Healthy Lifestyle Officer (Pregnancy & Early Years)

Healthy Lifestyle Officer (Pregnancy & Early Years)

Full time - 37 hours per week

Fixed Term Contract to 31 March 2025

£25,768 - £27,348 per annum

As part of our pioneering health and wellbeing team, this role will contribute to the development, design and delivery of the new Family Hub Social Prescription service in Luton.

Targeting families most in need with support during pregnancy and in the crucial early years of a child' life, you'll be passionate about the impact you can make on both physical and emotional health and will contribute to Active Luton's delivery plan for this service.

You'll work proactively with the Community, Voluntary and Statutory sectors to connect parents to appropriate services and activities, supporting them to take control of their family's health and wellbeing.

In return you'll play a key part in the exciting health and wellbeing service and receive excellent benefits including generous holiday allowance.

For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Jonny Pickering, Director of Community Health & Wellbeing on 01582 400272.

The successful applicant will be subject to a DBS disclosure

Active Luton is a community wellbeing trust offering leisure and sport, health and wellbeing, community outreach, training and education and Luton's library services. We want to make sure everyone in Luton has the right access and opportunity to get active and improve wellbeing and quality of life.

Please upload a current CV and a document detailing how you meet the selection criteria for the role. The selection criteria can be found in the job profile below.

Closing date: Friday 31 March 2023, 11:59pm

We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applicants.

We are committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and require all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment. A Disclosure and Barring Service Certificate will be required for this post, alongside enhanced checks.

Active Luton embraces diversity, and promotes equality of opportunity in employment and volunteering, and across all the services we provide. Where appropriate to the role, flexible working, part time and job share applications are welcomed.

As a Disability Confident Employer we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria for the role.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 24 months

Salary: £25,768.00-£27,348.00 per year

Benefits:

• Bereavement leave
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Employee mentoring programme
• Sick pay

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekends only

Work Location: One location

Application deadline: 31/03/2023