Barnet Health Champions, Coordinator

Groundwork; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community-focused organization in London is seeking a Coordinator to oversee the Barnet Health Champions project. The role involves recruiting and managing volunteers, facilitating workshops, and addressing health disparities in the community. The ideal candidate should have strong communication skills and experience working with diverse groups. This position adopts flexible hours to accommodate evening events, allowing for impactful community engagement.

Qualifications

• Experience working with Barnet's diverse communities, particularly those affected by health disparities.
• Strong communication skills for digital and in-person interactions.
• Ability to coordinate and manage volunteers.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, train and manage Healthy Homes Champions.
• Facilitate community workshops and networking events.
• Collaborate with partners to develop training resources on health topics.
• Attend targeted community events and support health initiatives.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Experience coordinating volunteers

Knowledge about fuel poverty impact

Awareness of health inequalities

Job description

Are you passionate about health and making a difference to local communities? Groundwork London are seeking a Coordinator to shape and deliver the next phase of Barnet Health Champions.

Since 2019, Groundwork London has delivered the Barnet Health Champions project, in partnership with Barnet Public Health. Set up as a direct response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but now with a focus on wider health priorities, the Barnet Health Champions project has built a mutually beneficial communication system in Barnet that enables people to help their family, friends and other community members to understand key health messaging and to increase awareness of local services.

In 2026, Barnet Health Champions will transition into a new phase, focusing on supporting communities adversely affected by rising levels of fuel poverty and health inequalities in the borough, including properties in the west of the borough; Disabled people / residents living with long term health conditions; African, Asian and Caribbean people; older adults; lone parents; low-income households and refugee / migrant residents.

Working alongside the Groundwork Green Doctor service and delivery partner, Inclusion Barnet, our team of recruited Healthy Homes Champions (volunteers) will provide a holistic package of health support and energy efficiency guidance to Barnet residents. Healthy Homes Champions will receive specialist training and have access to a wide range of digital and printed assets on up-to-date health, wellbeing, and energy efficiency information to share with communities. Champions will be equipped to both disseminate information through their local networks (digitally and in person) and to attend community events alongside Groundwork.

The Barnet Health Champions Coordinator will be responsible for the planning, coordination, delivery and evaluation of the project.

Primary Duties

• Healthy Homes Champion recruitment, induction, training and ongoing coordination/management
• Work with partners to identify training and asset production in priority health topics impacted by fuel poverty and cold homes
• Work with partners to plan and facilitate online and face-to-face information workshops, inductions, network meetings and focus groups with Healthy Homes Champions
• Identify and attend targeted events, workshops and networks to attend with Healthy Homes Champions, focusing on priority community engagement

This role will adopt flexible hours, to attend evening workshops (support from colleagues available). The postholder will be supported to complete training in 'fuel poverty awareness' and 'fuel poverty and health.'

Qualifications

• Connections with, or experience of, working with identified priority Barnet communities, including properties in the west of the borough; Disabled / residents /people living with long term health conditions; African, Asian and Caribbean people; older adults; lone parents; low-income households and refugee / migrant residents
• Excellent communication skills, including digital channels, and online and face-to-face event facilitation
• Experience working with/coordinating volunteers
• Knowledge or willingness to learn about the impact of fuel poverty on physical and mental health
• Awareness of health inequalities in Barnet, Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to .

Groundwork London works with communities across the capital to transform their lives and the places they live. In Barnet, Groundwork London is a proud partner of Barnet Together, an award-winning Partnership between Inclusion Barnet, Volunteering Barnet and Young Barnet Foundation. Together we provide quality training, volunteering support and vital resources and advice for Barnet's Community, Voluntary, Faith and Social Enterprise sector. The partnership supports the delivery of the Health Champions project.