion, please contact Jo Gell, Executive Manager Community and Public Health on telephone [phone]***

To obtain a copy of the position description, please click here.

Applications must be submitted by 11:59pm on Monday 19 October 2026.

BCH is committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. If you require adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact the People and Culture team at ***************@bchc.org.au and let us know.

Safety and inclusion

BCH takes the safety, dignity and wellbeing of children, older people and vulnerable people seriously. We expect all staff to uphold these standards in their work.

We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We value different life experiences and perspectives and provide care to all members of our community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, religion, cultural background, disability or sexual orientation.

Be more than part of your community - be someone making a difference for people in your community.