Physical Activity & Health Officer

Derby County Community Trust has a clear mission. We harness the power of Derby County Football Club to improve lives and communities through sport, physical activity, health and education. We help more than 25,000 people per year and our work is recognised and respected at regional and national levels. Since 2008 we have been encouraging participation and achievement in sport, improving health and wellbeing, providing and enhancing education and promoting equality and diversity. We care about our community; we care about our people. We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate, enthusiastic self-starter to join our Adult Health department in the role of Physical Activity & Health Officer. Our values underpin everything we deliver as a charity you will be responsible for modelling these values through yourself and your work – alignment to our values is key to being successful in this role. Within this role you will be delivering targeted physical activity and health interventions supporting patients living with long term health conditions and supporting people to live well with pain. All of our health programmes offer person centred, integrated and holistic approaches to improve the health and wellbeing of residents living in the city and the county. To be successful in this role you will possess experience in supporting individuals with specific health concerns on a one to one and group basis to make positive healthy lifestyle changes, with the ability to demonstrate an empathetic, person-centred approach and the ability to inspire and motivate others towards behavioural change. In return we can offer: Workplace pension scheme Cash Health Plan including 24 hour EAP, GP service, health related discounts and a discount shopping scheme Life Assurance scheme (minimum 3x salary benefits) Annual leave of 20 days per year (excluding bank holidays), increasing each year to a maximum of 25 days per year (pro-rata) Christmas Shutdown (in addition to annual leave) Training & Development opportunities Complimentary season tickets for Derby County Football Club (x2 tickets) 20% discount in DCFC Megastore