Public Health Manager

TN United Kingdom; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

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This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: Public Health Manager
• Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 4, 2nd Floor
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 18/08/2024
• Job Requisition Number: 9482
• This post is not open to job share

Are you an experienced leader who is passionate about public health, supporting communities and making a difference?

Do you want to work in a team that is dedicated to ensuring Gloucestershire is a county where everyone can thrive?

About the Team & Role:

You would be joining the Public Health and Communities Hub. We are a team committed to making a difference to the health and wellbeing of residents, and places and communities, to enable people to live healthy lives and reduce inequalities.

As a Public Health Manager, you will work flexibly as part of our Wider Leadership Team to lead the initiation and delivery of programmes of work to meet the Hub’s strategic objectives; taking responsibility for delivering given portfolio areas and statutory commitments, which will change over time in line with business need. The initial portfolio area will be complex lives and vulnerable individuals, overseeing the commissioning of community and accommodation-based support services and contributing to improving outcomes for individuals experiencing multiple disadvantage.

You will take the strategic lead on commissioning activity, enabling and influencing across the system to achieve agreed outcomes, based on an understanding of local needs and assets, and evidence of what works. You will also lead work to support the Hub’s corporate responsibilities around finance, performance, and risk.

In return, you will join a supportive team with a commitment to professional development.

About You:

Our ideal candidate will have senior management or leadership experience gained in a commissioning environment, and experience of working on the determinants of health, for example, housing, environmental health, health and social care and/or public health.

They will have proven leadership skills, a track record in building effective relationships with system partners and communities, and the skills and resilience to manage a complex, fast-paced workload. You will also need political awareness, and the credibility and communication skills to represent the team within the Council and with our external stakeholders.

Please read the job profile which provides further information on the experience and attributes sought of our ideal candidate.

The Public Health and Communities Hub supports the Council’s Agile working policy and expects team members to work an average of two days per working week in the office, which is based in central Gloucester, and to attend 'in person' meetings as and when required. New starters will be required to come into the office more often in their first 3 weeks for induction.

Benefits of working for GCC:

• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Annual Leave entitlement of 30.5 days
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)

How to Apply:

If you feel you have the skills, desire and experience required to make a positive difference then please submit your application today by clicking the “Apply Now” button.

Your application must include a CV and a personal statement detailing how you meet the criteria in the job profile. Please limit your personal statement to a maximum of 1,200 words.

Interviews are provisionally planned for Monday 2nd September.

Additional Information:

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.