Public Health Strategist- Engagement - INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY
***Internal Applicants Only***
Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest
Salary: PO6 - £51,093 - £54,129(pro rata for part-time)
Contract Type: Part - Full time, Permanent
Working hours per week: 36 (1.0 WTE)
Closing Date: 15/10/2024
Proposed Interview Date(s): 24th October 2024
About Us:
Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.
We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.
London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London's Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.
The Council's preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.
About the team:
The post holder will join a strong public health team of around 35 people, sitting as part of the newly formed Stronger Communities directorate. We are taking a key role in supporting Council wide work to tackle the cost-of-living crisis and playing a key role in reducing health inequalities, which is a priority for the council as a whole. We have recently partnered with Professor Sir Michael Marmot and the Institute of Health Equity to conduct research and develop action plans to reduce health inequalities in our borough.
The post holder will join a dynamic team and provides a unique opportunity to develop new relationships with other teams in the Stronger Communities Directorate as well as maintaining well established working relationships across the Council, and with health and wider partners. The leaders of the borough are firmly committed to public health and the principles of early intervention and prevention, making this an excellent place to work in collaboration to achieve genuine improvements for residents.
At present, the role is based at the Council offices in Walthamstow approximately once to twice a week (and additionally where required by business needs), with remote working available the remainder of the time.
We are a team committed to providing a stimulating environment within which to work, running journal clubs and providing opportunities for personal development through training, education, shadowing and on-the-job learning.
About the role:
Waltham Forest Council is looking to appoint a full-time Public Health Strategist on a permanent contract to join its Public Health Team. This role will have responsibility for an exciting portfolio, taking the Strategist lead on Engagement and Mental Health Promotion.
The successful candidate will bring energy, drive and innovation to the role. This role would ideally suit an individual with experience of leading public health programmes and demonstrable strong partnership working, networking and influencing skills to improve outcomes and tackle inequalities.
While the position is a general public health strategist role, the portfolio to be covered by the candidate will focus on the wider determinants of health, covering some of the following areas:
- Identifying and facilitating public health outreach and engagement opportunities to increase uptake of public health services by groups with the poorest health outcomes.
- Supporting specific programmes of work, notably delivery of the Community Health Champions programme.
- Leading implementation of the Mental Health Promotion Strategy and coordinating the Better Mental Health steering group as well as supporting regular reporting of progress to the Lead Member for Health and the Promoting Wellbeing Board.
- Leading the commissioning of a number of small-scale mental health and suicide prevention services.
If you would like to discuss this role informally please contact russell.carter@walthamforest.gov.uk. Your application should set out how you meet the job role profile.
>> Click here to download the Role Profile <<
Terms and conditions:
The below terms and conditions apply to this role:
Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
Satisfactory declaration of interest;
This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with children and/ or vulnerable adults;
Satisfactory DBS check;
How to Apply:
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the 'Apply' button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.
To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.
For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us.
Contact Information:
If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Russell Carter, Consultant in Public Health at russell.carter@walthamforest.gov.uk
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk.
Click here for further information on the Human Resources recruitment privacy notice.