Public Health Project Officer

Blackpool Council; Lancashire; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Blackpool Council is seeking a Public Health Project Officer to provide comprehensive administrative support to the portfolio leads and contribute to wider public health projects and initiatives.

The role involves organising meetings, processing invoices and purchase orders, maintaining trackers and action plans, and coordinating events and workshops. Applications for part-time hours may be considered; specify hours in the Supporting Information.

Qualifications

• Administrative support experience in public health or local government is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative support to portfolio leads for public health projects.
• Organise meetings, take and circulate minutes.
• Monitor finance/action trackers and action plans.
• Organise and attend events and workshops.

Skills

Administrative support

Finance administration

Meeting coordination

Event organisation

Job description

Contract Type: Permanent

Contract Hours: 37 hours per week

Salary: NJC Grade E SCP 12-17 £29,542 - £32,046 per annum

Closing Date: 29th October 2026 12.00 Midnight

We are looking for a Public Health Project Officer to join our busy team. You will provide comprehensive administrative support to the respective topic leads to deliver their portfolios and also with wider public health projects and initiatives.

The work will include:

• Provision of financial and administrative support to the respective portfolio holder to ensure services are delivered smoothly. This will include the production and processing of Purchase Order and Invoices.
• Organising meetings, taking and producing minutes of meetings and circulation
• Monitor, maintenance and updating of finance/action trackers and action plans
• Organising and attending events and workshops

An innovative, proactive, autonomous and effective approach is expected to all aspects of the work. Please refer to the job description for full details of the post.

Applications for Part Time working hours will be considered. Please enter this request into the Supporting Information section and include the number of hours you would like to work.

For further details please view the attached Job Description.

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