Public Health Development Officer, Train The Trainer X2

About us

We're Breast Cancer Now, the research and support charity. We're the place to turn to for anything and everything to do with breast cancer. However you're experiencing breast cancer, we're here.

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About the role

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting the development and delivery of a 3-year Train the Trainer pilot programme in the chosen pilot locations in England or Scotland.

The pilot will train and equip local health care professionals, health promotion workers and local community workers with the knowledge and resources to promote breast awareness, breast screening and risk reduction messages in their own communities.

You will support the 2 public health development managers, train the trainer, with the development and delivery of the in-person programme, including, marketing materials, resource packs and ongoing support for trainees. You will also be responsible for the organisation of training delivery within the pilot areas.

About you

We're looking for someone who has experience of working on public health focused projects, and engagement experience with a range of audiences from health or community-based organisations.

The right candidate will have a good understanding of health inequalities, the challenges they present to health behaviours and outcomes, and be passionate about addressing these challenges.

You'll have strong communication and engagement skills and enjoy working to develop successful partnerships with a range of organisations, communities and stakeholders.

Job description and benefits

Please download the job description and our attractive benefits package.

Primary location of role and hybrid working

These roles involve significant travel across England (Westminster and Leicester) or Scotland (Glasgow and Lanarkshire).

Therefore, these posts can either be home based or office based at our London, or Glasgow offices (if within reasonable commuting distance).

When applying

We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you'll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria.

Please confirm which location your are applying for in your application.

If you've any immediate questions please email (please note our offices will be closed from the 24th December 2024 to January 2nd 2025).

Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion

We're committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment - for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who we support.

Closing date: 9.00am on 13 January 2025.

Interview date: W/C 27 January 2025 via MS Teams.