Senior Public Health Strategist - Child Health Equity
Salary: £58,184
Location: 5 Pancras Square N1C 4AG
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time (36 hours)
Closing Date: Sunday 1^st September 2024; 23:59
Interview Date: Monday 16^th September
About Camden
Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Our residents and communities are at the heart of everything we do. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today and we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. As a Public Health Senior Strategist, you can play a key role in delivering our health, wellbeing and social justice agenda.
What You’ll Be Doing
This is an exciting new role placed within our Health and Wellbeing Department where you will take a lead role in developing evidence-based policies, strategies and innovative ways of improving health and health equity for Camden’s next generation. You will play a leadership role in a number of transformational projects, both as a system leader and a subject matter expert.
As Public Health Senior Strategist you will have a deep understanding of issues relating to equality and equity and experience of specific practices to address these issues. You will have experience of engaging local communities, and working in wider partnership to affect change in these areas.
This role involves collaborating with the Institute of Health Equity, and wider external stakeholders, to apply and generate new evidence. You will assess and evaluate opportunities to promote child health equity within policy, strategy, systems and services. Working within Family Hubs and locality networks to promote the principles of equity and inclusion will be core to your role.
Additionally, you will oversee the establishment and maintenance of our Communities of Practice, ensure our strategies are influenced by a diversity of children and young people’s voices. You will work with across the Health and Wellbeing department to strengthen our collective capacity in addressing health equity, and be a consistent advocate for this approach across the council and its wider partnership.
All About You
We are looking for an experienced individual who holds a masters in Public Health, or higher degree in a related subject, or evidence of CPD in Public Health and documented experience at master’s level practice. You will also have substantial experience in a public health role including leadership of projects and programmes and proven experience delivering Public Health initiatives to tackle inequalities, preferably in a local authority setting but not essential.
We’re also looking for someone who holds an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of various organisations and actors in health protection and improvement, including council partners, NHS partners, the university sector, local communities, elected members, and government departments. You must possess high-standard communication skills to present complex information clearly too diverse audiences, contribute to reports that inform strategic decision-making, and synthesise complex data for public health goals. Additionally, you should have the motivation to develop and improve skills in public health, and a commitment to the Council’s equality, diversity, and inclusion policies in line with the Public Sector Equality Duty.
To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by visiting 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/our-stories'.
How To Apply
To view the Job Profile, please CLICK HERE or copy and paste the below URL into your browser: http://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/HPRMWebDrawer/Record/10574387/file/document?inline
To apply for this job please follow the "Apply" link. In the ‘Why you?’ section of the application you will be required to demonstrate how you meet the role criteria noted in the Job Profile under the “About You” section.
What We Offer
At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits. From flexible working to 27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays!). We also know that a work life balance is extremely important so we also offer family leave, loan schemes and access to our incredible staff networks. We also have an incredible pensions scheme.
Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.
Inclusion and Diversity
We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.
To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit https://www.camdenjobs.co.uk/inclusion-and-diversity
Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.
Asking for Adjustments
Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG