Job summary
- Main area
- Primary Care
- Grade
- 37, 780
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 35 hours per week
- Job ref
- 828-PROVIDE4126
- Employer
- Provide CIC
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Colchester or Chelmsford
- Town
- Colchester
- Salary
- £37,780 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Adult Health Promotion Project Lead
37, 780
Job overview
We are looking for a Adult Health Promotion Lead who will drive the design and delivery of effective health promotion (HP) and behaviour change communication (BCC) interventions for adults across Essex. This role focuses on the needs of seldom-heard communities at increased risk of poor sexual health outcomes, including people of African or Caribbean heritage, sex workers, and gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM).
Main duties of the job
You will lead a team of Adult Health Promotion Specialists to deliver community engagement and to tackle HIV-related stigma and discrimination while delivering targeted interventions. These initiatives will raise HIV awareness, increase testing, highlight the benefits of early diagnosis, and boost the uptake of broader sexual health services. You will also collaborate with the Youth Health Promotion Project Lead to support interventions for young people.
As a representative of Provide, you will engage directly with local communities and network with professionals, organisations, and stakeholders. Additionally, you will assist the Service Lead with managerial duties, including line management, reporting, and providing service cover during absences.
The post holder must have their own car and a full driver’s licence to be able to fulfil the requirements of this role. This role will require the successful applicant to undergo a DBS check.
Working for our organisation
Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.
We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.
A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:
Vision: Transforming Lives
Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.
Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+, Ethnic Minority and Men’s Networks.
We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the job description for a full list of the main responsibilities for this role. Thank you for taking the time to apply for a role within Provide.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- A relevant qualification or substantial experience working in health promotion or supporting people experiencing health inequalities
- Experience of delivering and evaluating health promotion interventions to communities that experience health inequalities including young people
- Knowledgeable about HIV prevention, sexual health, contraception and other health needs of communities at risk of poor sexual health and HIV in the UK
- Experience of managing staff including undertaking staff supervisions and appraisals
- Computer literacy in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint and database entry skills
Essential
Essential criteria
- A commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
- Own car, clean driving license and ability to travel within the region
- Ability to work on evenings and weekends to support the needs of the service
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sophie Milner
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07874398769
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