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Contract: Fixed-term, 2 years with scope to extend.
Term: Full-time.
Salary: £26,500 – 30,000 dependant on experience.
Hours per week: 37.5 hours.
Reporting to: Director.
Location: Hybrid working with office in Liverpool City Centre.
Employer Bio
Health Equalities Group (HEG) is a public health charity started in 2005 serving the populations of North West England and beyond. The charity’s primary areas of work concern upstream, population-level approaches to the prevention of non-communicable diseases (cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, cancers) and reducing of health inequalities within populations, with a strong focus on addressing the wider determinants of health.
Their influence and impact over the last 18 years has been significant. HEG was the lead agency to advocate for an introduction of smoke-free policies in Liverpool ahead of national legislation in 2007 and was formative in bringing about the UK Government’s ‘Sugar Tax’ in 2018. HEG currently leads the North West’s healthy weight programme (Food Active) and delivers contracts for a host of national and regional organisations, including: local authorities, NHS Trusts, Integrated Care Boards, Department for Health and Social Care, Cancer Alliances, VCFSE organisations, and, the National Institute for Health Research. Their pioneering Healthy Stadia programme works with professional sports clubs across the UK and continental Europe to promote good health and wellbeing, whilst they have long standing research partnerships with University of Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University, and Chester University.
Job Description
Owing to a sustained period of growth for the charity, an exciting opportunity has arisen to work within a small, yet dynamic and influential team to support the HEG’s expanding portfolio of public health projects. The role will involve working with a range of partners across local authorities and NHS organisations, but also VCFSE colleagues and research institutions.
They are seeking an enthusiastic and ambitious project manager who has experience of public health and/or wider prevention work, who can bring excellent organisational and communication skills to this role. The successful applicant will be responsible for management and budgeting of both regional and local level projects, including liaison and reporting to commissioning organisations, and internally with HEG staff and trustees. The job will be supported by a wider team of staff with expertise in the areas of public health nutrition, physical activity, social and commercial determinants of health, public health policy and advocacy.
To read the full job description and to apply, please click here.
Deadline: 24 February 2023.
Interviews: First Week of March 2023.
Contact Details: info@hegroup.org.uk.
Websites: Food Active / Healthy Stadia
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