JOB TITLE: HEALTH PROMOTION OFFICER (PHYSICAL ACTIVITY)
MANAGER: Health Promotion Manager
CONTRACT: Fulltime permanent
The Irish Heart Foundation is Ireland?s national charity dedicated
to fighting heart disease and stroke. Every hour someone in Ireland
suffers a stroke and every day hundreds of people are diagnosed with
heart conditions. The lives of these people are often cut tragically
short. Many are left disabled. Almost 9,**Apply on the website** die
from heart conditions and stroke every year in Ireland making
cardiovascular disease one of the nation?s biggest killers. We work
to turn this around ? support people to live healthy lives and avoid
cardiovascular disease, but also to support people living with heart
conditions and stroke.
THE ROLE
The Health Promotion team runs health and wellbeing programmes in
various settings nationwide. We are passionate about reaching those
most at need, finding innovative solutions to health challenges. The
successful candidate will have the opportunity to design some unique
and high-profile projects working collaboratively within a team
setting and with varied stakeholders. We believe in co-designing
holistic approaches to health promotion to create meaningful
programmes. The role will predominantly focus on physical activity
with adult populations in underserved communities and workplaces,
however the successful candidate will also work on other health
promotion programmes as well as supporting the Irish Heart
Foundation?s advocacy, fundraising and patient support work.
The suitable candidate will be passionate about health promotion,
understanding people?s needs and working in partnership to design,
deliver and evaluate creative approaches to supporting active
lifestyles.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
* In collaboration with the head of department and the health
promotion team, identify and explore novel opportunities to promote
physical activity in line with the Irish Heart Foundation?s
organisational strategy.
* Develop the physical activity content, programmes, and resources
of the Irish Heart Foundation. Working within various settings to
include the community and workplace, liaising with key national
stakeholders.
* Work collaboratively with advocacy, fundraising and patient
support colleagues to identify synergies and to support delivery of
organisational objectives.
* Develop engaging and accessible physical activity training,
content, and resources with a focus on low participation groups
including supports for community walking leaders.
* Design, deliver and evaluate practical physical activity training,
workshops and talks.
* Provide support to health promotion campaigns including research,
content creation, dissemination and evaluation.
* Maintain the existing network of Sl? na Sl?inte community,
workplace and school walking routes, conducting maintenance audits of
routes on request and facilitating the upgrade of routes as needed.
Develop selected new walking routes as required.
* The successful candidate is expected to be flexible in this role
and carry out other duties that may be assigned to him/her from time
to time.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
* 3rd level degree in a relevant field e.g. Health Promotion,
Population Health, Sports Science or allied health discipline
* Minimum 2 years? demonstrable experience in health promotion
programme delivery
* Fitness instructor qualification is desirable.
SKILLS (E=ESSENTIAL; D=DESIRABLE)
* Understanding of health promotion, particularly in community and
workplace settings. (E)
* Knowledge and experience of working with underserved communities.
(D)
* Experience in designing health promotion content in multiple
formats (E)
* Experience in facilitating groups and delivery of health promotion
programmes/training in workplace and/or community settings (E)
* A passion for and practical knowledge of user-centered approaches
or co-creation approaches to health promotion. (E)
* Knowledge of health behaviour change models and techniques and how
they can be applied effectively. (E)
* Ability to build rapport, to listen and have empathy and find
opportunities to support stakeholders as they arise. (E)
* Demonstratable experience of creative approaches to health
promotion. (D)
* Understanding of health literacy. (D)
* Understanding and knowledge of health inequalities or community
development. (D)
* Digital proficiency including MS office suite and CRM database (E)
* Strong skills in CANVA design (D) or similar and PowerPoint
essential. (E)
* Ability to bring digitally innovative approaches to your chosen
field (D)
* Strong communication (verbal and written), presentation and
interpersonal skills. (E)
* A self-motivated person with strong administration, project
management and time management skills with an ability to prioritise
workload, plan and work to multiple deadlines in a demanding
environment. (E)
* Ability to represent the Irish Heart Foundation in a professional
manner at all times. (E)
* Membership of the Health Promotion Practitioners? register and
the Association for Health Promotion Ireland. (D)
_The above is a guide to the nature of the work required. It is not
wholly comprehensive or restrictive. This job description will be
reviewed in line with business needs._
DETAILS OF ROLE AND APPLICATION PROCESS
This is a full-time permanent role, Monday to Friday. The role is
based in the Irish Heart Foundation?s offices in Rathmines, Dublin.
Currently staff are working remotely and the successful candidate will
be supported to work remotely initially according to public health
guidelines.
A FULL CLEAN DRIVING LICENCE AND ACCESS TO A CAR IS ESSENTIAL.
To apply please provide an up to date curriculum vitae and cover
letter outlining how you suit the post by email to Siobhan Browne, HR
Consultant.
EMAIL: **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**
The closing date for this position is Friday February **Apply on the
website**th **Apply on the website**.
_THE IRISH HEART FOUNDATION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER._
_THE IRISH HEART FOUNDATION HAS A NO SMOKING POLICY. EMPLOYEES ARE NOT
PERMITTED TO SMOKE WHILST UNDERTAKING ANY DUTIES ON BEHALF OF THE
FOUNDATION._
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