Moving Medicine Patients Project Coordinator
- Location:
- Faculty of Sport and Exercise Medicine, 1a Hill Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9DR
- Salary:
- £30,000 per year
- Contract Type:
- Temporary
- Position Type:
- Full Time
- Hours:
- 35 hours per week
- Work From Home:
- Hybrid
Join FSEM as a Moving Medicine Patients Project Coordinator, supporting delivery of national programmes that help people with long-term health conditions become more active. This varied role involves coordinating projects, working with partners across healthcare and community sectors, and supporting events, communications and evaluation. You’ll play a key part in reducing health inequalities and embedding physical activity into everyday care within a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
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Role Purpose
The Moving Medicine Patients Project Coordinator will support the delivery and coordination of nationally significant, cross-sector programmes aimed at reducing barriers to physical activity for people living with long-term health conditions.
The role works across major national projects, including the Sport England-funded Moving Together project and the FSEM and Nuffield Health partnership project focused on person-centred care pathways.
The postholder will coordinate project activity across health, physical activity, policy, academic and community sectors, supporting stakeholder engagement, governance, communications, events, evaluation and delivery.
This is a fast-paced, multi-partner role requiring organisation, initiative and the ability to maintain momentum across complex workstreams, contributing to wider systems-change efforts to improve access to physical activity and reduce inequalities.
Duties
- Coordinate day-to-day project activities across multiple projects and partners
- Schedule and manage meetings, events and stakeholder engagement activity
- Prepare agendas, take minutes and track actions from governance meetings
- Maintain project documentation including plans, trackers and reports
- Support communications outputs such as newsletters, briefings and stakeholder updates
- Assist with delivery of workshops, webinars and engagement sessions
- Liaise with partners, suppliers and stakeholders to ensure smooth delivery
- Support financial processes including invoice tracking and budget monitoring
- Contribute to evaluation activity, including data collection and feedback processes
Responsibilities
Project Coordination & Delivery
- Support planning and delivery of project activity across multiple national workstreams
- Maintain project plans, timelines, trackers and delivery actions
- Monitor progress and escalate risks, delays or issues
Stakeholder Engagement & Partnership Working
- Act as a key liaison between internal teams and external stakeholders
- Build and maintain effective relationships across sectors
- Support inclusive engagement with diverse communities and stakeholders
Events & Engagement
- Coordinate meetings, workshops, webinars and stakeholder events
- Support logistics, communications and follow-up actions
Communications & Resources
- Assist with internal and external communications, including updates and materials
- Support development and dissemination of project resources
Evaluation & Reporting
- Support data collection, evaluation and reporting processes
- Contribute to reports, presentations and documentation
Governance & Administration
- Provide secretariat support to governance groups and working groups
- Support financial administration and operational processes
Accountabilities
- Accurate and timely coordination of project activities and deliverables
- Maintaining up-to-date project plans, records and documentation
- Effective communication and coordination across stakeholders and partners
- Delivery of high-quality administrative, governance and event support
- Proactive identification and escalation of risks, issues or delays
- Contribution to project reporting, evaluation and continuous improvement
- Supporting inclusive and equitable project delivery
Job Attributes / Skills / Requirements
Essential
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Confident stakeholder engagement and relationship management across multiple partners
- Experience coordinating projects, programmes or partnerships
- Ability to work independently, proactively and as part of a team
- Experience supporting meetings, events, workshops or webinars
- Strong administrative and operational coordination skills
- High attention to detail with effective problem-solving ability
- Confident using Microsoft Office and cloud-based systems
Desirable
- Experience working in health, physical activity, public, charity or education sectors
- Experience working with clinicians, academics, policy stakeholders or people with lived experience
- Familiarity with UK healthcare systems, physical activity sector, or health inequalities
- Experience supporting communications, content development or resource creation
- Experience supporting evaluation, reporting or data collection processes
- Experience working across complex partnerships or systems-change programmes
- Experience using project management tools or financial systems (e.g. Xero)
Personal Attributes
- Highly organised and dependable
- Collaborative and relationship-focused
- Proactive and solutions-oriented
- Comfortable working within complexity and ambiguity
- Able to balance competing priorities calmly and effectively
- Passionate about reducing inequalities and improving access to physical activity and health
Qualifications
Essential
Educated to HND level or degree (or equivalent professional experience) in public health, sport, project management, healthcare, communications or a related field