Obesity Needs Assessment Officer

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Introduction

Obesity Needs Assessment is the systematic approach to ensuring that the obesity service uses its resources to improve the health of the population in the most efficient way.

To be successful as a Needs Assessment Officer volunteer, you should be resourceful, and demonstrate excellent time management and patience. You can choose to do research on the whole country, region, county, district, city, unitary authority, borough, parish, constituency, or ward in Africa and the Diaspora.

Duties and Responsibilities

• To carry out obesity needs assessment and to ensure that people can benefit from obesity service or from wider social and environmental changes.
• To carry out successful obesity needs assessments that requires a practical understanding of what is involved, the time and resources necessary to undertake assessments, and sufficient integration of the results into planning and commissioning of local services.
• To carry out obesity needs assessment in the systematic approach to ensuring that the obesity service uses its resources to improve the health of the population in the most efficient way.
• To involve epidemiological, qualitative, and comparative methods to describe problems of a population; identify inequalities and access to obesity services; and determine priorities for the most effective use of resources.
• Carry out obesity needs assessment in Africa and the Diaspora making a choice of your countries in Africa and BAME communities in the UK and other Diaspora countries.
• To produce reports for the Obesity Needs Assessment that will be used by the managements and Grants Writers to make decision and write grant applications.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• A qualification or studying social sciences, research, public health, epidemiology, health, medicine, sociology, marketing or similar.
• Proven experience in needs assessment in the relevant field.
• Sound understanding of needs assessment methodologies.
• Proficiency in MS Office.
• Strong statistical and mathematical aptitude.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Practical experience in database management.
• Attention to detail and exceptional written, verbal, and telephonic communication skills.