Public Health Strategist – Partnerships and Improvement

Job description

Contract Terms

Starting salary: Pay Grade PO6 (£51,093 – £54,129)
Hours per week: 36 hours per week, Full-time
Contract type:  Fixed Term Contract, 24 Months
Closing date: Sunday 20^th October 2024

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.

Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the Role

The London Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPHL) supports Directors of Public Health (DPH) across London to improve and protect the health of their local populations and reduce health inequalities. This programme is hosted by Haringey Council, but works across all of London’s 33 Local Authorities.

This exciting role within ADPHL’s Core team, will develop excellent working relationships with London public health stakeholders. They will support a range of themed networks and cross borough initiatives to improve public health practice at regional, sub regional and local level.

About the Team

We are a small matrix-style team, which means that although we all have our own work portfolios, a proportion of our time is spent supporting each other and contributing to office tasks. It is essential that staff are team players and happy to actively engage with their colleagues on a daily basis.

About You

The successful candidate will be a natural collaborator with a great understanding of the how trusting relationships are built and maintained with stakeholders. They will understand the value of bringing people together in order to share and learn from each other. They will have excellent project management skills, and bring energy, drive and innovation to our team.

They will have at least 2 years’ experience of working within local government, the NHS or other relevant setting. They should have a keen interest in the role of public health in reducing health inequalities and understand the value of good communication and partnership work. A qualification or experience in Public Health is essential.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community. 

Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and well-being support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.

Our work is hybrid, home-based with weekly office days at locations in Haringey or central London. We offer many opportunities for professional development including training, shadowing, and mentoring. You will be part of a wide professional network, across London and the UK.

Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role, please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.

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