Community Health & Wellbeing
Development Officer
(Maternity Cover)
Full- time
Grade 6: £24,719 - £28,311
(Employee benefits include access to local government pension scheme, competitive annual leave entitlement, flexi time and agile working, employee health and fitness membership, and discounted food and beverage in Newport Live facilities for all our employees)
Newport Live is an award winning not for profit sport, leisure, arts, and cultural trust; a registered UK Charity with an excellent track record for delivering innovative engagement programmes and providing services to our communities that ‘inspire people to be happier and healthier’.
We are excited to be advertising new positions in our forward-thinking Community Sport & Wellbeing team, where we have recently refreshed several roles in line with our ambitious development plans. The work of the team and our programmes, projects and interventions is highly regarded locally, regionally, and nationally by a wide range of partners. Click here to get a better insight into our Community Sport & Wellbeing team’s work!
We are looking for a highly organised and enthusiastic individual, who is passionate about working with families within a health and wellbeing setting, and who can demonstrate a sound understanding of health and wellbeing agendas; or be able to evidence transferable skills from a community, sport, and physical activity development role where they have experience of project management and working in partnership with external agencies.
The role is varied and exciting, providing an integrated programme of support to children, young people, and their families who are living, or at risk of living, in poverty throughout Newport; helping them to improve their health and wellbeing. You will support families, encourage a healthy lifestyle, and provide universal health promotion messages through specifically targeted health and wellbeing interventions. A key requirement of this role will be to support families, and to co-ordinate and deliver health and wellbeing workshops in schools and communities.
The post is fixed term until 31st December 2022 (Families First) covering maternity leave, but is subject to further grant agreements, linked to Newport City Council’s active commissioning process of which we are a part of. The post is 37 hours per week, flexible working Monday to Friday, with some evening and weekend work. You would be based at one of our facilities with the agility to work across Newport leading and supporting a wide range of interesting projects and interventions.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974) and is subject to a successful Disclosing and Barring Service (DBS) check.
If you are an experienced development professional who is up for the challenge of working in a fast-paced supportive team and organisation - then you could well be what we are looking for and we’d love to hear from you! For an informal discussion about the post please contact jaime.tudor@newportlive.co.uk Community Health & Wellbeing Development Manager, or via Customer Services on 01633 656757, asking to speak with Jaime Tudor.
Application Process - You can download an application form and job description via the Newport Live website www.newportlive.co.uk alternatively they are available via e-mail request from jobs@newportlive.co.uk
Please return the completed application forms to jobs@newportlive.co.uk
Closing date for applications: Friday 29th April 2022 12pm
Interviews being held: Friday 6th May 2022