Band 6 Startwell Physical Activity Lead | Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare organization in Birmingham seeks a Physical Activity Lead for their Startwell Team. The role focuses on guiding Early Years settings towards healthier environments, providing tailored support, and delivering training on physical activity. Join us to make a real difference in children's health and wellbeing across Birmingham.

Benefits

CPD opportunities

Mentoring

Clinical supervision

Qualifications

• Experience in early years physical activity and working with children.
• Ability to design and deliver training sessions.
• Knowledge of obesity prevention strategies.

Responsibilities

• Guide Early Years settings through the Startwell Award process.
• Design and deliver training on physical activity.
• Manage a caseload of Early Years settings.

Job description

Physical Activity Lead – Early Years

We are seeking a Physical Activity Lead to join our Startwell Team, part of Birmingham’s obesity prevention programme for Early Years settings.

Startwell supports nurseries, Children’s Centre, parents, and health professionals to create healthier environments for children and families. The programme focuses oneight key messagesaround food, physical activity and oral health, helping Early Years settings achieve theStartwell Awardby meeting set criteria.

The team has a variety of job roles including Nutritionists and Early Years lead. This allows for shared learning and experiences within the team. The post holder will manage their own caseload of Early Years settings, guiding them through the Startwell Award process and offering tailored support. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring the team are up to date onearly years physical activityand are using evidence based practices.

In addition, the post holder willdesign and deliver trainingon Startwell andphysical activityfor Early Years settings and professionals at centralised sessions. This role offers the opportunity to make a real difference to children’s health and wellbeing across Birmingham.

The service supports personal development via CPD opportunities, mentoring, clinical supervision and departmental Clinical Update meetings.

For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification.

This advert closes on Wednesday 22 Oct 2025.