Community Public Health Coordinator

The Community Public Health Coordinator’s role is to ensure the smooth running of group-based exercise, healthy cooking and health education sessions.

This forms part of our Community Public Health Programme in partnership with Open Age (lead partner), Fifty Plus Aged Eritrean Welfare Association, WAND UK and Pepper Pot Centre. This programme aims to address heart and lung health needs in Black Caribbean and African communities.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:

·       To ensure the smooth running of the Community Public Health Programme, working closely in partnership with our lead partner Open Age. 

·       To support the delivery of heart and lung health exercise, cooking and education sessions which include, however is not limited to, helping overcome language and cultural barriers, building trust and demonstrating the exercises.

·       To set up the room for the exercise, education and cooking sessions, including any furniture or other equipment as required.

·       To conduct essential administrative tasks involved with the coordination of the programme such as promotion, managing bookings, keeping accurate registers and ensuring appropriate forms and documentation are completed.

·       To collect, monitor, evaluate and report data, using IT, to the Open Age Senior Clinical Exercise Specialist to demonstrate the impact of the Community Public Health Programme.

·       To support exercise assessments of participants to monitor changes and improvements.

·       To advise how the programme can be delivered in a culturally sensitive manner to help increase community engagement.

·       To promote and market the programme to increase reach in the Royal Borough Kensington and Chelsea community.

·       To communicate effectively with participants to promote the general benefits of exercise and healthy eating within our community.

·       To attend multi-agency meetings with our Community Public Health Programme partners to share learning, challenges and success stories.

·       To carry out any other duties that may be reasonably required by the Open Age Senior Clinical Exercise Specialist.

·       To work flexibly within the job description and to carry out any other duties as required, supporting the changing needs of the programme.

·       To undertake any training that is deemed necessary for the delivery of programme.

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES AND EXPERIENCE:

• This is a front-facing role and therefore requires strong customer service skills, such as excellent communication and written communication (in-person and via telephone)
• Motivated and enthusiastic
• Excellent administration skills and attention to detail
• Excellent listening skills, combined with patience and understanding
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build great relationships with partners, members and work colleagues
• Strong IT skills and a familiarity with data entry – knowledge of Microsoft Office including Teams
• Willing to learn and attend training, such as exercise qualifications
• Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team
• Sensitivity to difference and diversity among participants and a commitment to putting equal opportunities principles into practice
• Reliable, flexible and the ability to manage time effectively to manage workloads, set priorities and meet strict deadlines
• Ability to write reports, work with data and utilise Microsoft Office
• Ability to multitask and respond to changing needs
• Compassion for the issues facing older people
• Ability to cope with change