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Telford & Wrekin Council,

Do you want to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of your community?

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Health Improvement Team at Telford and Wrekin Council. Telford and Wrekin is a great place to live and work with the council recently crowned as LGC Council of the Year 2025.

We are looking for a passionate and driven person to join our Healthy Lifestyles Team. Please note this post is fixed term for 12 months.

As a Healthy Lifestyle Advisor you will motivate and encourage people living in Telford and Wrekin to embed healthy lifestyle behaviours such as healthy eating, physical activity and healthy weight. The role is ideally suited to people with strong communication skills and those who are confident in delivering one to one lifestyle advice to individuals. This will include carrying out initial assessments and brief interventions using proven behaviour change techniques. You will work with a variety of people and will be required to provide support virtually and face to face. You will be IT literate and comfortable with online methods of communication. The role is community based with some home working, so you will need to be able to travel independently across the Telford and Wrekin area. Some evening and weekend work is expected.

Full training will be provided along with a programme of continued professional development.

The post will be subject to an enhanced DBS clearance.

PLEASE SUBMIT A COVERING LETTER WITH YOUR CV AS PART OF THE APPLICATION

Provisional interview dates will be 14 and 15 August 2025.

If you have any queries about this post, please email healthimprovement@telford.gov.uk

Please click on the links below to view the job description and person specification.

At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice.

Posts working with children or vulnerable groups will be subject to an appropriate criminal records check. It is an offence to apply for a role that involves engaging in regulated activity with children and adults in vulnerable circumstances if you are barred from working with one or both of these groups.

We value our employees and offer staff rewards and plenty of opportunities for personal development and career progression including:

• Competitive rates of pay
• Automatic access to a secure, flexible and tax efficient Local Government Pension Scheme
• Staff benefits and discounts including salary sacrifice schemes
• Free on-site parking
• Generous leave entitlement (24 days rising to 32 days) plus 8 bank holidays and an additional concessionary day
• Free access to our employee assistance programme and confidential counselling
• Flexible and mobile working policy - we are well adapted to a hybrid model of working which includes a combination of time spent in the office and at home – our approach is to promote greater level of flexible working around personal and family commitments
  
  
  

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