Position reference: 50145875
Directorate: Public Health and Communities | Service: Health Improvement
Salary: £47,181 - £50,269
Working Arrangements: Monday - Friday
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Fixed Term until 31/12/2027
We are happy to talk flexible working arrangements with you, please get in touch.
Suitable for Secondment: Employees wishing to be considered for secondment should agree with their head of service before submitting an application form.
See our range of Employee Rewards: Employee rewards and benefits
Closing date: 05/06/2026 at 23:59
This post requires a Basic Criminal Record Check
Prospective employees will be required to give a reasonable account of any significant periods (6 months or more in the past 3 years) of time living abroad.
When applying, please ensure you are prepared to start work with all the necessary legal documents, such as a valid visa, relevant to the type of work you will be undertaking. Please be aware that our organisation does not possess a Home Office license and, as a result, is unable to provide sponsorship for anyone seeking a visa as a skilled or temporary migrant worker.
Pensions Regulations have provisions to reduce pension payments in certain circumstances of those who return to work within local government service. If you are in receipt of a pension upon commencing employment with the authority, this may affect your pension entitlements and you should therefore seek advice from the relevant Pensions Authority.
At Barnsley Council you can start a career that makes a real difference to people’s lives, helping our council and residents to be the best they can be.
We’re an award-winning council and one of the biggest employers in the borough, supporting around 243,000 people. We put people at the heart of everything we do, and that includes our employees. As part of the team, we offer lots of benefits and rewards to support you to thrive and grow, like flexible working, employee discounts, support for your health and wellbeing, and opportunities for training and development to grow your career and develop your skills.
There’s so much happening in our thriving borough, and now’s the perfect time to join our excellent Health Improvement team as we work to make Barnsley the place of possibilities.
- We’re an award-winning team and one of the biggest employers in the borough supporting around 243,000 people.
- Working at Barnsley Council means being part of a team that makes a real difference to people’s lives, where you can develop the skills you need to make change happen.
- If you join the team you’ll receive great pay alongside an excellent pension scheme. With flexible working we’ll also support your work/life balance, helping you to adjust your hours and take time off when you need it.
- We’ll help you to develop your career and grow your skills with opportunities for training and development.
- There’s so much happening in our thriving borough and your talent and skills will help us make Barnsley the place of possibilities.
- Key to our success is working with our residents, partners, businesses and organisations and building these partnerships to bring about change in Barnsley.
About the Post:
You’ll be part of big changes in Barnsley and across the Yorkshire and Humber and Northeast region. We’re not just changing ways of working and improving services. We’re committed to promoting wellbeing and tackling health inequalities in our communities. As a Public Health Learning and Development Manager, you’ll be instrumental to a programme of public health education, to make public health everyone’s business.
Creativity, ambition and a focus on people. That’s what matters at Barnsley Council and our partner, NHS England. We’re now more innovative, more efficient and provide better value for money. The changes are clear to see - from new businesses and jobs, to improving school results and to museums being recognised for their community engagement.
Shape a better future with us
Join us on our journey to a brighter future. By working together, with each other and with our communities, we can take pride in improving lives. Let’s make the future better for everyone.
Your role in our journey
As a Public Health Learning and Development Manager with Barnsley Council, your work will make an essential contribution toward our future success as we work to make a real difference to our communities.
You’ll bring together partners in Barnsley Council, Royal Society of Public Health, NHS England, Office of Health Improvement & Disparities (OHID), to deliver public health training across a portfolio of initiatives that are aimed at upskilling workforces and empowering them to address health inequalities. This includes, but is not limited to, the delivery of a Foundation Programme in Public Health across the four ICS in the Northeast, and Yorkshire and the Humber. This could also be national dependant of funding.
The current contract will be for 18 Months with an ambition of securing additional funding to extend this further
What you’ll need
To join us, you’ll need a relevant degree and experience working in public health. Your track record should include the design of evidence-based projects, and you’ll also have delivered successful organisational change initiatives that have a tangible impact on health outcomes. However, to succeed in this role you’ll also need a flair for public engagement and an authentic ability to inspire your colleagues and motivate them to action.
This role is one focused primarily on classroom delivery. As such, you’ll need to draw on your expertise to design and deliver sessions that help participants from diverse backgrounds develop the public health expertise they need to better address health inequalities in their roles. Although formal training or accreditation in facilitation is desirable, previous facilitation experience is a must, and as delivery will mostly be online, confidence presenting over MS Teams or Zoom is essential. And while you’ll be building on pre-existing programmes, we want to recruit a candidate who can enhance their work by drawing on their own insight and experience.
However, before you even get to the classroom, you’ll also need to plan delivery. You’ll need to be self-motivated and able to work on your own initiative with minimum supervision to plan effectively over the short and medium term. Effective prioritisation and time management are key success factors here, but there’ll also be times when flexibility and agility are required to respond to changing priorities.
Managing relationships will also be an essential part of your work. This will require you to leverage both your professional credibility in public health and excellent communication skills to build consensus across multiple stakeholders across the public sector.
In addition, as well as your public health expertise, a familiarity with the NHS, its systems, structures, and relevant policy changes, would also be helpful.
Barnsley
Barnsley is a place of possibilities. Our Barnsley 2030 Strategy details how we will work together to make Barnsley the best place it can be. This is an exciting time to join us.
Our residents are at the heart of everything we do, and that includes Public Health. We have an ambitious Health and Wellbeing Strategy and work together with partners at a community, place, and system level to deliver upon this.
Here at Barnsley, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do. As part of our team, you can be sure we’ll do all we can to support you in being truly excellent. You see, we prioritise learning and enabling you to achieve your potential. So, we’ve created a development process that lets you grow in the way that suits you - whether that’s training to be a leader or learning flexibly online.
Apply
We want to make sure you have answers to your questions about the post as part of the recruitment process, please contact philainsworth@barnsley.gov.uk or ianwalker2@barnsley.gov.uk who will be happy to answer them. This post is suitable for secondment.
Please use the documents below to help support you with your application form.
Job Profile: Public Health Foundation Programme Manager Profile.docx
Vacancy Exposure Profile: Exposure Profile.pdf
Help with your application form
Please ensure you view the job profile for this role, as you will need to demonstrate in your application form how you meet the required criteria.
We welcome the opportunity to have a chat about the role and are happy to address any questions you may have about flexible working arrangements, including as a result of caring responsibilities.
We're committed to creating a workplace where differences are valued and everyone truly feels able to be themselves. If you have any support needs during the recruitment process, please let us know.
CV's are not accepted for this role.
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