Project Support Officer

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, Project Support Officer, to support the Public Health Directorate, Health Protection Service.  The role will be focused on supporting the delivery team in Health Protection prevention activities across our communities and settings, to meet our strong ambition for improving population health and health protection functions.

The successful candidate will provide.

Support on health protection prevention projects (e-Bug) with a strong focus on working across a wide range of statutory and non-statutory agencies and community and voluntary organisations.   

This role will include supporting the local outbreak plan and the Health Protection Management Team in coordinating the response activity for infectious diseases, working closely with partners, and local people.

This is an exciting opportunity to a join a dedicated team of Public Health professionals who are committed to reducing inequality and improving population health with a focus on health protection prevention activity.

The Public Health, Health protection team has undergone substantial development, with a key focus on project work in health prevention education / behaviour changes activity.  We are looking to expand our excellent team, growing capacity, knowledge, skills and expertise. You will be joining at an exciting time when public health is at the heart of public policy and your skills and expertise will be pivotal in supporting the team in decision making and changing the lives of people who live and work in Bolton.

You will be a very well-motivated person who has excellent and high level organisational and administration skills. You will have experience of supporting programmes and projects monitoring progress against performance, planning targets, identifying where corrective action needs to be taken and escalating issues as required.

You will provide support with stakeholder engagement, mapping and preparation of internal and external communications and will liaise with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring that key staff members are engaged and able to support project delivery timescales.

About Us

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough. 

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.  

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