Engagement Co-ordinator

Organisation
- Dorset Council
- Location
- Dorchester, United Kingdom
- Reference
- 61049930A
- Occupational group
- Public Health
- Salary details
- £21,968 to £23,194

Job term
- Full Time
- Appointment type
- Fixed Term
- Contact
- Emma Rossi
- Closing Date
- 19 March 2023 11:00 PM

LiveWell Dorset is a key part of the Public Health Dorset aim to improve the health of local people. The service has attracted national attention as a novel and innovative approach to helping people change their behaviours and live healthier lives. Support is delivered at scale and is designed to meet the needs of those people and communities who will benefit most.

LiveWell Dorset has a reputation as forward thinking service that practices what it preaches in regards to health and wellbeing. Our team tell us they are proud to work for us, that they feel supported and valued and that it is a positive place to work. We offer flexible working, with a mix of home based, office and community hours.

Working for us is never dull. If you want to work with a lively, creative, inclusive and hard working team and you have the skills we need to support the delivery of our high quality service offer do apply.

**What you will be doing**

As an Engagement Coordinator, you will build relationships with key stakeholder groups to support and facilitate the promotion of LiveWell Dorset within local communities. You will identify and attend appropriate events, representing the service in a professional and confident manner aiming to enhance service usage by target groups and under-represented populations. This is a hugely important role, raising awareness of and access into the unique LiveWell Dorset service and helping people to take their first step to a happier, healthier lifestyle.

As a member of a Training & Engagement team you will provide support to the Training & Engagement Officer role with administration of queries and event booking. You will also be expected to provide evidence-based guidance in the areas of weight management, alcohol intake, smoking and physical activity (training can be provided).

**About you**
- We are looking for a confident communicator with a can-do attitude to play a pivotal role in our mission to help people live healthier lives.
In addition:

- You’re a team player and love the sense of achievement from working together to get stuff done.
- You can think outside the box and are able to offer up solutions to challenges
- You’re organised - very
- You roll with it. Sometimes we have to work fast to get stuff done. You are comfortable with a little bit of chaos.
- You strive for excellence and give everything 100%
- You like the people facing work but are equally happy to get stuck into the essential admin jobs too
- You understand that in order to succeed we have to get the small stuff right

**Dorset Council: A great place to work**

We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:

- provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
- have ambitious aspirations
- are excited about our future
- care about Dorset and all the people who live here
- know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success

You will:

- have access to a range of employee benefits
- be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
- have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

This post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed.

This post involves working with children and/or vulnerable adults and/or having access to significant information about them.

This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.

We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.