HEALTH AND WELLBEING COORDINATOR
Working closely with the Health and Wellbeing Manager, you will work collaboratively in the health team to coordinate the delivery of the Middlesbrough FC Foundation’s Health and Wellbeing provision aimed at adults through physical and mental wellbeing delivery. You will be responsible for leading on the management, coordination and delivery of sessions with local beneficiaries. In addition, the role will also have occasional front-line delivery responsibility, engaging with local people.
At the Foundation, we are committed to living and embedding our core values (quality, inspire, teamwork, inclusion, and honesty and integrity) in how we deliver our activity and interact with our partners and colleagues.
The Role
1. Coordinate and manage the delivery of the physical and mental wellbeing programmes and other initiatives, including developing and rolling out a delivery plan identifying ways to expand the programme and attract further funding.
2. Build strong relationships with a range of partners including the NHS, local Primary Care Networks You’ve Got This, Teesside University, and Catalyst.
3. Manage overall programme budgets, working with the Health and Wellbeing Manager and Senior Operations Manager to secure grants to develop a sustainable programme.
4. Promote an inclusive approach to engagement, providing opportunities for all people who need the support to engage including liaising with the various Foundation equality, diversity and inclusion leads.
5. Consult with the Designated Safeguarding Officer to understand, support, apply and promote the complex safeguarding and risk requirements of delivery.
6. Work with the Data and Impact Coordinator and Communications Manager to review and analyse programme performance to ensure delivery is on track and to best communicate the impact of the Foundation programmes on participants.
7. Demonstrate a strong commitment to inclusive practices, adapting resources and engagements to ensure equal opportunities for all.
Person Requirements
Essential
1. Experience of engaging with adults, with experience of working within a community setting.
2. An understanding and passion for improving the ability, opportunity, and dignity of disadvantaged people and under-represented groups or individuals in our communities.
3. An excellent knowledge and understanding of safeguarding. A satisfactory enhanced DBS check will need to be completed.
4. Experience in project management.
5. Excellent verbal and written communication skills and an ability to adapt communication methods to best engage within a variety of settings.
6. Commitment to supporting match days on occasion.
7. A valid driving licence, with access to own transport with business insurance, and willingness to travel within Tees Valley and be eligible to work in the UK.
Desirable
1. An understanding of how to measure impact.
2. Knowledge of local delivery partners, locations, and facilities who can support the programme.
3. Dementia Friendly training or equivalent.
4. Disability and inclusion qualification and/or experience.
5. UKCC Level 1 sports coaching qualification or above.
6. Emergency First Aid qualification and The FA Safeguarding or equivalent qualifications.
Full job descriptions are available at https://mfcfoundation.co.uk/get-involved/careers.
If you would like to apply for any of the above roles and can demonstrate the Foundation’s core values, please email your CV to recruitment@mfcfoundation.co.uk and specify which role you are interested in applying for. Shortlisted candidates will be required to complete an application form.
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS: 24 FEBRUARY 2025
These posts fall within the scope of ‘regulated activity’ and are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974). Successful applicants will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service (formerly CRB) check and are required to declare any convictions, cautions, reprimands, and final warnings that are not ‘protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders (Exemptions) Act 1975.
MFCF is an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. MFCF is also committed to the safeguarding of vulnerable groups.
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