Home Health Promotion Officer Resume template
Health Promotion Officer resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what health promotion officers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most health promotion officers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Health Promotion Officer with a focus on community-based prevention and health equity. Experienced in assessing health needs, planning and delivering education campaigns, and evaluating program outcomes. Skilled at working with diverse stakeholders to support healthy public policy and environments.
Key skills
- Health education and advice
- Community engagement
- Project management
- Policy analysis and advice
- Data analysis
- Microsoft Excel
- SurveyMonkey
- Canva
- SPSS
- Written communication
- Stakeholder management
Experience: example bullet points
- Assessed community health needs by designing and distributing surveys to over 300 residents, identifying physical activity and healthy eating as priority areas for local programs.
- Planned and implemented a 12-week health promotion program in partnership with local schools, reaching families across five suburbs.
- Delivered education sessions on smoking cessation and nutrition to community groups, adapting materials for culturally and linguistically diverse audiences.
- Evaluated program effectiveness by analysing pre- and post-survey data in SPSS, reporting outcomes to stakeholders and recommending improvements.
- Advocated for healthy public policy by preparing submissions on urban planning and food environment issues for local council consideration.
- Managed project budgets and timelines for multiple health campaigns, coordinating with internal teams and external vendors to deliver on schedule.
Education
Bachelor degree in health promotion, public health or a related field, with many roles also requiring or preferring a postgraduate qualification such as a Master of Public Health.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Health Promotion Officer
- Public Health
- Community Health
- Health Education
- Program Evaluation
- Needs Assessment
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Policy Analysis
- Data Analysis
- Microsoft Excel
- SPSS
- SurveyMonkey
- Canva
- Australian Health Promotion Association
- Working with Children Check
- Police Check
- Driver Licence
- Social Marketing
- Health Equity
- Preventive Health
- Chronic Disease Prevention
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.