Public Health Advisor (CAYAD) at Hutt Valley District Health Board (Wellington), Lower Hutt

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Nau mai, haere mai ki Ūpoko ki te uru hauora.

Location: Wellington Regional Hospital/Kenepuru Hospital/Hutt Valley Hospital

Service:  Regional Public Health

Contract:  Permanent, Full Time

Salary:  $53,335 - $84,834, depending on experience

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

Regional Public Health has adopted an Empowered Communities Approach that will deliver services in an effective and empowering way and will support more community-led development. The Community Action on Youth and Drugs (CAYAD) team works to reduce drug and alcohol related harm for and with young people and other at-risk populations.

Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team

The Tobacco, Alcohol and Drug team is made up of passionate public health advisors who work across the issues of tobacco, alcohol and drugs.  We have public health advisors who adopt a broad approach using regulatory and promotional activities to support the responsible supply of alcohol, promote moderate consumption and encourage harm reduction in the Wellington region. Our promotional activities raise awareness of alcohol issues, promote and support effective alcohol policies.  Our regulatory activities seek to improve accountability in alcohol retailing. We work alongside alcohol retailers, councils and the police, to foster the responsible sale and supply of alcohol.  We work on tobacco and vaping in many areas including legislation enforcement, supporting Smokefree/vape free policies and supporting quit facilitation for smokers. All tobacco control efforts make a contribution to the Smokefree Aotearoa 2025 goal and therefore the whole population.  Our CAYAD team uses a community action approach that is a strategy for creating community-based change towards specific social and environmental policy objectives at a national and community level.

Moū - About you

We are looking for an Advisor to help deliver the CAYAD work programme with community, government and voluntary groups. You will contribute information and knowledge about your area, projects, programmes and sector and you will be required to implement relevant projects that make a clear difference, establish and sustain effective networks and facilitate and participate in partnerships to achieve strategic outcomes. Being able to build effective relationships with public health organisations, community and voluntary groups and regional and central government agencies is essential.

E pā ana ki a tatou - About us

Here at the 2DHBs (Capital & Coast District Health Board and Hutt Valley District Health Boards) we embrace diversity and welcome applications from all people, including all gender identities, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations, disability and religions. A workforce that is diverse and inclusive means that we are better positioned to understand and serve our community.

The 2DHBs are pro-equity health organisation, with a particular focus on Māori, Pacific Peoples, and the Disability Community.

To find out more about us click on the following links:

Capital and Coast DHB

Hutt Valley DHB

Mental Health, Addiction and Intellectual Disability Service

Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to apply

Click the apply now button to send your application directly to us. For further information on this role please email Philip.Adamson@ccdhb.org.nz and indicate the job title and vacancy number (2116054-22) in the subject line.

We require all our employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. This includes the booster dose within six months of receiving the second dose of initial vaccination (for some people the initial vaccination will have comprised of three doses).  We are not accepting applications that do not meet this criteria.

Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai

By joining together we will succeed