Kent Marmot Coastal Region Coordinator

What will you be doing?

Are you passionate about tackling health inequalities and improving opportunities for our coastal communities in Kent? We are seeking a dynamic and motivated Marmot Coastal Region Coordinator to play a key role in delivering the Kent Marmot Coastal Region initiative.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a high-profile, evidence-based initiative using the Marmot principles and focused on reducing inequalities and improving health along the Kent coast.

About the Role

As the Marmot Coastal Region Coordinator, you will work with the UCL Institute of Health Equity, departments and teams across Kent County Council and partners across local authorities, the NHS, VCSE sector, education and employers; you will help turn strategy into action.

A central focus of the role will be identifying, developing, and implementing Marmot Accelerator projects—practical interventions that support residents into training and good work.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate and support development of the Marmot Coastal Region
• Work collaboratively with multi-agency partners to embed Marmot principles locally
• Identify opportunities for and lead on Marmot Accelerator projects, particularly those that:
• Improve access to training and employment
• Support people furthest from the labour market
• Promote fair and good-quality work
• Facilitate partnership working across statutory and voluntary sectors
• Monitor, evaluate, and report on progress and impact
• Support engagement with local communities and stakeholders

About You

You will be:

• An experienced coordinator or project manager with a strong understanding of public health or social policy
• Skilled in partnership working across complex systems
• Passionate about reducing inequalities and improving life chances
• Able to translate strategy into practical, deliverable projects
• A confident communicator with strong organisational skills

Additional Requirements

• Ability to travel regularly across Kent to engage with partners and communities
• Flexible approach to working across multiple locations and organisations

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a nationally recognised approach to reducing inequalities
• Work at the heart of system-wide change in Kent
• Shape innovative projects that make a real difference to people’s lives
• Collaborate with a wide range of committed partners

Further Information

This is a full-time post, fixed term for two years. Flexible and hybrid working arrangements are available.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About you

Janette Brayshaw

janette.brayshaw@kent.gov.uk

About us

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.