Smokefree Generation Champion
Job Description
Responsible to: Operations Manager
Salary: TBC
Length of Contract: Project end date 31st March 2026
Hours of Work: 7 hours per week to include occasional evening and weekend events
Holidays: Pro rata 23 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays, plus 4 additional days between Christmas and New Year pro rata.
Location: 14 Bridgeland Street, Bideford, EX39 2QE.
Background: TTVS is the Council for Voluntary Service (CVS) for Torridge District, incorporating a Volunteer Centre (VC), and has been representing and supporting the voluntary and community sector in Torridge since 1988. TTVS also delivers a number of health and social care projects across Northern Devon and is seeking to grow this capacity.
Role: To support identified seldom heard groups, on their journey towards quitting smoking, through engagement with Devon County Councils Smokefree Generation initiative. To work closely with our existing projects, and with partner agencies to support community members towards smoking cessation.
Responsibility
- To undertake Smokefree Generation training, and attend an in-person collective learning session to prepare you for the role
- To support a drop in for the homeless and provide support and information towards smoking cessation
- Provide information and support to TTVS and partner colleagues to enable them to circulate information and provide advice
- Produce information material relating to Smokefree Generation guidance, for distribution to existing community groups. Promotion of media campaigns, to include reels and TikTok videos along with Facebook and other social media channels.
- Record all data collected towards an impact report, including use of Charity Log for reporting and evaluation.
Person Specific Qualifications – Position
This Person Specification demonstrates the personal attributes required of an individual to undertake the duties required by the post and will be used in the selection process.
The selection process recognises and acknowledges the value of transferable skills or experience, so long at their relevance to the role is very clearly demonstrated by the Application
Requirements
It is essential to have:
It is desirable to have:
Education, Qualifications
And Training
- Good standard of general education
- ICT training
- Microsoft Office
- Health & Social Care or Community Social work or other relevant qualification/experience
- Canva
Experience
- Have worked with vulnerable groups within the community
- Experience of Trauma Informed Practice
- To be able to implement a training programme
- Working with volunteers
- Working as part of a team
- Generating management information
Knowledge or
Awareness
- Marketing and networking
- All forms of Social Media
- The concerns and issues relating to cancer awareness
- Knowledge of local services of the catchment areas
Skills
- Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate well with a range of individuals and organisations
- Strong organisational ability
- Accurate, with a good attention to detail
- Ability to retrieve information from the internet and other sources
Personal Attributes
- Caring and sensitive manner
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Ability to work at all levels
- Organised, methodical
- Supportive, flexible and practical
This candidate must hold a Full Driving Licence and have access to a car
This candidate will be required to have an enhanced DBS check
