Job Reference:

1614

Location:

Greater London

Hours of Work:

37 hours per week (full time)

Salary:

£28,884 - £31,698 FTE per annum

Contract Type:

Permanent

Closing Date:

11 Nov 2025

ID: 1614 Children’s Health Promotion Activity Coordinator
Service: Change4Life Service, London

Salary:
- starting at £28,884 bottom end FTE per annum, rising to £31,698 top end
- Additionally, £3,679 Inner London Weighting FTE per annum

Location: Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster, W10
We typically work 2 days a week in the office

Please note the role requires regular Saturday working and attending community events, partner meetings and site visits. Presence in the bi-borough where healthy living activity clubs take place is key. There is flexibility to work from home and in the office to complete admin around activity club delivery.

Hours: 37 hours per week (full-time)

We offer flexible working arrangements - please see below for more details.

Contract: Permanent

Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.

We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the
importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.

Change4Life takes a holistic and community-based approach, improving and promoting the physical and emotional health & wellbeing of children and their families with a lasting impact.
You will join a dynamic service that takes a preventative and whole systems approach to tackling childhood obesity and health inequalities at a time when supporting disadvantaged members of our society is more essential than ever.

As the Children’s Healthy Living Activity Coordinator, you will play a key role in supporting children aged 5–11 and their families and carers to eat well, keep active and maintain a healthy weight. You’ll deliver fun, interactive evidence-based health promotion clubs and activities in partnership with local youth organisations, schools and community partners.

You will lead five-week club programmes, including after-school, Saturday and holiday sessions, engaging children and their families in practical activities that promote healthy eating, physical activity and emotional wellbeing.

Main Responsibilities
• Plan and deliver interactive health promotion sessions focused on healthy eating, physical activity and wellbeing for children aged 5 – 11 yrs
• Lead after-school, Saturday and holiday programmes across Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster.
• Support children and their families to set realistic, achievable goals for improving their health and wellbeing.
• Work collaboratively with local partners, schools and youth organisations.
• Maintain accurate records of attendance, participant feedback, and outcomes.
• Promote sessions within the community and promote inclusion, diversity and Family Action’s values in all activities
• Ensure all safeguarding, health and safety, and data protection policies are followed.

Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
Qualifications/ Education:
• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent experience in health, education, social work, or equivalent experience with children and young people and health and wellbeing promotion.
Experience:
• Experience delivering health promotion sessions or focused group work to children and young people.
• Experience of planning, delivering and evaluating fun and interactive group sessions for children and young people, preferably aged 5- 11 yrs
• Experience in safeguarding children and maintaining accurate records.
Knowledge/Skills:
• Understanding of health topics relevant to children and young people, including nutrition, physical activity and emotional wellbeing.
• Ability to plan, deliver and evaluate interactive group sessions.
• Strong communication, facilitation and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with schools, youth organisations, and community partners and engage diverse communities.
• Awareness of public health priorities, health inequalities and determinants of health
• Good record-keeping skills and confidence in using database systems to accurately record, monitor, and report on activities and outcomes.
Other:
• Commitment to Family Action’s values; flexible working including after-school hours, Saturdays and school holidays; familiarity with safeguarding and child protection procedures; good IT skills.
• A driver’s license and access to your own car is desirable for this post.

Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement of 30 working days plus bank holidays.
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions. - flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment. O
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions;
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers,
- cycle to work scheme,
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities.

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
To Apply:
• Click the “Apply Now” link below and fill out our digital application form
• Closing Date: Tuesday 11th November 2025 at 23.59

Interviews are scheduled to take place 13th-14th November 2025 in person, with slots throughout the working day and early/late slots available.
For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: george.bradley@family-action.org.uk

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.

We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role, and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an interview.

*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.