Stop Smoking Advisor

Queen Mary University of London - Wolfson Institute of Population Health

Location: London

Salary: £33,263 to £40,015 per annum.

Hours: Full Time

Contract Type: Fixed-Term/Contract

Placed On: 13th April 2026

Closes: 27th April 2026

Job Ref: 9497

About the Role

The Health & Lifestyle Research Unit (HAL) wishes to recruit a highly motivated and passionate Stop Smoking Advisor to provide the day-to-day specialist tobacco cessation support to the residents of Tower Hamlets. This is an exciting time to join our team and help us deliver innovative smoking cessation support to highly dependent smokers.

About You

As a successful candidate you will have experience in smoking cessation (or have undergone the necessary training). You will have excellent communication and accurate record-keeping skills, as well as the ability to prioritise your workload according to both the needs of the service and wider team.

Be able to provide intensive support for smokers and tobacco users using Pharmacotherapies and provide behavioural support to targeted segments of the population who have complex needs i.e. COPD, MH/SMI and pregnancy. You must be able to maintain motivation of clients during times of emotional distress, with occasional exposure to distressing circumstances, such as diagnosis of chronic/terminal illness, mental health issues, addiction to other drugs/substances.

You will have excellent communication skills to deliver complex information to clients and provide a culturally sensitive approach to cessation with regard to protected characteristics in accordance with Equality and Diversity Policies.

You will have excellent organizational skills and maintain resources for outreach sessions, workshops, presentations, and community events.

About the School/Department/Institute/Project

The Health and Lifestyle Research Unit, within the Centre for Public Health & Policy, is a leading research group focusing on tobacco dependence and weight management interventions. The Unit is commissioned to provide three stop smoking services in the London Boroughs of Newham, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest. The Weight Action Programme is commissioned by Tower Hamlets.

About Queen Mary

At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.

Throughout our history, we’ve fostered social justice and improved lives through academic excellence. And we continue to live and breathe this spirit today, not because it’s simply ‘the right thing to do’ but for what it helps us achieve and the intellectual brilliance it delivers.

We continue to embrace diversity of thought and opinion in everything we do, in the belief that when views collide, disciplines interact, and perspectives intersect, truly original thought takes form.

Benefits

We offer competitive salaries, access to a generous pension scheme, 30 days’ leave per annum (pro-rata for part-time/fixed-term), a season ticket loan scheme and access to a comprehensive range of personal and professional development opportunities. In addition, we offer a range of work life balance and family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, and campus facilities.

Queen Mary’s commitment to our diverse and inclusive community is embedded in our appointments processes. Reasonable adjustments will be made at each stage of the recruitment process for any candidate with a disability. We are open to considering applications from candidates wishing to work flexibly.