Health Promotion Specialist Duties & Responsibilities

The role and function of a Health Promotion Specialist includes the following duties and responsibilities:

  • Establishing and addressing training needs
  • Ensuring that projects are effective; campaigning for the adoption and/or enhancement of national health promotion/preventative policies and measures.
  • Managing projects
  • Keeping up to date with current health promotion trends
  • Designing, managing, overseeing and promoting health improvement programmes
  • Devising health policies/schemes for assessing health needs
  • Supplying other organisations with specialist information and resources
  • Making presentations
  • Liaising with, supporting the work of and providing expert advice to other voluntary, charity and statutory organisations
  • Writing reports

Note that this is not an exhaustive list of Health Promotion Specialist duties and responsibilities. Job functions for specific Health Promotion Specialist roles may vary, depending on the industry and type of employer.