Smoke Free Advisor
- Full Time
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About the role
Overview
Change Grow Live is a national charity committed to helping people change the direction of their lives, grow as individuals, and live life to their full potential. Our values of Be Open, Be Compassionate and Be Bold underpin everything we do and shape the way we support our communities, colleagues and partners.
Smokefree Lancashire delivers stop smoking support across 12 districts of Lancashire, helping thousands of people each year to live healthier, smoke-free lives. Through personalised support, evidence-based treatments, training, community engagement and strong local partnerships, we are working towards a smokefree future for Lancashire residents.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Smoke Free Advisor specialising on Community, Training and Volunteer Coordination to join our friendly and passionate team. This is an exciting role for someone who enjoys building relationships, working within communities and creating opportunities to increase access to stop smoking support.
Alongside delivering specialist stop smoking interventions, you will play a key role in promoting the service across Lancashire. You will work closely with employers, businesses, community organisations, healthcare professionals and local stakeholders to raise awareness of the service, develop referral pathways and identify new opportunities to reach people who would benefit from support. You will also contribute to the development of local ambassador networks and deliver training to professionals and community members, helping to embed smoking cessation within communities across Lancashire.
Location: Lancashire community-based and outreach venues
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Contract: Permanent
Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.
Responsibilities
What you'll do
As a Smoke Free Advisor, no two days will look the same. You'll combine direct support for people wanting to quit smoking with community engagement, partnership development and service promotion activities across Lancashire.
You will:
- Deliver evidence-based stop smoking support through one-to-one, group and remote interventions.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with businesses, employers, healthcare providers, community organisations and other key stakeholders.
- Promote Smokefree Lancashire across communities, workplaces, events and local networks.
- Identify new opportunities to increase referrals, improve accessibility and expand service reach.
- Deliver engaging training and awareness sessions to professionals and community groups.
- Develop and support networks of community ambassadors who can help champion smokefree messages.
- Work collaboratively with partner agencies to improve outcomes for local populations.
- Tailor interventions to meet the needs of priority groups and underserved communities.
- Maintain accurate records and contribute to service performance, quality improvement and target achievement.
- Keep up to date with national policy, best practice and developments in smoking cessation.
About You
We're looking for someone who is passionate about improving health outcomes and confident in building positive relationships with a wide range of people.
You will have:
- Experience working within health, wellbeing, public health, community development or social care settings.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.
- Confidence engaging with professionals, stakeholders, employers and community groups.
- Experience of delivering training, presentations, workshops or community engagement activities.
- A proactive approach to identifying opportunities and creating partnerships.
- The ability to motivate and inspire people from diverse backgrounds.
- Good organisational and IT skills, including maintaining accurate records and data systems.
- A commitment to equality, inclusion and reaching communities most impacted by health inequalities.
- An understanding of smoking cessation interventions and wider public health approaches (or a willingness to develop this knowledge).
Why Join Us?
This is an opportunity to play a meaningful role in improving health across Lancashire while working as part of a supportive, forward-thinking team.
In return, we offer:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with service.
- A paid weekly wellbeing hour.
- Access to employee wellbeing support and assistance programmes.
- Contributory pension scheme.
- Discounts across shopping, leisure and holidays.
- Ongoing learning, development and career progression opportunities.
- The chance to make a genuine difference to the lives of people and communities across Lancashire.
Please read attached Job Description for a more detailed out line of responsibilities and Person Specifications
If this sounds like you and you would like to begin your journey with Change Grow Live, then we would love to talk to you.
A note about using AI in your application
AI can be a really helpful tool when putting together your application, and we're happy for you to use it. However, what we're most interested in is you.
We want to understand your experiences, achievements and strengths, so please make sure your application reflects your own story and clearly shows how you meet the essential criteria and the impact you've made in previous roles.
There's no need to write in a particular style. The strongest applications are those that are authentic, specific and clearly demonstrate your skills, experience and potential. We look forward to learning more about you.
Direct applications only we will not be engaging agencies for this vacancy.
Please note: This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. For applicants with time-limited visas, unfortunately, we are unable to support new visa applications or extensions. More information about eligible roles and occupations can be found here: Skilled Worker visa: Overview - GOV.UK
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high number of applications, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.