Wellness Ambassador - Castle Point Borough Council

Wellness Ambassador - Castle Point Borough Council

Castle Point Borough Council

Fixed Term, Full Time

£26,873 - £28,282 per annum

Location: Benfleet

Closing Date: 27th July 2025

Essex County Council are delighted to be advertising the role of Wellbeing Ambassador on behalf of Castle Point Borough Council. To see full job advert and apply, please click HERE.

Key Skills and abilities

To enthusiastically support the Wellbeing Ambassador Lead and the Wellbeing Team in the delivery of customer focused community-designed health and wellness programs across our Recreational Services and within our communities, directly addressing the needs of people in our communities to improve health and wellbeing. Also to be proactive at promotion, networking and building professional relationships with key partners and stakeholders.

Experience

· Working on projects or programmes designed to increase activity levels and social connections in a community

· Customer service / support

· Community Outreach

· Communication, promotion and marketing skills

· Fitness instruction (Desirable but not essential)

Accountabilities

· To maximise health and wellness outreach, activity delivery and supporting the co-designing of community led health and wellness sessions across the Councils recreational facilities, open spaces and in key identified locations.

· To deliver health and wellbeing activities as required.

· To carry out regular health and wellbeing outreach and support to champion physical, mental, and social wellbeing initiatives.

· To have great customer focussed skills to encourage behavioural change and to build positive relationships with our communities through activity support, exercise and wellness reviews and delivery of health and wellness activities.

· To assist and collaborate with wider Council services and placed based partnership as required.

· To play a vital role in promoting positive and supportive health and wellbeing environments by championing physical, mental, and social wellbeing initiatives.

· To carry out robust monitoring and evaluation exercises as required in line with policies and processes.

Not only is this a great role for the right candidate but you also get some great benefits including:

· Flexible working options,

· Free staff membership at council leisure facilities, and

· membership in the Local Government Pension Scheme.

For an informal discussion regarding this role, please contact The Recruiting manager – Richard Moss on: 07483-174493

The successful applicant will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

The Council is committed to the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults, and we expect all our employees to share this commitment.

Our values: Trust, Respect, Improving and Learning, and Customer Focus

Castle Point Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

Castle Point Borough Council is proud to be a disability confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

How to apply: This role is being advertised on behalf of Castle Point Borough Council therefore all applications must be submitted via the Castle Point Borough Council website . Please note any applications submitted via the Working for Essex ‘apply’ button will be advised to reapply via the Castle Point Borough Council website .

Please click the link to apply HERE .