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Health Promotion Specialist
| Posting date: | 11 February 2025 |
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| Salary: | £45,510 to £50,574 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 February 2025 |
| Location: | Kingston Upon Thames, South West London |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Kingston Council |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 3390 |
Summary
About the Borough
This special place in South West London between the capital and the country has been a Royal borough longer than anywhere else - it is where the first kings of England were crowned.
Today it is a vibrant and diverse borough, with a long history and strong cultural and community heritage. Kingston's riverside location, fantastic retail offer, historic market place and church, parks and gardens all make Kingston town centre the vibrant space it is, and each of our district town centres (Surbiton, New Malden, Tolworth and Chessington) have something unique to offer.
Situated in Zone 6, Kingston is among the best-connected town centres in London – with direct train links from Kingston and Surbiton stations to Clapham Junction and London Waterloo, as well as Wimbledon for an interchange with the London Underground and Tramlink.
Kingston’s people are innovative and entrepreneurial, and have a strong sense of community pride. The borough has been home to great industry and creativity for many years, reflected in assets such as the Rose Theatre, the International Youth Arts Festival and Kingston University, which boasts more new graduate business start-ups than any other.
We have seen tremendous generosity and compassion within our communities, particularly in response to COVID-19, which is a demonstration of Kingston’s key strength. The council offers a strong level of support to vulnerable groups and those who need additional support, which has also increased significantly as a result of the pandemic. Like most places, the average age of our population is rising as more people are living longer, so we are working closely with residents to help them maintain their independence and further improve the cost effectiveness of our service to meet the ongoing rise in demand.
Kingston is home to people from diverse and interesting cultures and backgrounds, which helps to create the rich sense of community shared across the borough. In particular, Kingston has a large Sri Lankan Tamil community and is home to more people from Korea than any other part of the UK.
About the Role and our Ideal Candidate
In order to successfully deliver the responsibilities of the role, you will need to have strong ICT, Communications and health promotion skills. We are looking for someone with experience of working in a Public Health role, with a passion for delivering health messages in an accessible, relatable way for our residents.
About Us
Preventing ill health and reducing health inequalities are key corporate priorities and are areas in which Kingston’s Public Health team takes a key role. In our partnership relationships, through our social prescribing website, Connected Kingston, and social media marketing, we work to help get the right information to the right people at the right time.
You will lead and coordinate the development and delivery of Public Health messaging across Kingston in line with our health priorities. You will report to the Health in All Policies lead, and support work across the whole Public Health team.
If you want to be part of an innovative, creative team in an organisation that is forward-thinking and ambitious about improving health, we want to hear from you.
This special place in South West London between the capital and the country has been a Royal borough longer than anywhere else - it is where the first kings of England were crowned.
Today it is a vibrant and diverse borough, with a long history and strong cultural and community heritage. Kingston's riverside location, fantastic retail offer, historic market place and church, parks and gardens all make Kingston town centre the vibrant space it is, and each of our district town centres (Surbiton, New Malden, Tolworth and Chessington) have something unique to offer.
Situated in Zone 6, Kingston is among the best-connected town centres in London – with direct train links from Kingston and Surbiton stations to Clapham Junction and London Waterloo, as well as Wimbledon for an interchange with the London Underground and Tramlink.
Kingston’s people are innovative and entrepreneurial, and have a strong sense of community pride. The borough has been home to great industry and creativity for many years, reflected in assets such as the Rose Theatre, the International Youth Arts Festival and Kingston University, which boasts more new graduate business start-ups than any other.
We have seen tremendous generosity and compassion within our communities, particularly in response to COVID-19, which is a demonstration of Kingston’s key strength. The council offers a strong level of support to vulnerable groups and those who need additional support, which has also increased significantly as a result of the pandemic. Like most places, the average age of our population is rising as more people are living longer, so we are working closely with residents to help them maintain their independence and further improve the cost effectiveness of our service to meet the ongoing rise in demand.
Kingston is home to people from diverse and interesting cultures and backgrounds, which helps to create the rich sense of community shared across the borough. In particular, Kingston has a large Sri Lankan Tamil community and is home to more people from Korea than any other part of the UK.
About the Role and our Ideal Candidate
In order to successfully deliver the responsibilities of the role, you will need to have strong ICT, Communications and health promotion skills. We are looking for someone with experience of working in a Public Health role, with a passion for delivering health messages in an accessible, relatable way for our residents.
About Us
Preventing ill health and reducing health inequalities are key corporate priorities and are areas in which Kingston’s Public Health team takes a key role. In our partnership relationships, through our social prescribing website, Connected Kingston, and social media marketing, we work to help get the right information to the right people at the right time.
You will lead and coordinate the development and delivery of Public Health messaging across Kingston in line with our health priorities. You will report to the Health in All Policies lead, and support work across the whole Public Health team.
If you want to be part of an innovative, creative team in an organisation that is forward-thinking and ambitious about improving health, we want to hear from you.
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