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Healthy Communities Manager

Employer
Places Leisure
Location
Dover, Kent, England
Salary
Up to £25,000 + benefits
Closing date
21 Oct 2018

We are recruiting to a new role of Healthy Communities Manager. This role will provide the lead in determining and executing the strategy that seeks to inspire inactive people to commence a healthier lifestyle.

Places for People Leisure is driven by its mission "to create active places and healthy people". We believe our business is simple; we aim to ignite the enthusiasm of our communities for fitness, sport and health. As one of the UK's leading leisure management companies, we are determined to make a transformational impact upon the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

What your role will be

You will deliver our health 'proposition' to have extensive appeal to our communities, particularly the inactive, and engage them fully in a healthy and active lifestyle. You will work with senior leadership colleagues to maximise the commercial opportunities derived from a prolonged and sustained commitment to exercise and physical activity.

You will identify opportunities in the local area and implement new projects and you will review our current approach to health engagement and work with internal and external stakeholders to redefine our strategy. You will ensure that you are building relationships with key partners, community groups and organisations.

PFP leisure is part of the Places for People Group, as such you will be required to build relationships with stakeholders in the wider group such as our social housing and neighbourhoods divisions to help drive social value both for the group and for PFP leisure.This is a full time role primarily working Monday – Friday however on occasion you will be working some weekends.  Following a £20 million regeneration this role will transfer from our current leisure centre to new facilities in February 2019.

Your background

To achieve in this highly visible role you will have worked with senior managers in delivering a strategic plan which supports the initiatives of external stakeholders. To do this you will possess knowledge of the public health landscape and have had experience working with local authorities in progressing their community health agenda, either directly or indirectly.

You will be a strong communicator who is comfortable being an “agent for change”, someone who has a track record in influencing others, at all levels, to help deliver strategic goals. In addition to being a strategic thinker you will also need a broad commercial understanding to ensure that our health strategy is deliverable at an operational level both practically and commercially.

What we offer you

As well as competitive salaries we are uniquely placed to offer a varied and competitive benefits package. We recognise that you are our biggest assets from a free staff membership at our centres: comprehensive pension; generous holiday entitlement; childcare vouchers; high street discount vouchers; free counselling; free flu-jabs; opportunities to get loans, plus many other benefits including career development

About us

Places for People Leisure is a market leader and UK Active Leisure Centre Operator of the Year for the 3rd year running.  We are passionate about improving the opportunities for communities to be physically active; enhancing the health and vitality of People and making Places really work. It is driven by its mission ‘to create active places and healthy people’.

What's next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us.

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