Smoke Free Advisor

Change Grow Live; Lancaster; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Weekly wellbeing hour

Employee wellbeing support and pension

Discounts across shopping, leisure and

Learning and career progression

Opportunity to make a difference

Job summary

Change Grow Live is recruiting a Smoke Free Advisor to deliver stop smoking support across Lancashire, engaging with employers, healthcare professionals and community groups to promote services and referrals. You will also train professionals and volunteers, building ambassador networks and embedding cessation work within local communities.

Location is Lancashire-based with community outreach; 37.5 hours per week; permanent contract.

Qualifications

• Experience in health, wellbeing, public health, community development or social care settings.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Confident engaging with professionals, stakeholders, employers and community groups.
• Experience delivering training, presentations or workshops.
• Proactively identifying opportunities and building partnerships.
• Ability to motivate people from diverse backgrounds.
• Good IT skills and accurate record-keeping.
• Commitment to equality, inclusion and reaching health-inequality communities.
• Understanding of smoking cessation interventions or willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Deliver evidence-based stop smoking support one-to-one, group or remote.
• Build relationships with businesses, healthcare providers and community groups.
• Promote Smokefree Lancashire across communities and events.
• Identify opportunities to increase referrals and service reach.
• Deliver training and awareness sessions to professionals and communities.
• Develop networks of community ambassadors to champion messages.
• Collaborate with partner agencies to improve local outcomes.
• Tailor interventions for priority and underserved groups.
• Maintain records and contribute to performance and quality improvements.
• Keep up to date with national policy and best practices.

Skills

Public health experience

Communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Training delivery

Partnership development

Motivate diverse groups

Organisational IT skills

Equality and inclusion

Cessation knowledge

Job description

Salary: £26,296.03 to £27,165.10 a year, pro rata

Change Grow Live is a national charity committed to helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to their full potential. Our values of Be Open, Be Compassionate and Be Bold underpin everything we do and shape the way we support our communities, colleagues and partners.

Smokefree Lancashire delivers stop smoking support across 12 districts of Lancashire, helping thousands of people each year to live healthier, smoke-free lives. Through personalised support, evidence-based treatments, training, community engagement and strong local partnerships, we are working towards a smokefree future for Lancashire residents.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Smoke Free Advisor specialising on Community, Training and Volunteer Coordination to join our friendly and passionate team. This is an exciting role for someone who enjoys building relationships, working within communities and creating opportunities to increase access to stop smoking support.

Alongside delivering specialist stop smoking interventions, you will play a key role in promoting the service across Lancashire. You will work closely with employers, businesses, community organisations, healthcare professionals and local stakeholders to raise awareness of the service, develop referral pathways and identify new opportunities to reach people who would benefit from support. You will also contribute to the development of local ambassador networks and deliver training to professionals and community members, helping to embed smoking cessation within communities across Lancashire.

Location: Lancashire community-based and outreach venues

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Contract: Permanent

Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

What you'll do

As a Smoke Free Advisor, no two days will look the same.

• Deliver evidence-based stop smoking support through one-to-one, group and remote interventions.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with businesses, employers, healthcare providers, community organisations and other key stakeholders.
• Promote Smokefree Lancashire across communities, workplaces, events and local networks.
• Identify new opportunities to increase referrals, improve accessibility and expand service reach.
• Deliver engaging training and awareness sessions to professionals and community groups.
• Develop and support networks of community ambassadors who can help champion smokefree messages.
• Work collaboratively with partner agencies to improve outcomes for local populations.
• Tailor interventions to meet the needs of priority groups and underserved communities.
• Maintain accurate records and contribute to service performance, quality improvement and target achievement.
• Keep up to date with national policy, best practice and developments in smoking cessation.

About You

We're looking for someone who is passionate about improving health outcomes and confident in building positive relationships with a wide range of people.

You will have

• Experience working within health, wellbeing, public health, community development or social care settings.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
• Confidence engaging with professionals, stakeholders, employers and community groups.
• Experience of delivering training, presentations, workshops or community engagement activities.
• A proactive approach to identifying opportunities and creating partnerships.
• The ability to motivate and inspire people from diverse backgrounds.
• Good organisational and IT skills, including maintaining accurate records and data systems.
• A commitment to equality, inclusion and reaching communities most impacted by health inequalities.
• An understanding of smoking cessation interventions and wider public health approaches (or a willingness to develop this knowledge).

Why Join Us?

This is an opportunity to play a meaningful role in improving health across Lancashire while working as part of a supportive, forward-thinking team.

In return, we offer

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with service.
• A paid weekly wellbeing hour.
• Access to employee wellbeing support and assistance programmes.
• Contributory pension scheme.
• Discounts across shopping, leisure and holidays.
• Ongoing learning, development and career progression opportunities.
• The chance to make a genuine difference to the lives of people and communities across Lancashire.

A note about using AI in your applicationAI can be a really helpful tool when putting together your application, and we're happy for you to use it. However, what we're most interested in is you.We want to understand your experiences, achievements and strengths, so please make sure your application reflects your own story and clearly shows how you meet the essential criteria and the impact you've made in previous roles. There’s no need to write in a particular style. The strongest applications are those that are authentic, specific and clearly demonstrate your skills, experience and potential. We look forward to learning more about you.

Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK

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