About This Role
This Health Coach role is for someone passionate about improving health and well-being in their community. It involves delivering council-backed healthy weight and lifestyle programmes, with opportunities to grow into service delivery and leadership. The role suits a candidate with a background in health coaching, nutrition, personal training, or behaviour change.
Responsibilities
- Provide one-to-one and group support using motivational interviewing and behaviour change techniques
- Engage with members of the public in busy community settings
- Promote healthy living and local weight management services
- Support individuals through health coaching and digital engagement tools
- Provide basic nutrition and healthy lifestyle guidance within the scope of your training and experience
- Use your knowledge of exercise, physical activity, nutrition, and behaviour change to support residents in achieving healthier lifestyles
- Distribute promotional materials and health information
- Record basic engagement information and signpost residents to relevant services
- Build positive relationships with residents and encourage long-term healthy lifestyle changes
- Act as a positive ambassador for public health initiatives
Requirements
- Nutrition or Personal Training certification
- Experience or qualification in health, nutrition, health coaching, fitness, or a related field
- Passionate about health, well-being, and supporting others
- Friendly, approachable, and confident communicating with the public
- Comfortable working outdoors in all weather conditions
- Self-motivated and able to work independently
- Organised, with the ability to maintain accurate records
- 2 years of experience in nutrition or healthcare
Nice to have:
- Experience working as a Health Coach or within a health and well-being programme
- Experience providing nutrition advice or lifestyle coaching
- Experience delivering exercise, fitness, or physical activity programmes
- Knowledge of weight management, healthy lifestyle interventions, or behaviour change
- Training or experience in motivational interviewing, behaviour change, or coaching
- Experience working within community, public health, healthcare, fitness, or weight management settings
- Experience supporting individuals to set and achieve health and lifestyle goals
- Health coaching experience
- Level 3 Personal Training experience/qualification
Benefits
- Travel and mileage expenses