Food Systems Officer

Food Systems Officer

Job No: 8250826

Location: Bendigo

• Part time (2 days/15 hours per week), Temporary to January 2028
• Band 6, Starting salary $94,713 (Pro rata) plus superannuation
• Base hourly rate $47.93 plus superannuation

The City of Greater Bendigo is in the heart of central Victoria on Dja Dja Wurrung and Taungurung Country. Located just 90 minutes’ drive from Melbourne, our region offers all the benefits of a large city with a warm and welcoming country feel. 

Greater Bendigo is an attractive region that is famous for its food and wine, and boasts the Bendigo Art Gallery, theatres, stunning heritage buildings and natural surrounds that provide great recreational opportunities. There are also high quality education and health services, a wide range of housing options, excellent rail and road networks, and Bendigo Airport has regular direct QantasLink flights to Sydney. 

We provide more than 65 important services to support our community, which is heading towards a population of 200,000 by 2050. Now is a great time to join us!

The Role

Are you passionate about improving health and wellbeing outcomes for the community? Do you have an interest and experience in local food systems?

We are seeking a passionate and innovative Food Systems Officer to join the Active and Healthy Communities Unit. As our Food Systems Officer you will support the implementation of Greater Bendigo’s Food System Strategy, working collaboratively with the Lead Food Systems Officer. This will include coordinating internal and external stakeholders, supporting action delivery, identifying future opportunities and contributing to strategy evaluation.

You will build and maintain partnerships and engage the community to ensure projects reflect and respond to local expectations. You will be responsible for scoping, developing and managing projects on time and within budget. This will include planning and creating innovative solutions to achieve relevant objectives within the Greater Bendigo Council Plan (Mir wimbul).

This is a temporary, part-time, job share role that works two days a week, with one of the workdays to be Monday, Tuesday or Friday.

About You

To be successful in this role you will have exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills and a sound understanding of the issues, challenges and opportunities relating to local food systems. Tertiary qualifications with experience in public health, nutrition, change management, policy or similar discipline is highly regarded with local government experience desirable.

This role requires a satisfactory police records check and employee Working with Children Check.

Benefits

• Part time position with flexible work options | Achieve work/life balance
• Annual salary increases (next increase October 2026) | 17.5% annual leave loading | Generous leave entitlements 
• Contribute to our community | Work close to home | Values based organisation

Visit our Employee Benefits website for more of our benefits.

Position Description

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Click here for further information on the detailed position demands (this document provides further details on the physical and psychological requirements of the position which have been outlined in the table in the position description)

Contact

If you require any further information regarding this position, please contact Kate Parker, Acting Coordinator Healthy Communities, (03) 5434 6467. 

To Apply

Please submit your cover letter, outlining why you are interested in this position and detailing your relevant experience with your current CV/resume by 11pm, Monday 7 September.