Health and Wellbeing Activator

Job description

The Vacancy

We are looking to recruit a committed, versatile and dynamic individual to work within our busy team of Health & Wellbeing Activators.

Our team focuses on the delivery of health, fitness, sport and physical activity opportunities to improve the health and well-being of adults and young people. The aim being to get more people more active, more often, whilst at the same time impacting on wider outcomes such as health improvement, youth development, physical wellbeing, mental and emotional wellbeing, community safety and social prescribing outcomes.

Working across our leisure facility sites, throughout North Lincolnshire you must be prepared to act as a mentor and exemplar of good practice to the Health and Fitness Assistants, undertake building and equipment checks and in some instances would be required to act as a keyholder at some of our smaller sites.

You will hold an accredited Level 2 exercise qualification that is recognised by the Register of Exercise Professionals (REPS) or a Level 2 National Governing Body of Sport Qualification Level minimum, ideally in a range of sports.

You must have experience in planning, coaching, leading and facilitating innovative programmes of health, fitness, sport and physical activity with a sound knowledge and understanding of the benefits of sport and physical activity in improving health, mental wellbeing and public health outcomes.

With an understanding of social prescribing, and knowledge of changing behaviour practice you must be physically fit and be prepared to work flexibly to meet the needs of an ever-evolving health and fitness programme.

Please see attached job description and employee specification which you should refer to when completing your application to demonstrate you meet the essential criteria for the role.

If you think this challenging and rewarding job is for you then we would love to hear from you.

Please contact Helen Hathway, [email protected] for more information.

Please note this is a temporary role which is subject to a service review.

Candidates must be able to evidence their right to work in the UK. Please note the council does not hold a sponsor licence to sponsor people to work in the UK.

As an employer, we promote and safeguard the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from existing and prospective employees or volunteers. Recruitment to this post will follow our safer recruitment procedure which includes us requesting references prior to interview and a DBS check.

The Council

We are collectively organised around the people and place of North Lincolnshire. Together we ensure that our communities are safe, well, prosperous and connected. We are ambitious for North Lincolnshire, we want our area to be the #BestPlace for our residents by being the #BestCouncil we can be. We achieve this through living our values - equality of opportunity, excellence, integrity and self-responsibility - in all that we do.

The Benefits

Staff discounts

Annual leave

Access to pensions

Salary sacrifice
schemes

Free car parking

Eye test and glasses reimbursements