Alcohol and Other Drug Community Engagement Officer

Alcohol and Other Drug Community Engagement Officer - Maximum Term Contract

Do you have a passion for patient care? Want to be part of a growing organisation with 90 years of dedication to improving the health and wellbeing of the rural and remote Australians? If you have answered yes, then we want to hear from you.

The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) of Australia South Eastern Section provides comprehensive health services, including community engagement, to remote communities in far west NSW SA and QLD. We currently have an opportunity for an Alcohol & other Drugs (AoD) Community Engagement Officer to assist in service delivery team for the Outreach Drug and Alcohol Services located from the hub in Cobar.

We are looking for someone with:
• Experience in written and verbal information, to public presentations, advocacy, community development, group facilitation and one on one engagement
• Experience in accordance with legislation as outlined by the relevant professional board, capabilities and qualifications;
• Experience in working in culturally diverse environments where high levels of respect and client confidentiality is required;
• Demonstrated experience in networking, community development, health promotion, advocacy and working in partnership & Program delivery.

To Apply: A copy of the Position Description an be requested by emailing careers@rfdsse.org.au

Applications close Friday 24th January 2020.

For other enquiries about this position, contact our AoD Program Manager Dave Honeysett: david.honeysett@rfdsse.org.au

Any published closing dates are estimated, the RFDS SE aim to fill vacancies as quickly as possible. This means that we will close advert as soon as we have found the right candidate and this may be before the published closing date. We would therefore advise interested applicants to submit an application as early as possible.

The RFDS is an Equal opportunity Employer