ABOUT US:

Arche Health is a not for profit community-based organisation that provides quality support services to primary healthcare professionals as well as delivering quality health care services to the local community.

headspace is the National Youth Mental Health Foundation providing early intervention mental health services to 12–25-year-olds, along with assistance in promoting young people’s wellbeing. This covers four core areas: mental health, physical health, work and study support and alcohol and other drug services.

This is an opportunity for a proactive and self-motivated person to further develop their career in Community Engagement role.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Community Engagement Officer is part of the headspace Armadale team which is primarily a mental health promotion role.

The Community Engagement

Officer purpose is to raise awareness and skill of mental wellbeing in the community, promote headspace services, and help young people access early intervention services internally and externally. This includes young people who have or may be at risk of developing a mental health and/or substance use disorder or who have economic or social challenges.

The Community Engagement Officer works towards building community capacity by connecting young people, families, and friends by providing accessible and current information to build personal skill and knowledge about mental well-being and supports when needed. They will also help to increase community awareness of mental health issues among young people, facilitate youth and where relevant family participation, organise, and deliver health promotion activities and community events to engage identified target populations.

The Community Engagement Officer will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and will be an experienced professional with considerable knowledge and experience in community engagement and youth advocacy. They will work collaboratively with all staff located at the headspace Armadale to help ensure the centre delivers youth-focussed services to young people.

PRIMARY DUTIES

Community engagement

- Assist with the development, implementation, and evaluation of a Community Awareness Strategy for the local centre in conjunction with the centre management team.
- Design, coordinate, and evaluate events for target groups to increase the profile of headspace and deliver key messages. (e.g. mental health literacy, reduced stigma, anti-discrimination, early help seeking).




- Work closely with centre staff to ensure that the impact of any campaign/event is addressed at the planning stages so that clinical staff are available to manage increased referrals.
- Update the website and utilise social media to develop opportunities for youth engagement and service promotion.
- Produce documents and promotional material of a professional standard that comply with branding policy, suitable for external communication to a variety of target audiences.
- Build relationships with external service providers and report on opportunities for mutually beneficial partnerships that progress headspace and the centre toward its objectives.
- Represent headspace to various agencies and skilled networks, the local community, and young people.

Health promotion

- Assist in the planning, development and delivery of community-based help seeking and mental health literacy educations sessions, particularly in schools.
- Work with headspace clinicians to ensure that health promotion messages and activities relating to youth mental health are consistent and evidence based.
- In partnership with the centre manager and other relevant staff, develop an annual community engagement and health promotion calendar and communicate this to the team.
- Assist in the organisation and delivery of relevant community events and activities such as headspace training activities, community events, promotional days/weeks (e.g. Youth Week, Mental Health Week).

Youth and family participation

- Recruit, train, supervise and support young people to be involved in the headspace Armadale Youth Reference Group and/or develop other mechanisms to engage young people, their families and friends with the work of headspace.
- Work closely with the headspace Armadale team to ensure that the views of young people, their families and friends are integrated into service planning and service delivery.

General

- Keep up to date with relevant youth sector trends, gaps and information.
- Participate in relevant training and development activities as an effective team member.
- Other duties consistent with the position where required and/or requested by management from time to time.





SELECTION CRITERIA

Essential

- University tertiary qualifications in Health Promotion, Public Health, Community Development, Social/Behavioural Science, Social Work/Planning or a related discipline.
- Demonstrated experience working with young people with mental health, alcohol and other drug, and other social issues.
- Demonstrated experience coordinating and facilitating youth programs, events, and activities within a community setting.
- Strong experience and expertise with social media as a communication tool.
- Demonstrated ability to develop, implement and evaluate community awareness programs.

Desirable

- Experience in the not for profit/non-government sector.
- Experience in the mental health sector.
- Professional registration i.e., IUHPE

KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS

- Exceptional ability to engage and communicate to groups of people, tailoring communication to suit a specific target group or age range.
- Demonstrated understanding of the challenges and experiences of young people from diverse backgrounds including young people who are culturally and linguistically diverse, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, and LGBTIQA+ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, questioning or asexual).
- Broad knowledge of the range of services available to young people in the local government, health, education, employment, and youth sectors.
- Ability to organise and implement community engagement activities within an allocated budget.
- Highly developed verbal and written communication skills.
- Advanced computer skills including word processing, spreadsheets, and database applications.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple and competing work tasks and deliver to agreed deadlines.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

- High levels of professionalism, confidentiality, and discretion.
- Approaches tasks with a positive attitude, is self-motivated and demonstrates initiative.
- Ability to think creatively and develop innovative solutions to problems.
- Works well in an inclusive team maintaining positive team culture.

To find out more about headspace visit http://headspace.org.au/ Closing Date: Thursday, 1st October 2026

APPLICANT MUST BE IN AUSTRALIA

Applications including current resume and statement of claims addressing the selection criteria in a cover letter should be applied directly in SEEK. Queries should be emailed through to [email protected]

📌 Community Engagement Officer - headspace Armadale
🏢 Arche Health
📍 Armadale