Jobs at HENRY
Are you passionate about babies and young children having the best start in life? HENRY is an innovative and flourishing national charity that is making a real difference to the lives of young children and their families.
We post all current vacancies on this webpage. To apply for a role, please download and complete the application and equal opportunities forms below, then email to recruitment@henry.org.uk.
Application forms:
Current vacancies
Healthy Eating and Oral Health Team Lead – Waltham Forest
Full time fixed-term contract to 31 August 2021
£32,016 per annum plus up to 6% matched pension contribution
We are seeking a Healthy Eating and Oral Health Team Lead to provide support to families as part of the HENRY Best Start service in Waltham Forest.
We are looking for a candidate who can build supportive and collaborative relationships with parents and carers, help families gain confidence and encourage a healthy and active family lifestyles. You will be able to maintain good relationships with our children and family centre partners to coordinate programmes and provide HENRY training sessions to early years practitioners. You will oversee and deliver services, including healthy eating sessions, workshops and our healthy families programmes. You will need to collect data to better understand the needs of local families, increasing the effectiveness of the service.
This position is based at Higham Hill Children’s Centre, 313 Billet Road, Waltham Forest, E17 5PX. We are currently operating as a remote service.
For more information and to apply, please click here.
Closing date for completed applications: Monday 14 September 2020 (9 am)
Interviews: Thursday/Friday 17/18 September 2020
Healthy Families Practitioner – Waltham Forest
Full time fixed-term contract to 31 August 2021
Part-time (0.6fte considered)
£23,391 per annum (£14,035 pro-rated if 0.6fte) plus up to 6% matched pension contribution
We are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced practitioner as part of the HENRY Best Start service in Waltham Forest.
You will have an empathetic and caring approach, responding to individual circumstances and concerns and helping families to provide the best start in life for babies and young children. You will be able to build and maintain good relationships with our children and family centre partners. You will deliver services, including healthy eating sessions, one-off workshops and our healthy families programme.
HENRY is an organisation with a strong culture rooted in development, self-reflection, partnership and learning.
This position is based at Higham Hill Children’s Centre, 313 Billet Road, Waltham Forest, E17 5PX. We are currently operating as a remote service.
For more information and to apply please click here.
Closing date for completed applications: Monday 7th September 2020 (9 am)
Interviews: Tuesday 15th September 2020
HENRY Infant Feeding Service Manager, Blackpool Better Start
0.8 fte, fixed-term contract, to 31 March 2025
£32,016 - £36,055 (pro-rata) plus up to 6% matched pension contribution
We are seeking a Service Manager to lead a new and exciting service in Blackpool. The ‘HENRY Infant Feeding Service’ is commissioned by Blackpool Better Start, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund www.blackpoolbetterstart.org.uk. The service will work closely with Blackpool Teaching Hospital Trust, health partners and local feeding network groups to drive a significant and permanent shift in Blackpool towards increased and sustained breastfeeding, more responsive and safer bottle feeding and a later healthier introduction of solid foods. We will support parents with both breastfeeding and bottle-feeding through our infant feeding helpline and individual follow up. A range of group workshops will also be offered, including the introduction of solid foods and our digital hub will provide easy access to information.
This position will work in community sites across Blackpool. Your strong leadership and project management skills and experience will mean you are well placed to lead, develop, monitor and evaluate this new service as well as provide support to colleagues. You will support your team and build collaborative relationships with internal and external colleagues and community partners.
You will have an empathic and caring approach which supports women and their partners to give babies the best start in life. HENRY is an organisation with a strong culture rooted in development, self-reflection, partnership and learning.
For more information and to apply please click here.
Closing date for completed applications: 9am Monday 28th September 2020
Provisional dates for Interviews: 7th / 8th October 2020
