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Your role as a health promotion officer
As a health promotion officer, you’ll talk to people and groups across Queensland and help them improve their health and wellbeing.
This includes:
- promoting healthy lifestyles, choices and changes
- running campaigns, events and workshops
- working with communities to understand their health needs and support healthy choices.
We have full time, part time and casual roles.
How a health promotion officer is different to a public health officer
Health promotion officers work with local communities and organisations to help people understand their health needs. A public health officer works on programs and policies that improve the health and wellbeing of all Queenslanders.
What your day might look like
You’ll start the day checking in with your team and planning a range of projects that promote health and wellbeing.
You’ll also work with:
- hospitals and health centres
- schools and universities
- community groups
- local council or sporting events.
You’ll help people learn how their health might be affected across a range of areas, such as:
- mental and emotional health
- alcohol, drugs, smoking and vaping
- immunisation
- organ donation
- long term (chronic) conditions
- women’s health and pregnancy
- regular health checks and screening
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health.
A big part of your job is creating content and materials that raise awareness and help people improve their health. You’ll design and publish social media posts, web pages, posters and brochures that connect people with key health messages.
You’ll also work with people in rural and remote areas to help them solve local health and wellbeing issues.
Read more about working as a health promotion officer on Your Career.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in health promotion, public health, health science or science with a major in health promotion
Pay and benefits
Your pay rate and benefits will depend on your role and your pay point. In your first year you’ll start at health practitioner grade 3, pay point 0. You’ll get a different rate if you’re a student.
We also offer:
- regular wage increases
- a superannuation rate of 12.75%
- a supportive workplace with flexible working arrangements
- several types of leave
- salary packaging
- help with ongoing professional development costs.
If you're moving to start a new job with us, you may be able to get help with moving and travel costs.
Professional growth
You’ll develop your professional skills through:
- orientation programs for new staff
- workplace learning and coaching
- self-directed learning
- professional development and upskilling opportunities.
Career paths
Getting experience as health promotion officer or doing more study can lead to other roles.
- Public health officer
- Policy officer
- Project officer
- Public health manager
If you plan to do more study, ask your training provider if your past studies can count towards a higher qualification.