Public Health Practitioner

Cambridgeshire County Council; Huntingdonshire; Presencial; GBP 35 000 - 52 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Annual leave

Pension

Mileage

Wellbeing package

Volunteer hours

Resumo da oferta

Cambridgeshire County Council is seeking an experienced Public Health Practitioner to drive public health agendas, understand population needs and develop strategic plans. The role focuses on healthy place, public health research and evaluation within our Public Health service.

You will lead portfolio work, monitor impact, analyse data, and collaborate with partners to deliver evidence-based interventions for Cambridgeshire’s diverse communities. A Master’s in Public Health is desirable.

Qualificações

• Degree in a relevant health or scientific discipline; Master's in Public Health desirable.
• Strong knowledge of public health theory and epidemiology.
• Experience in developing, delivering, and evaluating public health programmes.
• Experience in producing systematic evidence reviews.
• Excellent communication and partnership-building skills.
• Proactive, analytical and inclusive problem-solving approach.

Responsabilidades

• Deliver a high quality range of public health programmes across the portfolio.
• Monitor and evaluate impact of public health programmes and interventions.
• Analyse evidence and data to identify population priorities across Cambridgeshire.
• Develop evidence-based interventions and delivery plans.
• Collaborate with internal/external partners and lead multi-agency work.

Conhecimentos

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Partnership building

Formação académica

Master's in Public Health

Degree in health/science

Descrição da oferta de emprego

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced public health professional to use public health knowledge and skills to drive forward key public health agendas, understand population needs, use evidence-based approaches to develop strategic plans and interventions, and contribute to and lead specific portfolio areas as part of the Public Health Strategic Plan and the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Health and Wellbeing Strategy. This Public Health Practitioner role has a specific focus on healthy place, public health research, and evaluation and sits within the Cambridgeshire County Council Public Health service. The post reports to a Public Health Principal to deliver key priority areas for the department.,

• Deliver a high quality and effective range of public health programmes according to the specific portfolio of the role, leading the development, project management and delivery of core work areas to deliver the public health strategic work plan and health and wellbeing strategy.
• Monitor and evaluate the impact of public health programmes and interventions associated with the role's portfolio.
• Critically analyse the evidence, service and population data, including community and stakeholder voice, to identify priorities and needs across the population of Cambridgeshire.
• Develop and implement evidence-based interventions and delivery plans to address population need, using a proactive and problem solving approach.
• Develop strong and effective working relationships with partners both within and outside the council to ensure an inclusive and supportive approach; develop and lead multi agency partnerships, developing consensus, shared priorities, agreed strategic plans, and demonstrable impact.
• Manage associated commissioning and budgets associated with the programmes of work as required using robust processes and governance and looking for new opportunities where possible.
• Extensively review and critically appraise the evidence, analyse data, and write and present briefing papers to support evidence-based decision-making.
• Collaborate with public health academic partners to identify opportunities for public health research within the service, collaborate on grant applications, or embed research findings into service delivery to improve impact., Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
• A degree in a relevant health or scientific discipline (Master's in Public Health or related subject desirable).
• Strong knowledge of public health theory and epidemiology.
• Experience in developing, delivering, and evaluating public health programmes.
• Experience in producing systematic evidence reviews
• Excellent communication and partnership-building skills.
• A proactive, analytical, and inclusive approach to problem-solving
• Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
• We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage
• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes