Help Shape Health and Wellbeing Where It Matters Most – In the Heart of Our Communities 2x Community Wellbeing Workers 37 hours per week – fixed term contracted for 2 years Grade 6 salary range £31,158 - £33,940 per annum We are excited to offer two new opportunities for Community Wellbeing Workers to join our Housing and Environmental Health team as part of an innovative two-year pilot project within a local community in Andover. These new roles build on the success of local partnership initiatives, including the Health Hub, and represents a unique opportunity to work directly with households to support healthier, happier lives. It’s all about making a real impact, person by person, street by street. What will you be doing? Working within a defined group of households, you’ll: Build trusted relationships with residents through home visits and work alongside the community. Identify and understand barriers to wellbeing, including housing, income, mental health, and social isolation. Offer personalised, practical support and connect people with local services. Lead on local smoking cessation efforts, working collaboratively with residents and partners to design community-led solutions. Champion and promote preventative health information and encourage participation in local health initiatives. Gather insights to help shape future service design and community support. It’s about creating local solutions for local challenges, empowering residents, and helping communities to thrive. What are we looking for? We’re looking for someone who is: Passionate about making a difference and working in a person-centred way. A natural communicator and relationship builder. Confident working independently and as part of a wider partnership team. Able to think creatively and adaptively to support residents facing a range of challenges. You’ll also be embedded within the community – listening, connecting, and helping to foster long-term change by identifying and amplifying the strengths that already exist. Why join us? Test Valley is a great place to work, it is a place for everyone, we support our communities, and our staff, to thrive. We pride ourselves on our open and friendly culture and offer a professional positive and stable working environment. Our organisations values are reflected in the way we work with our communities, partners and staff. We are committed to providing equality of opportunities for all and believe that employing people from different backgrounds, with a range of perspectives and experiences, helps us to deliver high quality services to residents. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer who positively encourages applications from disabled people. If, as a disabled person, you meet the minimum criteria for a job then you will be guaranteed an interview, and we will ensure any reasonable adjustments are made to the interview process so that you can be fairly assessed for the vacancy. We invite you to contact us to discuss the role further, we can offer telephone or Teams appointments, please contact either Nicky Coles ncoles@testvalley.gov.uk or Imogen Colley icolley@testvalley.gov.uk or call on 01264 368000. Closing date for applications is Thursday 17 th July. With interviews taking place on Wednesday 23 rd July.