Public Health Strategist - PO6
Public Health Strategist
Directorate: Families
Hours of work: Full time - 36 hours per week
Grade: PO6
Waltham Forest Council is looking to appoint a permanent Public Health Strategist to join its Public Health team. The role will have responsibility for an exciting portfolio, taking the Strategist lead on sexual health and health protection.
Waltham Forest
Waltham Forest is a vibrant, diverse home to approximately 275,000 residents in East London, easily accessible from central London by train and underground, and is the current London Borough of Culture for 2019. The Public Health team has well developed relationships across the Council and with partners. Led by the Director of Public Health for Waltham Forest, the team is based in the Families Directorate.
The post holder will join a dynamic team that is well embedded within the Families directorate of the local authority, with excellent working relationships across the Council, as well as with health and wider partners. The leaders of the borough are firmly committed to public health and the principles of early intervention and prevention, making this an excellent place to work in collaboration to achieve genuine improvements for residents.
We are a team committed to providing a stimulating environment within which to work, running monthly reflective practice sessions, journal clubs and providing opportunities for personal development through training, education, shadowing and on-the-job learning. This is highlighted by our success in supporting 4 previous team members in successful applications to the Public Health Training scheme in the last 3 years.
The role
The successful candidate will bring energy, drive and innovation to the role, to improve outcomes for people in Waltham Forest. This role would ideally suit an individual with experience of leading public health projects/programmes and experience of improving outcomes through partnership working.
Key responsibilities of the role include:
- Sexual health - strategic lead for sexual health, working with the Consultant in Public Health on: strategy development and implementation; design, commissioning and delivery of sexual health services, including day to day management of a number of sexual health contracts (e.g. HIV support services, sexual health services in pharmacies and primary care).
- Health protection – working with partners (including Public Health England) to lead on the development and implementation of local health protection action plans and projects (for example relating to vaccinations, screening etc).
- The role will also work across the team, for example, contributing to the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), with opportunities to contribute to other areas across the public health team.
We invite applications from individuals who are skilled at managing relationships across a wide range of organisations, who understand the challenges faced by local authorities and the NHS, and who will provide strong leadership in contributing to the work of our dynamic public health team.
If you would like to discuss this role informally please contact clare.ebberson@walthamforest.gov.uk. Your application should set out how you meet the job role profile.
Provisional interview dates: 6th or 13th December.
Equal Opportunities
Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value. To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy
How to apply
Application Information The councils preference is for on-line application forms. However if you have a disability and are unable to complete an on-line application, please ring 0208 496 4227 who will be able to arrange an alternative. For more information on how to complete your application form, follow this link: Applying for a job at Waltham Forest Council
