Service Development Officer (Health Improvement)

This post will play an important role in providing support to deliver projects across weight management, obesity, stop smoking, tobacco control and physical activity. These are all areas of high priority which have been prioritised in the PH strategy and the Health and Wellbeing Strategy. This will be a permanent position and will report to the Public Health Lead (Health Improvement).
The post will be responsible for some of the following:
+ Development and coordination of exercise on referral programme, working with Active Derbyshire, LLBD hub, district and borough leisure partners, social prescribers.
+ Development and support of new LLBD new maternal healthy weight and physical activity project. This will involve working with the steering group, Public Health 0-19 team, community midwifery and other partners to develop marketing approaches, signposting information and other required activities to support and develop this workstream.
+ Working with school catering on a new approach to cook and eat sessions and developing related information and materials.
+ Support and development of projects related to tobacco control and stop smoking services.
+ Working with public health practitioners, service managers and public health leads within health improvement, and across wider public health- on a range of projects relevant to health improvement.
+ Matrix work with localities programme where required.
+ Line management of staff as required.

Employees have access to a range of benefits and discounts including:
+ Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
+ 27 days annual leave per year (rising to 32 days after 5 years continuous service) plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata).
+ Training and development opportunities.
+ Paid travel expenses if required to travel to other sites.
+ Smarter travel scheme including access to the cycle to work scheme.
+ Supportive management and team.
+ Access to our in-house occupational services which also includes free eye tests, physiotherapy and counselling.
+ Derbyshire rewards - offering hundreds of discounts and cashback .
More details on the benefits of working for the council can be found on our reward and recognition page here