2 x F/T Co-ordinators (1 based in Belfast, 1 based in Glasgow)

2 x F/T Co-ordinators (1 based in Belfast, 1 based in Glasgow)

Belfast Healthy Cities (BHC) represents the city of Belfast, within the World Health Organization (WHO) European Healthy Cities Network. As secretariat for UK Healthy Cities and Towns Network, BHC will lead PREPARE. A three-year UK-wide programme working with the members, including Glasgow City Council and members of the UK Healthy Cities and Towns Network, alongside community, voluntary and statutory sector partners.

The programme will support communities to prepare for climate and health emergencies by bringing together lived experience, community knowledge and statutory emergency planning.

Salary for Coordinators

Agenda for Change NI (AfC) £44,962 plus 8% employer pension contribution and life assurance scheme.

JOB PURPOSE

The city of Belfast is a designated member of the World Health Organization (WHO) European Healthy Cities Network and has been since its establishment in 1987. Belfast Healthy Cities (BHC) has worked successfully during these years to implement the WHO requirements for designated cities within the local policy, political and administrative arrangements.

As secretariat for UK Healthy Cities and Towns Network, BHC will lead PREPARE. A threeyear UK-wide programme, working with the members, including Glasgow City Council and the UK Healthy Cities & Towns Network, alongside community, voluntary and statutory sector partners.

The programme will support communities to prepare for climate and health emergencies by bringing together lived experience, community knowledge and statutory emergency planning. It will create opportunities for communities to influence preparedness planning, develop practical tools and resources, and strengthen connections between communities and emergency planning structures.

PREPARE will deliver community preparedness conversations in Belfast and Glasgow; develop a lived-experience evidence brief; co-produce and test a Community Preparedness Framework; develop training resources for community and voluntary organisations; and produce policy learning for local and national emergency planners.

Learning will be shared across the UK Healthy Cities and Towns Network and the WHO Healthy Cities Network.

Belfast Healthy Cities is seeking two experienced Programme Co-ordinators to play a key role in the successful delivery of PREPARE. Working closely with the Head of the UK Healthy Cities and Towns Network and project partners, the postholder will provide senior-level programme co-ordination. Building effective relationships with community and voluntary organisations, local authorities, Healthy Cities partners and other stakeholders, ensuring that activity is well planned, connected and delivered to a high standard.

The postholder will have responsibility for coordinating activity across their location, supporting community participation and co-production, maintaining an overview of programme progress and ensuring that learning is captured and shared. This is a UK-wide programme, co-ordinated from Belfast, and each postholder will require occasional travel across the UK, including to Belfast and Glasgow and other locations as the programme develops

Applications should be submitted by 16:00 Wednesday 4 November 2026.

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