Our Project Officers engage communities to take part in wellbeing sessions, training courses and volunteering events. Working with project partners and creating partnerships with individuals, communities and providers, working with a diverse participants across the Local Authority geographical area as specified. Contract: 3 days per week. Fixed term until Dec 2025 (depending on maternity leave) Job Purpose: Summary: The Project Officer will work alongside the Afan Valley GP cluster and social prescribing team linked to the surgery to establish referrals from within local communities for those most in need of support. This will target areas high in deprivation with higher unemployment. The Project Officer will arrange the programmes ensuring relevant permissions, health and safety and risk management procedures are in place. To manage, deliver, monitor and report on this new development project To coordinate the delivery of a woodland and nature based programme in the Afan Valley GP cluster areas, working with project partners to support local people to design and access support most beneficial for the area. To establish new sites links for delivery, for accessibility of the local communities To increase social prescribing to woodlands through direct work with the social prescribers and GP practise, promoting activities and embedding outdoor provision within the system. This project is funded by National Lottery Community Fund for a two year period. Application deadline: 9am Friday 18th April 2025