Public Health Programme Manager – Healthy Places & Communities

Medway Council; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave entitlement

LGPS pension package

Access to wider training and dev quals

Flexible working schemeli

Travel plan discounts

Car Benefit Scheme

CAREFIRST counselling service

Employee discount scheme

Volunteering day for climate change

Job summary

Medway Public Health invites applications for a Programme Manager to lead a dynamic portfolio within the Healthy Places and Communities team. The role is hybrid, requiring in-person and remote work, including attendance at face-to-face meetings and events across Medway.

The post holder will work strategically with system partners to reduce health inequalities, address social determinants, and improve population health and wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Essential criteria at level A are required for appointment.
• Medway Council is not able to provide a Certificate of Sponsorship.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with colleagues, partners and staff groups to build productive relationships.
• Engage stakeholders in service design to deliver accessible, equitable person-centred services.
• Adapt to change, manage uncertainty, solve problems, and set clear goals with accountability in complex environments.
• Manage programme schedules, resources, budget and scope with a robust change-control process.
• Interviews will be conducted face-to-face.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Change management

Communication skills

Collaboration

Job description

Programme Manager - Healthy Places & Communities

Medway Public Health are looking for a dynamic and proactive Programme Manager to manage a busy and diverse portfolio. You will be part of the Healthy Places and Communities team, who are well established and passionate about improving health and wellbeing and reducing health inequalities across Medway by addressing the building blocks of health. The building blocks of health are a diverse range of social, economic and environmental factors which influence people's mental, physical, and social health. Systematic variation in these factors constitutes social inequality, which is an important driver of health inequalities. In Medway we are committed to reducing inequalities and improving health and wellbeing for all so people have healthier and longer lives. The postholder will be required to work strategically and collaboratively with system partners such as council services, health, voluntary, community and faith (VCSEF) sector to reduce health inequalities in Medway.

The role is HYBRID meaning you will work partly from home and partly in-person. A significant proportion of the role will require you to work from the office as well as out in the community, attending face-to-face meetings and events across Medway. This is non-negotiable.

Key responsibilities

• Ability to work collaboratively and build sound and productive working relationships with colleagues, partners and staff groups and engage others in a credible, persuasive way.
• Engage stakeholders (including service users) in service design and development, to deliver accessible and equitable person-centred services.
• Adapt to change, manage uncertainty, solve problems, and align clear goals with lines of accountability in complex and unpredictable environments.
• Manage programme/project schedules, resources, budget and scope, accommodating changes with a robust change-control process; including skills in project planning, execution and evaluation.
• Interview will be conducted face-to-face.

Benefits and Perks

• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Generous local government pension scheme package
• Access to wider training and development qualifications
• Flexible working schemeli>
• Travel plan discounts
• Car Benefit Scheme from Tusker
• Access to CAREFIRST advice & counselling service
• Employee discount scheme for national and local retailers
• All Medway Council staff can access an additional day's paid leave to undertake a volunteering activity which supports climate change.

We're committed to making Medway carbon neutral by 2050. We have developed an action plan to ensure we play our part in addressing the climate emergency. Our declaration fits into our Council Plan priority of making Medway a place to be proud of. The main outcome is a clean and green environment. All Medway Council staff can access an additional day's paid leave to undertake a volunteering activity which supports climate change.

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Eligibility & other information

Applicants must be able to demonstrate all criteria at level A which are essential for appointment to the role. Medway Council is not able to provide a Certificate of Sponsorship, so candidates must already possess the right to work in the UK. The role is offered to permanent, full-time employees. This position is based in Medway – a unitary authority in the South East of England, made up of the towns of Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham and more rural areas, including the Hoo Peninsula.

Work locations: Medway; hybrid arrangement, with a significant proportion of the role in office and community. Conditions of employment are consistent with the local government pension scheme and other benefits listed above.