Community Outreach Health & Wellbeing Officer

Community Outreach Health & Wellbeing Officer

Location: Newtownards, County Down
Contract: Temporary until 31 March 2027, with possible extension
Hours: 36 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with occasional evening and weekend work
Working arrangements: Potential for hybrid working following a probationary period

Help local communities lead healthier lives

Do you have experience delivering community, health, wellbeing or educational programmes? This opportunity offers the chance to put that experience into practice, coordinating projects that support healthier, safer and more connected communities.

Honeycomb is recruiting a Community Outreach Health & Wellbeing Officer on behalf of a public sector organisation based in Newtownards.

You will work with community groups, businesses, schools, health professionals and other partners to turn health and wellbeing priorities into practical activities. From educational workshops and health promotion campaigns to community safety initiatives, your work will help people access information, develop skills and get involved.

Your role

Working within an established Health and Wellbeing team, you will:

• Coordinate and deliver community outreach activities, including cooking programmes, summer initiatives, school talks and educational workshops.

• Work with health and emergency services and community partners to promote CPR awareness, training opportunities and public access defibrillator initiatives.

• Engage local businesses and community venues in initiatives that support breastfeeding-friendly environments.

• Coordinate a business health and wellbeing programme, supporting participant engagement, training arrangements, small business grants and programme evaluation.

• Support wider public health projects covering healthier weight, age-friendly communities, home accident prevention, tobacco control, mental health and employee wellbeing.

• Help organise Environmental Health student placements, including inductions, training schedules and learning opportunities.

• Provide meeting and administrative support, including preparing agendas, recording minutes and monitoring agreed actions.

• Maintain accurate databases, project records and performance information, and prepare reports, funding returns and evaluation documents.

• Manage programme budgets and resources in line with organisational policies.

• Follow relevant health and safety, data protection, equality and organisational requirements.

Essential criteria

To be considered, you must meet the following requirements:

• HND/Foundation Degree in a relevant discipline with at least 2 years' relevant experience.

• Experience in the delivery of community, health, wellbeing or educational programmes.

• Experience of partnership working and stakeholder engagement.

• Experience of organising and supporting events, projects or community initiatives.

• Experience of administration, monitoring and reporting.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Teams, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

• A driving licence.

• You must also be available for occasional evening and weekend work as required.

To apply for this role, please contact Geraldine at Honeycomb or apply via the link below.

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