Health & Wellbeing Lead - Luton Town Community Trust

Health & Wellbeing Lead - Luton Town Community Trust

The purpose of the role is to support the planning, delivery, and evaluation of health and wellbeing programmes within Luton Town Community Trust. The role involves direct engagement with participants, administrative support, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

Overview

JOB PURPOSE: To support the planning, delivery, and evaluation of health and wellbeing programmes within Luton Town Community Trust. The role involves direct engagement with participants, administrative support, and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in planning, coordinating, and delivering health and wellbeing programmes.
• Facilitate sessions and engage with participants across diverse age groups and backgrounds.
• Collect attendance data, feedback, and case studies to support impact reporting.
• Support outreach activities and represent the Club at community events.
• Ensure compliance with safeguarding, health & safety, and equality policies.
• Work collaboratively with other Trust staff and wider team.
• Support volunteers and sessional staff during programme delivery.
• Assist with scheduling, venue booking, and preparation of session materials.
• Help with reporting to funders and internal stakeholders.
• Support funding applications with relevant data and case studies.
• Support match day activations on a rotating basis.

Qualifications and Experience

• Experience in delivering community health or wellbeing programmes.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work with diverse community groups.
• Understanding of safeguarding and health & safety practices.
• Organisational and administrative skills.
• Ability to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends.
• Experience working in a sports or football club environment (desirable).
• Knowledge of local health priorities and services.
• Experience supporting funding applications or reporting to funders (desirable).
• Relevant qualifications in health, wellbeing, or community development (desirable).

Qualifications

• Relevant Level 3 qualification in health, sport, community development, or related field (or equivalent experience or willingness to undertake).
• Safeguarding training (or willingness to undertake).
• First Aid certification (or willingness to undertake).

Additional Information

• This role is a 12-month maternity cover.
• Applicants must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

Safeguarding Statement

The Club is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Club has systems in place to ensure that the welfare of vulnerable groups is dealt with appropriately and sensitively. Everyone working at the Club has a duty of care to safeguard the welfare of children and young people by creating an environment that protects them from harm. Our standards of practice ensure all staff are fully aware and understand their responsibilities under safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. The Club ensures that all staff that have a direct responsibility for children, young people or vulnerable adults have been subject to the most stringent of recruitment practices which include Criminal Record Checks and reference checks. These staff are alert to signs of abuse or maltreatment and will refer concerns to the relevant Designated Safeguarding Officers using the agreed safeguarding procedures.

Equality Statement

The individual must at all times carry out their duties with due regard to the Club's policies and procedures and, in particular, the Club's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy. The individual must ensure a positive commitment towards equality and diversity by treating others fairly and not committing any form of direct or indirect discrimination, victimisation, or harassment of any description, and to promote positive working relationships between all internal and external stakeholders. The individual must contribute to encouraging equality and respecting diversity by embedding such values in the workplace and challenging inappropriate behaviour and processes.

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