# Health Promotion Project Lead

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Provide CIC.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Provide CIC
- **Location:** Suffolk
- **Workplace type:** hybrid
- **Profession:** Health improvement practitioner
- **Salary:** £35,001 - £45,000 Per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, Home or remote working, 35 hours per week (Expected to working flexibly to meet the needs of the service - evenings and weekends.)
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-23T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-10-09T15:48:02.128Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Essex/Suffolk/Provide_CIC/Health_promotion/Health_promotion-v8329820
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8329820?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://providecommunity.org.uk/

## Job Content

### Job overview

The post holder will take a lead role in the design and delivery of effective health promotion (HP) and behaviour change interventions to both young people and the adult population across Suffolk.

The post holder will lead the health promotion of under-served and marginalised communities namely; People of African/Caribbean Heritage, Commercial Sex Workers (CSW), Men who have sex with men (MSM) and other groups at increased risk of poor sexual health outcomes. Delivery will be through community engagement approaches that tackle HIV/STI related stigma and discrimination. Delivering targeted interventions that increase knowledge and awareness of STIs including HIV, increase STI and HIV testing and highlight the benefits of early diagnosis, access to care treatment and increase the uptake of broader sexual health services across Suffolk.

The post holder will also lead the team delivering a comprehensive training offer to support professionals working with under-served groups, and those providing support to young people across Suffolk. This will include the delivery of relationships, sex and health education to educational staff, as well as educational sessions delivered directly to young people.

The role will require working closely with other professionals, organisations and stakeholders, as well as directly with local communities, to meet the needs of key target groups most at risk of poor sexual health and HIV outcomes

### Main duties of the job

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- Please see the attached job description for a full list of the main responsibilities for this role. Thank you for taking the time to apply for a role within Provide.

### Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

## Person Specification

### Essential

**Essential**

- Experience of delivering and evaluating health promotion interventions to communities that experience health inequalities Experience of delivering education / training packages to professionals and/or community groups
- Hold a relevant Health Promotion Qualification or substantial experience in a Health Promotion Role
- Experience of managing staff including undertaking staff supervisions and appraisals.
- Experience of delivering education / training packages to professionals and/or community groups
- Excellent interpersonal skills: ability to communicate at different levels, build & manage relationships with a range of stakeholders
- Good standards of accuracy, numeracy and literacy; ability to produce reports and other documents on time and to an excellent standard
- Ability to manage and prioritise own workload and communicate to support/gain support from a wider team

**Desirable**

- Knowledgeable about HIV prevention, sexual health, contraception and other health needs of communities at risk of poor sexual health and HIV in the UK
- A good level of knowledge about key national and local sexual health and HIV issues
- A good understanding of relationships, sex and health education (RSHE)
- To have a good understanding of the challenges that young people may face growing up, and how to talk to young people in an age-appropriate way

### Circumstances

**Essential**

- Clean driving licence & access to a car with the ability to travel, with required resources e.g. certain equipment when needed - across the county, working flexibly including working out of hours (evenings and weekends) when required

### Task at interview

**Essential**

- Candidates will be ask to complete a task at interview to demonstrate application of skills.

**Desirable**

- Have a good understanding of the local area

## Documents

- [health promotion project lead (pdf, 184.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10657137)

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