Health Promotion Officer
What the work is
Assists health and community groups to improve the health of individuals and the community by raising awareness of healthy lifestyles, disease and disability, and other health-related issues.
Would you enjoy the work?
These are the main tasks in the official description. Mark how each one sounds to you.
- Develops communication objectives in relation to health issues
- Identifies the audience most at need or at risk and establishes the most appropriate method to reach that audience
- Undertakes research to make sure that data is correct and current
- Writes material and sets up displays to assist in the promotion of health issues
- Gives presentations to community groups on health issues to increase public awareness
- May work in conjunction with other organisations or government departments
Try it
A simulation and a case study from this kind of work, set in a fictional regional council's environmental health and community wellbeing team. They are fictional.
The kind of days you could have
Good days
- A food business fixes a problem you flagged, and it is better for it
- A community program you designed fills a hall with people who would not otherwise meet
- You work out the cause of a problem that has had a neighbourhood stumped
Hard days
- An owner who is upset and angry about a notice you have to issue
- A complaint where two neighbours both think they are right
- A program with a great plan and almost nobody turning up
Written by Career Calling as a general guide. Real roles vary by employer and place.
Work a mission
Step into a simulated workplace in this field, with a brief from your manager.
Description and tasks: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Occupation Standard Classification for Australia, 2024, Version 1.0 (opens another site), occupation 269332, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. The skill guide above is our plain English summary.