Programme Manager - Health Prevention (FTC)
Home-based

About Us

Perennial is the nation's only charity dedicated to helping people in horticulture. Together with our network of partners, we provide free support, information, advice, financial assistance and services for horticulturalists and their loved ones experiencing illness, disability, bereavement, family breakdown and financial difficulties.

We have a real focus on improving health and wellbeing outcomes of people working in horticulture and have an ambitious preventative strategy to create better futures for people working in horticulture.

We are now looking for a Programme Manager to join us on a full-time two year fixed term contract, working 37.5 hours per week.

The Benefits

- Salary of c£36,000 per annum (depending on experience)
- 25 days’ holiday per annum, plus Bank Holidays (increasing with long service)
- Pension
- DIS benefit (3x salary)
- Sickness pay
- Comprehensive benefits package
- Well-established family friendly policies, including the ability to have extra unpaid leave
- Time off for dependants
- Company car/car benefit

This is an incredible opportunity for a health promotion or prevention professional with experience of health and wellbeing training to advance their career with an exciting contract.

We understand the devastating impact that bereavement, money worries, ill health, homelessness, redundancy and family breakdown can have on people’s lives. We’re here to help people in horticulture create better futures and your role will be key to delivering a critical programme of health and wellbeing initiatives.

So, if you want to help us develop a long-term preventative health strategy and provide vital support and advice to people as they tackle some of life’s biggest challenges, apply today.

The Role

As a Programme Manager, you will play a key role in the development of our health and wellbeing operations practice and activities. You will also contribute to the implementation of our ‘Prevent’ strategy.

Developing key preventative health strategies based on credible research evidence, you will raise awareness of key health issues and reduce the effects of existing health problems affecting people in the horticultural industry.

Working as part of a small team, you will support the identification and evaluation of contributory factors to health conditions. You will develop influential partnerships, raising awareness of key health challenges and improving ways health information is communicated, distributed and accessed.

Additionally, you will:

- Deliver health and wellbeing programmes, including events, activities, volunteer recruitment
- Support the development of new opportunities with local and national health and wellbeing partners
- Develop relevant strategies and action plans
- Deliver plans, monitoring progress and evaluating results
- Co-ordinate activities on different topics in support of the health activities
- Raise awareness of key health issues and promoting health services
- Provide information on subjects linked to key strategic objectives and related activities

About You

To join us as a Programme Manager, you will need:

- A qualification in public health or health promotion
- A minimum of three years’ experience in health promotion and/or prevention work
- Relevant health promotion knowledge of health education strategies and priorities
- Experience of developing strategic plans and overseeing their successful implementation
- Experience of designing, developing, delivering and evaluating training in relation to health and wellbeing initiatives and encouraging other stakeholders to become involved in delivering training
- A successful track record in developing successful, effective partnerships and co-production of programmes at scale
- A proven track record in management with the ability to motivate and inspire others
- Excellent project management skills with experience of developing and delivering against a strategy, working towards targets and financial budgets
- Experience of measuring programme outcomes, impact and implementing continuous improvement
- Experience of engaging key stakeholders
- Experience of giving oral presentations
- Experience of working with volunteers and implementing volunteer programmes
- Understanding of safeguarding practice and ability to apply this in practice as appropriate
- The ability and willingness to work both independently and as part of a team

The closing date for applications is 14th November 2021. Please note, you may be asked to attend an interview at short notice.

This is a full-time role working 37.5 hours per week, which may involve travel and occasional evenings and weekends, including overnight stays.

Other organisations may call this role Health Promotion Officer, Health Project Manager, Health Project Officer, Health and Wellbeing Officer, or Health Programme Officer.

Webrecruit and Perennial are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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