Overview
Job Description
Salary: £28,163 – £30,060 pro rata
Hours per week: 28.5 hours
Temporary/Fixed term: 18 months
Interview date: Tuesday 13 May & Wednesday 14 May 2025
Public Health – Championing Community Wellbeing
Do you have a passion for helping others improve their health? If so, join the Health Improvement Team and support our community by becoming a smoking cessation coach.
Our vision is to create stronger, more resilient communities and to support people in Wiltshire to live healthy, active and high-quality lives. We deliver this vision by improving health and wellbeing across the county, reducing health inequalities, and protecting the most vulnerable.
Our staff say: “We love working with so many likeminded people, who are all passionate about helping others to improve their health and wellbeing. The team are very supportive of each other and encourage each other to be their best”
As a Health Coach you will work within our Wiltshire Health Improvement Hub to deliver smoking cessation programmes and one to one coaching to Wiltshire residents. Your role also involves working with colleagues across the Council and with community partners, contributing to broader projects enhancing the health and wellbeing of Wiltshire residents. This role does require availability to work outside of standard business hours, including evenings and weekends. Travel across Wiltshire is required, therefore access to your own vehicle is essential.
We are looking for an innovative and motivational individual with community engagement experience and the ability to deliver initiatives for positive behaviour change. Ideally you will hold at least a Level 3 Health Training/Coaching qualification or equivalent, along with a strong knowledge of health improvement and behaviour change interventions. Experience reading and using medical or surgical terms would be desirable but is not essential.
Why us?
Wiltshire Council is a friendly, welcoming place to work, with a ‘One Council’ ethos. That’s why we focus on getting the things that matter to our people right. Explore more benefits here!
Please download and read the role description and person specification carefully before you apply as well as Our Identity .
The council is committed to creating an environment of positive working relationships where everyone feels engaged, supported and able to thrive. Our Identity is a framework which sets out how we are all expected to lead, work and act to deliver our services. We will not tolerate discrimination, bullying or harassment of any kind. Everyone is expected to promote a culture of inclusion, dignity, trust and respect which is underpinned by our vision and Our Identity framework.
For more details, contact Kristal Hinder, Public Health Practitioner, at Kristal.Hinder@Wiltshire.gov.uk or call 01225 718663.
This role may be subject to certain successful security checks; please see the role description for more information.
We are firmly committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and to the principles of inclusion and diversity in both employment and the delivery of services. Read our statement of commitment to equality and inclusion .
Disability Confident Employer
Application process
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