Careers in Public Health
Are you considering a career in public health? That’s fantastic. Toi Te Ora - Public Health Service could be just the organisation you’re looking for…
What do we do?
Public health is about action that protects our environments, prevents illness and injury and promotes health and wellbeing of communities.
Toi Te Ora - Public Health Service is contracted by the Ministry of Health to provide public health services for the Bay of Plenty and Lakes Districts.
Our mission is to achieve health and well being for all through leading, developing, championing and implementing collective public health action.
Our work involves people and organisations working together to improve the health of communities and reduce health inequalities.
Our staff work across the region in this beautiful part of New Zealand and can be based in any of our three offices in Tauranga, Rotorua and Whakatane.
Working for us – so many opportunities
There are opportunities galore in the health sector and Toi Te Ora - Public Health Service needs a wide cross section of skilled and passionate people to assist us in delivering comprehensive public health programmes.
Toi Te Ora’s more than 60 staff work in a wide range of exciting public health roles including health promotion, health protection, research and evaluation, policy and strategy development, social marketing and communications, programme leaders, managers and public health physicians.
A career with Toi Te Ora - Public Health Service will see you working for an organisation committed to providing the best public health services possible. Opportunities exist for ongoing professional development with the chance to gain extensive and varied experience in a public health related setting.
You will have the opportunity to work in an interesting and stimulating sector, with a range of communities and settings and gain valuable transferable skills.
You could be an essential part of a system that supports the health and well being of individuals, families and their communities.
Think you belong here?
- Search our current vacancies in the Bay of Plenty
- Search our current vacancies in the Lakes district
- Find out more with the Public Health Careers booklet
- Find out more about working in health
- More jobs in health
