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Physical Activity Officer

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Join Our Team as a Physical Activity Officer in Tower Hamlets!

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Are you passionate about improving community health through physical activity? Do you thrive on bringing innovative projects to life and working with diverse groups? Tower Hamlets Council is looking for a dedicated and enthusiastic

Physical Activity Officer

to join our vibrant team!

About the Role

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This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting the Physical Activity Manager to achieve our service's strategic objectives and deliver positive public health outcomes for our incredibly diverse multicultural community.


You'll be instrumental in helping to deliver the aims and objectives of our Culture Capital, Projects, and Quality Assurance service. A significant part of your role will involve working in close partnership with Public Health, primary care providers, the third sector, and other key stakeholders. Together, you will target and facilitate a wide range of health promotion activities - covering both physical and mental well-being. This includes everything from traditional sports and active travel initiatives to walking groups and gardening projects! Your focus will be on engaging those most likely to be inactive, ensuring a proportional and universal approach to our programmes.


You'll be responsible for effectively delivering physical activity programmes and projects that genuinely promote health improvement. This will involve a blend of facilitation, commissioning, and, when required and subject to funding, direct delivery of activities.

What We're Looking For

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We are seeking a proactive individual with a strong understanding of public health principles and a proven ability to deliver impactful physical activity initiatives. You'll need excellent communication and partnership-building skills, along with a commitment to empowering communities to lead healthier, more active lives.


If you're ready to make a tangible difference in the lives of Tower Hamlets residents, we want to hear from you!

Closing Date:

06/08/2025

Tower Hamlets Council is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

?Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.


Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We are a Disability Confident Employer, which means applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the post are guaranteed an interview. Care experience has also been adopted by the Council as an additional protected characteristic.


We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough.

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