Job Title: Leisure & Health Development Officer
Post Reference Number: 012309
Working Hours: 37 hours a week
Grade: 5
Salary: starting from £27,514 to £30,814 (pro rata for hours worked)
Contract: 2 Year Fixed Term
Location: Stevenage
Are you passionate about health and wellbeing? Do you want to make a difference to the lives of Stevenage Borough residents? An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Sports & Leisure Team on our new health improvement project!
Your role will reflect and support new and innovative approaches to reducing health inequalities, tackling widening health inequalities, working closely with the Stevenage Equalities Commission and the County Health Inequalities Group.
You will work in partnership with wider key stakeholders including Stevenage ICDB Locality, BAME Recovery Advisory Board, East and North Hertfordshire CCG Health Inequalities Group, Stevenage No More Service and the Healthy Stevenage Partnership, and contribute to the management of health protection and incident/outbreak management across Stevenage Borough Council.
You role will also lead on improving the health and wellbeing of children & young people through the implementation, delivery and sustainability of the Stevenage Young People’s Healthy Hub,.
Prevention and encouraging people to be more proactive about their health and wellbeing is central to the vision of the Healthy Stevenage Strategy (2018-2022). Your duties will reflect and support the implementation of the strategy and its response to the COVID-19 pandemic recovery.
This is a project focussed role, for an initial two year period. We are looking for someone with lots of energy and enthusiasm to play a key role within the Communities & Neighbourhoods Team in improving the health and wellbeing of Stevenage Borough Council residents.
You will have experience and a genuine interest in leisure and health development, be comfortable working and thriving in an ever changing environment, understanding the need to meet the expectations, key deliverables and performance indicators of more than one key stakeholder.
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
• Pension Scheme: We offer a career average pension scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• Flexible working: available upon request, subject to operational requirements.
• Part time and Job share: all our full time vacancies are open to job share unless otherwise stated.
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave, maternity, paternity, adoption and parental leave.
• 24 days holiday rising to 30 days (depending on Local Government service)
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• Season ticket loans and discounts for public transport
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Stevenage Credit Union: secure savings, free life insurance and access to cheap loans.
• Employee Discounts: via monthly paid membership of the Civil Service Sports Council (CSSC)
• Discounted Health and Fitness membership at SLL
• Trade Unions: For a small fee, all employees have the opportunity to join a Trade Union.
Application Details
For an informal discussion about this role please contact Candice Bryan Candice.bryan@stevenage.gov.uk
For an application pack and to apply online, please visit here
Please quote the correct post reference number when applying.
Closing date for receipt of applications: 8 May April 2022
Interviews will be held week commencing: 22 May 2022
Please note that if we receive a large volume of applications for this role, we reserve the right to close this vacancy ahead of the published closing date.
Stevenage Borough Council (SBC) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, volunteers and recruitment candidates to share this commitment. SBC shall take all reasonable steps to employ staff who are safe to work with children, young people and vulnerable adults. For posts identified with regular contact with these groups applicants will be required to undertake a Value Based Interview. The council supports the legislative requirements for employing and maintaining safer staff and the guidance specified by Hertfordshire Safeguarding Adults Board
Stevenage Borough Council is committed to Equal Opportunities for all.
