Public Health Strategist (Healthy Behaviours)

Bexley is a great place in which to live, work or study. It has the best of both worlds - close to the centre of London but still a green, safe, and friendly place to be. And our mission is to make Bexley even better by tackling health inequalities, supporting residents to live the best lives possible and to reach their potential.

To help us achieve our ambitions we are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, team player to join our developing Public Health team.

Working as part of a passionate Public Health team, you will provide expert commissioning advice alongside identifying and promoting best practice in developing a range of key Public Health services. You will commission, implement and deliver Public Health programmes and projects relating to Healthy Behaviours (for example, substance misuse, smoking and NHS Health Checks), ensuring positive outcomes and helping to tackle health inequalities.

Collaborative working is integral to delivering for our residents and you will aid and influence delivery across a range of stakeholders including across the local authority, the voluntary and community sector, within the new NHS Integrated Care Board (ICB) structure (at regional, ‘place’, and neighbourhood levels), and other relevant partners, such as housing associations and businesses.

If you are passionate about making a difference and further developing a career in Public Health, then we would like to hear from you.

For the full list of essential and desirable criteria for this role then please refer to the Person Specification within the Job Description attached.

We will offer you in return a package that includes a competitive salary, an excellent pension scheme and generous annual leave plus bank holidays. For more information on the benefits package on offer please refer to the Candidate Information document attached.

As part of professional development in Public Health we will invest in you by offering further training and learning opportunities where available, including working across the team and within our partnerships to develop your skills and knowledge.

More about the post:

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Julie Tilbrook, Telephone: 0203 045 3834 or julie.tilbrook@bexley.gov.uk 

About you:

• You will have experience of tackling health inequalities and delivering related outcomes within local authority and health settings, through commissioning, performance management and partnership working.
• Have strong verbal and written communication skills, with proven ability to work in partnership across boundaries to influence senior managers and other key stakeholders.
• Your adaptability and superb organisational skills will enable you to manage competing priorities, and you will remain flexible and adaptable working within the team.
• You will have a formal qualification, preferably to a degree level, in a discipline relevant to the responsibilities of Public Health within a Local Authority context, or equivalent work experience. A master’s degree in a relevant discipline is desirable but not essential.
• You must be able to demonstrate your commitment to ongoing professional development and your ability to deliver against the Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework.

This post is considered by the authority to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the JD/Person Specification. These will be applied during the recruitment/selection and probationary stages.    

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Anticipated Interview Date: Week commencing 26th February 2024

Additional Information

As a disability confident employer Bexley welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including hidden disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on  recruitment@bexley.gov.uk