Health and Wellbeing Programme Lead in Blackheath

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Programme Lead to join our Health & Wellbeing team at Enable!

About Us:

Enable is a charity dedicated to improving people's wellbeing and strengthening local communities. We work with councils, charities and other local organisations to deliver health, leisure, community services and events that enrich people's lives and strengthen our local community.

At Enable, we value our employees and our culture, focusing on embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive, flexible and fun environment for employees to perform at their best. On top of a competitive salary and flexible working environment, employees will also receive:

• 30 days of annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays)
• Life Insurance
• Reward Schemes (RewardHub Membership, wellbeing budgets and cycle to work)
• A variety of social and wellbeing activities each month
• Mental Health & Wellbeing Perks (Monthly talks, Wellbeing Hour, etc)

Reports to: Lewisham Community Space Manager

Based: Lewisham / Battersea

Contract: Permanent, Full Time/Part Time

Work Arrangement: 40 hours per week

Role Overview:

The Health and Wellbeing Team are a passionate group of health professionals who empower people to make lasting changes to their health and wellbeing and improve their quality of life. We put the person at the centre of everything we do, building innovative initiatives that tackle barriers to improving health. We are experts at reducing health inequalities, real or perceived, and creating lasting changes.

Reporting to the Lewisham Community Space Manager, the Health and Wellbeing Programme Lead (Lewisham) will be responsible for leading the Healthy Walks programme in Lewisham. This person will manage existing walks and volunteer walk leaders, develop new activities to increase physical activity across Lewisham, promote physical activity opportunities through newsletters, workshops, and other events and support activities, events and operations at Lewisham Community Space.

Main Duties/Responsibilities:

• Responsible for management and development of all aspects of the Healthy Walks programme in Lewisham. This includes planning, development, delivery, promotion, and reporting.
• Responsible for a programme of physical activity opportunity promotion to local residents.
• Recruit, train, and supervise volunteers and delivery staff. This includes rewarding volunteers and motivating the team.
• Develop partnerships and relationships with key stakeholders to support the delivery and growth of the Lewisham Healthy Walks programme.
• Work in partnership with Ramblers Wellbeing Walks to ensure the Lewisham Healthy Walks meet standards and requirements of being a Ramblers Wellbeing Walk.
• Working with Enable Marketing and Communications department create and implement a marketing and communication plan. This will include press releases, social media activity, producing promotional literature.
• Attend community events to promote the Healthy Walks programme and other physical activity opportunities.
• Manage project and programme budgets as required. Monitor and document income and expenditure according to Enable LC policy and procedure.
• Monitor and evaluate the impact of your work. Provide written reports, summaries, and presentations as required.
• Manage key performance data from walks, including the collection of this data. Record key outcomes and indicators effectively to ensure reporting is accurate and delivered on-time.
• Identify and apply for additional funds to support the growth of the programme.
• Assist in managing resources provided to support the departments work including staff, volunteers, materials, and equipment ensuring these are used and maintained effectively.

Additional Responsibilities:

• To be committed to the promotion of equality, diversity and inclusion for others, both colleagues and clients and maintain an awareness of the equality and diversity protocol; to work to create and maintain a safe, supportive and welcoming environment where all people are treated with dignity and their identity and culture are valued and respected and to report any instances of inappropriate behaviour or discrimination.
• To be fully aware of the principles of safeguarding as they apply to vulnerable adults in relation to your work role. To ensure that your line manager is made aware and kept fully informed of any concerns which you may have in relation to safeguarding and/or child protection.
• Evening and weekend working as required and this is subject to seasonal variations.

Skills and Experience:

• Holds an appropriate degree or equivalent qualification in health, sport or exercise sciences (or similar) to demonstrate expertise.
• Experience of recruiting, deploying, supervising and training volunteers, including strategies for motivating and rewarding them.
• Experience of sports development and working with target groups to encourage participation in physical activity or sport, understanding of the benefits of physical activity.
• Knowledge & awareness of relevant national, regional and local policies and initiatives within health, physical activity and public health, including social, economic and environmental factors.
• Knowledge and understanding of Ramblers Wellbeing Walks (desirable).
• Local knowledge of Lewisham and awareness of the voluntary and community services that operate in the borough (desirable).
• Excellent organisation, planning and time management skills.
• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written. Able to communicate with a range of different partners in a meaningful way.
• Strong customer and interpersonal skills with the ability and confidence to listen actively, motivate, support, and advocate. Able to develop effective working relationships with a wide range of customers, organisations and partners.
• Strong IT and web-based skills, with good experience using Microsoft Office, including Excel and Outlook, and online monitoring systems.
• Able to collect, monitor and analyse data accurately, producing KPIs and evaluation reports.
• Able to work effectively unsupervised and with others in a team openly and collaboratively, valuing their differences creating a working environment which helps achieve goals.
• Flexibility; able to work at multiple locations, and work hours required by post including early mornings, evenings, weekends and bank/public holidays.

This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a company that positively impacts the community around them! If you are someone that is motivated by a desire to enrich the lives of others and make a genuine difference, then please Apply Now and follow the prompts.

If this role is not quite right, however you are still interested in working at Enable then we encourage you to get in touch today on hr@enablelc.org.

Enable is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. To find out more on our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit our website.