About the role
Are you passionate about supporting others with their health by building upon sustainable long-term changes?
We are looking to recruit a Stop Smoking Specialist on a 4-year fixed term contract, to join the North Northamptonshire Public Health Team’s Stop Smoking Service. You will be part of our highly skilled team who are dedicated to supporting our local residents who smoke, to stop smoking. This is an exciting time to join our stop smoking service, as we have received additional funding to expand our service and support more people to quit smoking.
What will you be doing?
As a Stop Smoking Specialist, you will manage Stop Smoking Advisors who support their clients over 12-weeks to quit smoking successfully. You will do this by delivering and developing strategies to implement an evidence-based smoking cessation programme and deliver training to staff and external stakeholders to support this. The role requires managing your own caseload of clients, working with local partners, analysing data and utilising this to improve the performance of the service, and create efficiencies by supporting the development of processes, protocols and guidance for the service. You will report to the Stop Smoking Service Team Leader.
About you
We are seeking applicants with excellent personable and motivational skills, who are passionate about supporting people to make positive change. The successful applicants will also have effective organisational and communication skills, which are essential managing a group of Advisors, deliver individual clinics and other project work. A willingness to undertake the relevant training will be required. Above all, we are keen to attract people who will embrace the values and behaviours of North Northamptonshire Council to support services which positively impact our clients.
This is a hybrid role with its base at Sheerness House in Kettering, with clinics able to be delivered virtually and face-to-face, therefore applicants should be able to travel between locations in the North Northants area.
Your application should be structured on the essential and desirable criteria in the job description and person specification.
The post is a fixed term appointment for a 4-year period.
The closing date for these posts is Tuesday 22nd October 2024.
In-person interviews will be held between Monday 4th November and Friday 8th November 2024.
If you have any further questions about this role, please contact smokefree@northnorthants.gov.uk
Our benefits
We offer:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- agile and flexible working arrangements to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
About us
We are a new unitary council, established in April 2021; we are one of the largest unitary councils in the country. Our vision for North Northants is to be 'A place where everyone has the best opportunities and quality of life'.
Our priorities are:
- helping people live active fulfilled lives
- caring for our young people, providing them with high quality education and opportunities
- enabling a thriving and successful economy
- leading on a green and sustainable environment
- ensuring our communities are connected so they can shape their lives and where they live
- providing modern public services
Our values, as chosen by our staff, are - Customer-focused, Respectful, Efficient, Supportive and Trustworthy.
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