Your role
As a health promotion officer in Queensland Health, you’ll help individuals and communities to increase control over their health and improve it.
You’ll work with other health professionals and communities to plan, deliver, and review health programs, campaigns, and policies.
What you’ll do
As a health promotion officer, you'll:
- create messages, promotional content and campaigns about important health topics
- work with communities to develop and deliver health programs together
- manage health projects and review health programs
- solve problems and explore ways to improve community health and wellbeing.
You might focus on a broad range of topics that influence health, including social, environmental and financial factors, or you might focus on specific health issues like smoking, or encouraging people to get screened for health conditions.
To learn more about this job, visit the Australian Health Promotion Association website.
Qualifications
To be employed in Queensland Health, health promotion officers need a university qualification in health promotion or a similar health field, such as public health or nutrition with a strong focus on health promotion.
You can get this by doing a degree in:
- health promotion
- public health with a focus on health promotion
- another health or social science field, then doing further post-graduate university studies in health promotion or public health.
Once you’re qualified, you might choose to register with the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) through the Australian Health Promotion Association.
Wages
Your pay will depend on your health practitioner (HP) classification and employment status. Read our health practitioner wage rates.
Career progression
There are many opportunities for career growth for health promotion officers in Queensland Health.
- With the right university qualifications, you can start in a graduate or entry level (HP3) role.
- As you gain experience, you may move into senior (HP4) or advanced (HP5) health promotion officer roles.
- If you’ve worked in another health profession and have the right qualifications, you may be able to start in a senior or advanced role.
- Some health promotion officers become managers or directors, leading larger teams or services.
Health promotion is a competitive field, so you might choose to do further study to help you move into more senior roles.
How to apply
We advertise all our jobs on the Queensland Government SmartJobs website. We also have information about the application process.