Job summary
Do you want to be a part of a dynamic new service focused on creating healthier futures for children, young people & families across Warwickshire?
As a Team Leader Health Promotion, you will work closely with schools, families & partners to deliver positive health messages in ways that feel practical, engaging and relevant. Your work will be varied, combining direct delivery with planning, coordination and relationship building across communities.
A key responsibility is leading the National Child Measurement Programme in the county. You will plan, deliver and evaluate the programme, support schools to achieve strong participation and ensure data is accurate, complete and uploaded to the national database. You will analyse trends and contribute to reports that help shape local public health understanding.
Alongside this, you will lead and support health needs assessments, Peer Ambassador programmes and parent workshops, creating inclusive & age appropriate sessions that encourage lifelong healthy habits. You will also work with our partners to support public health campaigns and community based initiatives.
You will provide leadership and line management, supporting colleagues to deliver consistent, quality health education. Building relationships is central to the role, and your insight and ideas will help shape how communities experience health & wellbeing support.
Although this is a remote role, youll travel around Warwickshire carrying out your amazing & exciting work.
Main duties of the job
You are passionate about improving health outcomes and motivated by making a real difference for children, young people and families. You bring energy, confidence and curiosity to your work and enjoy leading others while staying connected to frontline delivery. You are comfortable working with people and data, and you use insight to inform action.
Essential criteria
- Degree qualification or equivalent
- Experience working in a health improvement or health promotion role
- Experience working with children, young people, families and communities
- Experience of working as part of a team to promote positive health messages
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to guide, support and supervise others
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage children and young people aged 5 to 19
- Ability to manage workload, prioritise effectively and adapt to changing demands
- Understanding of data collection, compliance and meeting targets
- Good IT skills
- Ability to recognise and appropriately escalate risk
- Car driver with daily access to a car or Access to Work
Experience of leading projects, analysing data, producing reports, line management or working with public health campaigns and partners would be great but arent dealbreakers.
If you want a role where your leadership, creativity and commitment help shape healthier futures, this is your chance to make a real change in peoples everyday lives.
About us
Compass is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. Established for over 30 years, Compass is a national charity which works in communities across the UK providing services spanning substance misuse treatment and rehabilitation, early interventions for vulnerable young people, school-aged health programmes and associated prevention as well as treatment and health promotion initiatives.
All Compass posts are subject to appropriate level DBS checks.
We positively encourage applications from all members of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age, or sexual orientation, and encourage applications from people who have experiences in life which enrich skills and empathy. This is part of our commitment to equality and developing a truly inclusive and representative workforce.
We are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments individuals may require in the recruitment process, on commencement, or once in post.
Benefits
We offer a range of benefits including:
- 27 days holiday + bank holidays, rising to 32 days over time (pro rata)
- Life assurance at 2 x basic salary
- Competitive contributory pension scheme
- 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and OH service
- Enhanced sick pay
- Excellent learning & development opportunities and career progression
- Annual performance/salary review
Help us to make a positive change to the lives of children and young people!
Closing date: 11th Jan 26
Interview date: 21st Jan 26
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Do you want to be a part of a dynamic new service focused on creating healthier futures for children, young people & families across Warwickshire?
As a Team Leader Health Promotion, you will work closely with schools, families & partners to deliver positive health messages in ways that feel practical, engaging and relevant. Your work will be varied, combining direct delivery with planning, coordination and relationship building across communities.
A key responsibility is leading the National Child Measurement Programme in the county. You will plan, deliver and evaluate the programme, support schools to achieve strong participation and ensure data is accurate, complete and uploaded to the national database. You will analyse trends and contribute to reports that help shape local public health understanding.
Alongside this, you will lead and support health needs assessments, Peer Ambassador programmes and parent workshops, creating inclusive & age appropriate sessions that encourage lifelong healthy habits. You will also work with our partners to support public health campaigns and community based initiatives.
You will provide leadership and line management, supporting colleagues to deliver consistent, quality health education. Building relationships is central to the role, and your insight and ideas will help shape how communities experience health & wellbeing support.
Although this is a remote role, youll travel around Warwickshire carrying out your amazing & exciting work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Do you want to be a part of a dynamic new service focused on creating healthier futures for children, young people & families across Warwickshire?
As a Team Leader Health Promotion, you will work closely with schools, families & partners to deliver positive health messages in ways that feel practical, engaging and relevant. Your work will be varied, combining direct delivery with planning, coordination and relationship building across communities.
A key responsibility is leading the National Child Measurement Programme in the county. You will plan, deliver and evaluate the programme, support schools to achieve strong participation and ensure data is accurate, complete and uploaded to the national database. You will analyse trends and contribute to reports that help shape local public health understanding.
Alongside this, you will lead and support health needs assessments, Peer Ambassador programmes and parent workshops, creating inclusive & age appropriate sessions that encourage lifelong healthy habits. You will also work with our partners to support public health campaigns and community based initiatives.
You will provide leadership and line management, supporting colleagues to deliver consistent, quality health education. Building relationships is central to the role, and your insight and ideas will help shape how communities experience health & wellbeing support.
Although this is a remote role, youll travel around Warwickshire carrying out your amazing & exciting work.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree qualification or equivalent
Desirable
- Registered Nurse
- Post Graduate qualification in Public Health/Health Promotion or related discipline
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience, skills and attributes in a health improvement role
- Working as part of a team to promote positive health messages
- Working with children, young people, families and communities
Desirable
- Leading and accountability for, health promotion initiatives/interventions
- Data compliance, analysis, report writing and presentation skills
- Leading and overseeing projects, including project planning, implementation, monitoring, review, analysis and evaluation
- Leadership and line management of others
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Ability to lead others and delegate/supervise staff
- Recognition and escalation of risk, contributing to control measure
- Planning workload, time management
- Work under pressure and able to manage changing priorities
- Understand need for evidence and statistical data collection, and achieving targets
- Good IT skills
- Team player and an enthusiastic personality
- Multi-agency/disciplinary working
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage CYPF
- Innovate practice and ability to influence others
- Ability to analyse, evaluate and rationalise data and enable progressive models of delivery and intervention
- Visionary approach to managing change and transition
- Positive attitude, flexible and adaptable, solution focused and tenacious
Desirable
- Car driver and have daily access to a car or Access to Work
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree qualification or equivalent
Desirable
- Registered Nurse
- Post Graduate qualification in Public Health/Health Promotion or related discipline
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience, skills and attributes in a health improvement role
- Working as part of a team to promote positive health messages
- Working with children, young people, families and communities
Desirable
- Leading and accountability for, health promotion initiatives/interventions
- Data compliance, analysis, report writing and presentation skills
- Leading and overseeing projects, including project planning, implementation, monitoring, review, analysis and evaluation
- Leadership and line management of others
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Ability to lead others and delegate/supervise staff
- Recognition and escalation of risk, contributing to control measure
- Planning workload, time management
- Work under pressure and able to manage changing priorities
- Understand need for evidence and statistical data collection, and achieving targets
- Good IT skills
- Team player and an enthusiastic personality
- Multi-agency/disciplinary working
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to engage CYPF
- Innovate practice and ability to influence others
- Ability to analyse, evaluate and rationalise data and enable progressive models of delivery and intervention
- Visionary approach to managing change and transition
- Positive attitude, flexible and adaptable, solution focused and tenacious
Desirable
- Car driver and have daily access to a car or Access to Work
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
