At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead community projects to promote healthy lifestyles and reduce smoking in Suffolk.
- Company: Feel Good Suffolk, a service dedicated to improving health and wellbeing.
- Benefits: Generous holiday, pension scheme, flexible working, and employee discounts.
- Other info: Full training provided and opportunities for continuous learning.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in communities while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: No specific background needed; just bring your passion for health and community.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Development Officer
Feel Good Suffolk is the county’s healthy lifestyles service, supporting residents to stop smoking, manage a healthy weight, and get more active.
We’re looking for a Development Officer to drive the development of the service and lead our smoking cessation work.
About the role
This role will have real purpose, helping to reduce health inequalities and create lasting change in communities across Suffolk.
- Act as the day‑to‑day lead for county‑wide smoking cessation matters.
- Lead and support a team of advisors delivering targeted community projects.
- Develop and maintain referral pathways with health and community organisations.
- Monitor performance and support quality improvement across the service.
- Build strong partnerships across councils, the NHS, community groups, and local organisations.
- Support and oversee projects funded through Feel Good Suffolk’s grants and contracts.
- Produce reports, case studies, and presentations to showcase the impact of the services.
- Shape new initiatives that strengthen Suffolk’s smoke‑free future.
- Contribute to the overall development of Feel Good Suffolk.
You don’t need a background in smoking cessation—what matters is your ability to lead, organise, motivate, and deliver projects that make a difference . Full training and ongoing support will be provided.
Benefits
- Holiday entitlement of 25 days, increasing to 29 days after 5 years (pro rata for part‑time) plus bank holidays (with an option to buy up to 10 extra days each year subject to approval).
- Generous pension scheme – contribute between 5.5% and 6.8% (depending on your salary) and the council will contribute 16.4%.
- Life assurance – a payment of three times your annual salary.
- Flexible working options and agile working to enable work/life balance.
- Access to a unique employee benefits package with discounts and cashback on supermarkets, high‑street shops, holidays, mobile phones, electrical goods, savings and loan schemes, and many other products and services.
- Salary‑sacrifice benefits including Cycle to Work scheme, Tusker Leased Car Scheme, and Smart Tech (buy the latest tech products interest free and repay through your monthly salary).
- Rail and bus staff discounts.
- Health and wellbeing initiatives, including an employee assistance programme.
- Discounted membership at Abbeycroft Leisure centres.
- A culture of learning that inspires staff to focus on continuous learning.
- Modern office accommodation.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Georgina Howe, Strategic Manager for Feel Good Suffolk, on 01284 757116 or email georgina. howe@westsuffolk. gov. uk.
Please note, we are unable to accept CVs. Please follow the online application process to apply.
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