Health Promotion Project Lead

Provide Community; England; Remote; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Provide CIC is recruiting a health promotion lead to design and deliver HP interventions across Suffolk. You will work with communities at higher risk, tackle stigma around HIV/STIs, and drive testing and access to services.

You will also lead a training offer for professionals supporting underserved groups and young people. The role requires flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, with home or remote working options.

Qualifications

• Experience of delivering health promotion interventions to communities with health inequalities.
• Ability to train professionals and community groups in HP/RSHE.
• Experience supervising staff and conducting appraisals.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of HP and behaviour change interventions across Suffolk.
• Lead targeted HP for under-served communities to reduce HIV/STI stigma.
• Deliver comprehensive training for professionals and educational staff.
• Collaborate with partners and communities to meet local needs.

Skills

Driving licence

HP interventions

Interpersonal skills

Numeracy & literacy

workload management

Education

Health Promotion Qualification

Job description

• Full time
• Home or remote working

• Full time
• Flexible working
• Home or remote working

Main area Health promotion Grade £37,780 Contract Permanent Hours

35 hours per week (Expected to working flexibly to meet the needs of the service - evenings and weekends.) Job ref 828-PROVIDE4326

Employer Provide CIC Employer type NHS Site Suffolk Town Suffolk Salary £35,001 - £45,000 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 23/10/2026 23:59

Job Overview

The post holder will take a lead role in the design and delivery of effective health promotion (HP) and behaviour change interventions to both young people and the adult population across Suffolk.

The post holder will lead the health promotion of under-served and marginalised communities namely; People of African/Caribbean Heritage, Commercial Sex Workers (CSW), Men who have sex with men (MSM) and other groups at increased risk of poor sexual health outcomes. Delivery will be through community engagement approaches that tackle HIV/STI related stigma and discrimination. Delivering targeted interventions that increase knowledge and awareness of STIs including HIV, increase STI and HIV testing and highlight the benefits of early diagnosis, access to care treatment and increase the uptake of broader sexual health services across Suffolk.

The post holder will also lead the team delivering a comprehensive training offer to support professionals working with under-served groups, and those providing support to young people across Suffolk. This will include the delivery of relationships, sex and health education to educational staff, as well as educational sessions delivered directly to young people.

The role will require working closely with other professionals, organisations and stakeholders, as well as directly with local communities, to meet the needs of key target groups most at risk of poor sexual health and HIV outcomes

Main duties of the job

The post holder will take a lead role in the design and delivery of effective health promotion (HP) and behaviour change interventions to both young people and the adult population across Suffolk.

The post holder will lead the health promotion of under-served and marginalised communities namely; People of African/Caribbean Heritage, Commercial Sex Workers (CSW), Men who have sex with men (MSM) and other groups at increased risk of poor sexual health outcomes. Delivery will be through community engagement approaches that tackle HIV/STI related stigma and discrimination. Delivering targeted interventions that increase knowledge and awareness of STIs including HIV, increase STI and HIV testing and highlight the benefits of early diagnosis, access to care treatment and increase the uptake of broader sexual health services across Suffolk.

The post holder will also lead the team delivering a comprehensive training offer to support professionals working with under-served groups, and those providing support to young people across Suffolk. This will include the delivery of relationships, sex and health education to educational staff, as well as educational sessions delivered directly to young people.

The role will require working closely with other professionals, organisations and stakeholders, as well as directly with local communities, to meet the needs of key target groups most at risk of poor sexual health and HIV outcomes

Working for our organisation

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A Highly Respected, Award Winning Health And Social Care Provider. We Expect Our Staff To Demonstrate And Uphold Our Values At All Times

Vision:

Transforming Lives

Values:

Care, Innovation and Compassion

Mission:

An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men’s Networks.

Person specification

Essential criteria

• Clean driving licence & access to a car with the ability to travel, with required resources e.g. certain equipment when needed - across the county, working flexibly including working out of hours (evenings and weekends) when required

Essential criteria

• Experience of delivering and evaluating health promotion interventions to communities that experience health inequalities Experience of delivering education / training packages to professionals and/or community groups
• Hold a relevant Health Promotion Qualification or substantial experience in a Health Promotion Role
• Experience of managing staff including undertaking staff supervisions and appraisals.
• Experience of delivering education / training packages to professionals and/or community groups
• Excellent interpersonal skills: ability to communicate at different levels, build & manage relationships with a range of stakeholders
• Good standards of accuracy, numeracy and literacy; ability to produce reports and other documents on time and to an excellent standard
• Ability to manage and prioritise own workload and communicate to support/gain support from a wider team

Desirable criteria

• Knowledgeable about HIV prevention, sexual health, contraception and other health needs of communities at risk of poor sexual health and HIV in the UK
• A good level of knowledge about key national and local sexual health and HIV issues
• A good understanding of relationships, sex and health education (RSHE)
• To have a good understanding of the challenges that young people may face growing up, and how to talk to young people in an age-appropriate way

Task at interview

Essential criteria

• Candidates will be ask to complete a task at interview to demonstrate application of skills.

Desirable criteria

• Have a good understanding of the local area

Closing Date

Provide reserves the right to close this vacancy at any time or bring forward the closing date should it have an overwhelming response. We therefore encourage an early application to ensure consideration for this post.

Professional UK clinical registration required for the role?

If we require you to hold UK professional clinical registration to undertake a role we appoint you to, Provide will pay for your registration during the first year of your employment.

COVID-19 Vaccination

Provide CIC continues to encourage all colleagues to ensure they have been double vaccinated and received a booster vaccination.

We recognise taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, service users, customers, fellow colleagues, and their families.

Anti Fraud

Our staff have been trained in 'Anti-Fraud' and will use technology to examine identity/immigration documents.

Disability

If you have a disability and need assistance or more time to complete your application or attending interview, please contact a member of the HR Services Team on 0300 3030 2661 or [e-mail].

Work Trials

Please check with your local Job Centre Plus to see if you are eligible for a Work Trial. If you are interested in trying this job first, please contact the HR Services team and we can help you make the arrangements with the Job Centre and the Recruiting Manager.

We are committed to equal opportunities, flexible working practices and the National Living Wage.

Successful Applicant

You will be required to bring all your documentation to your interview to show the recruiting manager and again at your pre-employment appointment with the Recruitment Co-Ordinators.

The information that you provide will be treated confidentially. If you fail to provide all of the information, Provide may not be able to fulfil our contractual obligations to you or may be prevented from complying with our legal obligations.