Tackling Indigenous Smoking Team Member (Identified*)

Katungul ACRH&CS; Narooma; On-site; AUD 33,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NFP Salary Packaging

Additional paid leave during Christmas

Ongoing learning and development

Culturally responsive work environment

Job summary

Katungul Aboriginal Corporation Regional Health and Community Services is seeking a dynamic individual to join the Tackling Indigenous Smoking team in Narooma/Bega. The role focuses on creating promotional materials, coordinating school-based programs, and raising awareness about tobacco and vaping cessation within Aboriginal communities.

You will work closely with the Aboriginal Health team and partner organisations, delivering engagement activities, education materials, and outreach events.

Qualifications

• Confirmation of Aboriginality.
• Proven ability to work effectively within a small team environment.
• Demonstrated experience in graphic design and using Canva.
• Demonstrated competence in creating and managing website content, e-publications, and social media platforms.
• Good administrative skills, including experience in supporting events and meetings.
• Proven discretion and ability to work within a sensitive environment while maintaining confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Create promotional material, website content, social media content, information materials, etc.
• Deliver school-based programs throughout the Eurobodalla and Bega Valley Shires with partner organisations.
• Attend regular team meetings with partner organisations.
• Provide information to individuals, families and other groups, increasing awareness of the dangers of tobacco and electronic cigarettes to improve lifestyle and reduce chronic diseases.
• Facilitate, conduct and evaluate community events and groups promoting physical activity, healthy eating and non-smoking/non-vaping.
• Support, promote and refer people for Aboriginal Health Checks and other health programs as appropriate.
• Assist in delivering regional smoking and vaping prevention and promote cessation via social marketing campaigns and events.
• Respond to inquiries from the public and health professionals seeking cessation information and provide advice.
• Promote smoke-free and vape-free workplace behaviours.
• Undertake administrative duties as required.

Skills

Graphic design

Canva

Website content management

Social media management

Administrative skills

Discretion/confidentiality

Teamwork

Job description

About us

Katungul Aboriginal Corporation Regional Health and Community Services (Katungul) is a community-controlled organisation dedicated to improving the health, wellbeing and social outcomes of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Bega Valley Shire and Eurobodalla Shire regions of NSW. With a strong focus on holistic, culturally appropriate service delivery, we strive to empower our community and create positive, lasting change.

About the role

This is a Full Time fixed term to 30 June 2027 position based in Narooma or Bega NSW.

The Tackling Indigenous Smoking (TIS) team will deliver a population and preventative health approach to reducing Nicotine and Tobacco use among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across the South East NSW regions.

The TIS team will work within the Aboriginal Health team and contribute to promoting, undertaking, and supporting a range of programs, activities and workshops regarding strategies to address quitting smoking and/or Vaping; and contribute to the development and provision of community education and engagement regarding the effects of tobacco and vapours and supporting healthy living.

The TIS team member role will involve a high level of engagement and collaboration with key stakeholders including consumers and their families and carers, Katungul employees, consortium partners, General Practitioners, Local Health District staff, Department of Education staff and other Government and non-government organisations.

*This role is only open to applicants who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander. Being an Australian Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander person is a genuine occupational qualification required to undertake this role and is authorised in Section 14(d) of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW).

What you'll be doing

• Create promotional material, website content, social media content, information materials, etc.
• Deliver school-based programs throughout the Eurobodalla and Bega Valley Shires with partner organisations.
• Attend regular team meetings with partner organisations.
• Provide information to individuals, families and other groups, increasing the awareness of the dangers of tobacco and electronic cigarettes to improve their lifestyle, and reduce the burden of chronic diseases. Attend other local health promotion activities and events.
• Facilitate, conduct and evaluate community events and groups that promote physical activity, healthy eating and non-smoking and non-vaping and other local health promotion activities.
• Support, promote and refer people for the uptake of Aboriginal Health Checks, and other health programs as appropriate.
• Assist in the delivery of regional smoking and vaping prevention and promote cessation via social marketing campaigns and events.
• Respond in a timely manner to phone calls from the general public and health professionals seeking tobacco or Vape cessation information and provide advice as relevant to their call.
• Promote and support smoke-free and vape-free strategies in the workplace and exemplify non-smoking, non-vaping and quit behaviours.
• Undertake administrative duties as required in accordance with program and organisational guidelines.

What we're looking for

• Confirmation of Aboriginality.
• Proven ability to work effectively within a small team environment.
• Demonstrated experience in graphic design and using Canva.
• Demonstrated competence in creating and managing website content, e-publications, and social media platforms.
• Good administrative skills, including experience in supporting events and meetings.
• Proven discretion and ability to work within a sensitive environment while maintaining confidentiality.

What we offer

• Remuneration: $29.45/hr + Super + NFP Salary Packaging.
• NFP Salary Packaging: save tax and increase your take home pay by salary packaging your everyday living expenses and bills (up to $15,900) and meal entertainment (up to $2,650) per annum.
• A positive and inclusive team based on respect, shared standards, strong values and a commitment to serving others.
• A culturally responsive work environment.
• We support ongoing learning through training opportunities and professional development.
• Additional paid leave during the Christmas/New Year office closure period.

Further information

If you have any questions or would like further information please contact Cat Smith, Community Programs Manager, via email ****@katungul.org.au or 0493 466 ***.

Closing Date: Applications will be reviewed as they are received up to 4pm Friday 30 October 2026.