Work Type: Part-time
Salary: Salary not specified
Grade: Grade not specified
Occupation: Health and allied health
Location: Loddon Mallee - Greater Bendigo
Reference: 3459
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The Position
Job Reference: 3459
Position Title: Aboriginal Cultural Engagement Officer
Classification: XX7 - ON15
Salary per hour (exc. super): $42.22 - $50.71
Hours per fortnight: 48
Employment Status: Ongoing Part Time
Closing date: 06/02/2026
The Cultural Engagement Officer supports Bendigo Health to build cultural awareness, safety, and capability across the organisation. The role focuses on creating culturally safe workplaces for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander staff, delivering culturally responsive care, and leading the development of a Cultural Learning Framework. The position also includes a small health promotion component and is an identified role for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People, with organisational support in place to recognise and manage cultural load.
Working with Bendigo Health
Bendigo Health are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture.
Created by our community in the 1850s, we have a long, proud history of delivering excellent care to our community.
Our organisation is diverse, welcoming and committed to delivering our vision of Excellent Care. Every Person, Every Time.
Bendigo Health has around 5000 staff and a catchment area covering a quarter of the size of Victoria. The three main campuses of Bendigo Health are in Bendigo, with many services extended to regional settings including areas such as Mildura, Echuca, Swan Hill, Kyneton and Castlemaine.
We offer a fantastic range of benefits for our staff, including:
If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.
Your New Division
Quality and Risk provides leadership and support for quality, compliance, risk, patient safety, consumer experience and engagement and improvement and innovation across the organisation. The division has responsibility for overseeing the risk management framework and compliance to various accreditations and legislative requirements and to ensure improvements are undertaken through our responses to recommendations arising from assessments. There is a strong strategic and operational focus of promoting and advancing continuous improvement, partnering with consumers, and supporting the organisation to review incidents, data and systems to improve patient outcomes and efficiency of the business. The division collaboratively provides high quality clinical governance support and advice, both internally and when supporting health services in the Loddon Mallee Health Services Network.
Bendigo Region
Bendigo is one of Victoria’s largest regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region’s population of over 320,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and wineries within our region.
Interested?
We’d love to hear from you! Please ensure that you attach a cover letter and an up-to-date copy of your resume.
Need more information? Please contact Andrea Sloane, Director - Aboriginal Services, Diversity and Health Promotion on 0400 521 781 for a confidential discussion.
Diversity and Inclusion
Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply.
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