Community Stop Smoking Lead

**Join us on our journey to empower over a million people to change their behaviours and thrive**

At Thrive Tribe we deliver award-winning healthy lifestyle and wellbeing programmes that make people happier and healthier It’s a super exciting time to join us as we begin to deliver our Stop Smoking Service across the City of London and Hackney (Smokefree City and Hackney), and we’re looking for a Community Stop Smoking Lead (Turkish, Kurdish and Cypriot) to join the team

Our programmes are designed to support individuals to improve their health behaviours and make sustainable changes to their lifestyle. Residents across the City of London and Hackney will be able to benefit from a variety of our established stop smoking pathways, including Gloji Smokefree, our online programme.

As a Community Stop Smoking Lead, your role will be split between undertaking targeted community development work which will include outreach activity, building local relationships, and coordinating local co-production activities specifically within Turkish, Kurdish and Cypriot communities, and delivering face-to-face stop smoking support to clients within these communities.

Like all roles at Thrive Tribe, you can expect your time at work to be fun, varied and challenging. We don’t like to stick to a firm JD as we know from experience that things change throughout the lifetime of a role and it gives our people the chance to play to their strengths.

A typical day as a **Community **Stop Smoking Lead** might include:

- Leading on outreach activities with an aim to drive engagement across the service, such as attending networking events and building partnerships with external organisations within target communities
- Championing our approach to co-production within Turkish, Kurdish and Cypriot communities
- Delivering evidence-based interventions that focus on smoking cessation, behaviour change, and psychological support to save lives by helping smokers quit for good
- Ensuring an excellent and safe experience for clients, in alignment with our policies and procedures
- Engaging in training relevant to your role, such as NCSCT Stop Smoking training and Behaviour Change Level 1 and 2
- Working with colleagues across all of our Thrive Tribe services to contribute to new projects and service developments - we’re always looking to share knowledge and resources
- Ensuring due consideration is given to Information Governance and Clinical Governance legislation, requirements and guidance
- Helping us maintain the ethos of Thrive Tribe by driving our organisational culture forward across our services and using every opportunity to embed our values

**About you...**

More than anything, we are looking for a team player who puts their heart in to their work. We’ve got some core values that run through everything we do, and we’d love it if they resonate with you too

**Be the change**

You like helping people. You’ll be working with those who need help the most, empowering them to make positive changes to thrive.

**Be effective**

You’re patient and can adapt under pressure. Always happy to make time for other people and have a great attitude. You are an exceptional communicator and keen networker with experience of building lasting relationships.

**Be happy**

You recognise the power of a smile. You value a fun, supportive workplace and want to come to work raring to go (check out our rating on Glassdoor).

**Be successful**

You are motivated and driven. Happy working solo or as part of a team, you love generating ideas and implementing health improvement campaigns. You will be given opportunities to contribute and develop your career.

**Be big-hearted**

You want to make a difference. Working with a like-minded team of optimistic people, we want the same thing to do meaningful work and change lives.

To work with us in this role you will need to have some knowledge and/or experience in community engagement and co-production, as well as an understanding of health inequalities and approaches on how to engage those experiencing them into health promotion services. We are also looking for someone who has some delivery experience of supporting clients to make healthy lifestyle choices, bonus points if you’ve already completed your NCSCT Stop Smoking Advisor training

Although not essential, we are particularly keen to hear from applicants from a Turkish, Kurdish or Cypriot background.

We hire based on attitude over traditional skills and experience so if you feel you are right for the job we would love to hear from you

Note, this role includes the need to work some evenings and weekends.

**Perks...**

Every person makes Thrive Tribe the incredible place it is to work and play together, we’re unstoppable. Within our buzzing environment our talented people work hard but we ensure lots of fun is thrown in too We offer you;
- **Regular team events** **and activities**, including ThriveFest and our annual Challen