Principal Public Health Practitioner

Public Health Wales; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A national public health agency in Wales is seeking a Principal Public Health Practitioner to provide strategic leadership for public health initiatives. This role involves overseeing national programs, ensuring public health evidence-based practices, and integrating community partnerships to enhance services for parents and caregivers. The ideal candidate must have a Master's in Public Health and proven experience in leading health promotion programs within complex environments. Fluency in Welsh is desirable. The position offers a platform to impact health across communities in Wales.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Supportive workplace culture

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Qualifications

• Master's degree required, focusing on health promotion theory or related fields.
• Experience leading health promotion programs within complex environments.
• Proven skills in written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of priority health improvement initiatives at a national level.
• Coordinate operational plans for public health programs.
• Ensure program relevance with stakeholder policies and strategies.

Skills

Highly developed written and verbal communications skills

Excellent planning and organisational skills

Ability to analyse and assess complex information

Education

Masters in Public Health

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and specialist practitioner to join the First 1000 Days and Early Childhood Development team in ourHealth Improvement Division as a Principal Public Health Practitioner.

Working at a national level this role will providestrategic leadership and oversight of the Health Information for Parents programme, leading cross-system collaboration to develop and maintain auniversal, high-quality and accessible offerthat supports parents and caregivers in Wales.

You will lead governance, quality assurance and evaluation processes to ensure ongoing development and quality improvement of the parent information offer. Identifying and implementing approaches to strengthen our offer to parents and maximise impact, you will bring your skills and experience of working collaboratively to lead partnerships and co-design processes to strengthen the digital and communications offer to parents.

You will also drive the integration of behavioural insights and evidence into our work to maximise impact on parental knowledge, attitudes and practices and contribute to work on societal norms and nurturing care, supporting a shift towards more supportive communities and equitable environments for all babies, young children and their families.

Main duties of the job

• Lead the delivery of a priority health improvement area or topic/s at an All-Wales level
• Co-ordinate the development and monitoring of operational plans for national programmes of work
• Ensure that public health programmes and activity are based on sound public health principles and evidence.
• Develop, monitor and evaluate the delivery of the programme plans, relevant sections of the Public Health Wales Annual Plan and Integrated Medium Term Plan
• Lead the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of all Wales public health improvement programmes working across organisations and sectors
• Ensure that all Programmes are co-produced with the public and key partners.
• Work with the Consultant in Public Health to ensure that changes in policy, strategy and legislation are reflected where appropriate in the delivery of the programmes to ensure they remain relevant to stakeholders and partners.
• Take a lead role in management and professional development of practitioners, programme and other staff within the Division

About us

We are Public Health Wales - the national public health agency in Wales. Our purpose is 'Working together for a healthier Wales'. We exist to help everyone in Wales live longer, healthier, happier lives. Together with our partners, we work to increase healthy life expectancy, improve health and well-being, and reduce inequalities for everyone in Wales, now and for future generations.

Our teams work to prevent disease, protect health, and provide leadership, specialist services and public health expertise. We are the leading source of public health information, research and innovation in Wales. In a world facing complex health challenges, our work has never been so important.

We are guided by our Values, 'Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference'. We are committed to building an inclusive workplace that values equality and diversity. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of the communities we serve and are supportive of flexible working arrangements, including part time roles and job sharing.

Job responsibilities

You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Masters in Public Health, to include a module in health promotion theory and practice or evidence of equivalent learning

Experience

• Responsibility for leading aspects of development and delivery of health promotion programmes within a complex environment

Skills & Abilities

• Highly developed written and verbal communications skills, including writing for different audiences
• Excellent planning and organisational skills; ability to develop long term programme plans
• Ability to analyse and assess complex information; application of qualitative and quantitative research an analysis skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.