Position reference: 50094030
Salary: £77,388 -£84,915 Plus laptop
Working Arrangements: Agile Working
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Permanent
We are happy to talk flexible working arrangements with you, please get in touch.
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Closing date: 27/10/2023 at 23:59
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How do we sum up Barnsley Council? Well, we’re a double award-winning, high-performing council with a growing economy, a thriving town centre and some truly impressive outcomes in our communities. This is why we’ve been awarded Council of the Year for 2023 by the Local Government Chronicle (LGC) and The Municipal Journal (MJ).
Our excellent Public Health service has been a key part of our win; we’re so proud of what we’ve achieved not just for the council but for our partners and Barnsley.
We’re impressed. Are you? It’s the perfect time to join our excellent team.
About the Post:
Barnsley Council is looking for a Head of Public Health (Consultant in Public Health) with ambition, energy and vision to bring about change for our residents, working in a varied and challenging environment and within a strong public health leadership team.
Barnsley really is the place of possibilities. We’re a double award-winning, high-performing council with a growing economy, a thriving town centre and some truly impressive outcomes in our communities. This is why we’ve been awarded Council of the Year for 2023 by the Local Government Chronicle (LGC) and The Municipal Journal (MJ). Our excellent public health team has been a key part of our win; we’re so proud of what we’ve achieved not just for the council but for our partners and Barnsley.
It's the perfect time to join our excellent team.
Public health sits at the heart of Barnsley Council. As a Head of Public Health (CPH), you can expect to provide advice on all health matters to elected members, employees and stakeholders. As someone who can build strong relationships of trust and confidence across and beyond the council, you will enjoy working in a collaborative and supportive senior team.
Maintaining and developing specialist Public Health skills across the domains is important to us and therefore you will be stimulated by a portfolio which will span the domains of Public Health and will stretch and develop your Public Health and systems leadership. Its exact scope will develop over time but, from the outset, you will take a strategic, public health lead for mental health, learning disabilities and autism, influencing and directing resources across health and care to deliver Place aims and ambitions. You will be an active contributor at a Place and System level driving programmes of work which address prevention, early help and the wider determinants of health.
The role requires a high level of intellectual rigour, political awareness, negotiation and motivation skills and flexibility in order to deal with complex public health issues, advise and make recommendations. Tact and diplomacy are also essential as is the ability to understand, work with and influence others.
About Barnsley
Barnsley’s industrial past has shaped our borough. We’re proud of our rich heritage, and we know our residents are too. We take care of our local environment, and our welcoming people and communities are one of our biggest assets. We’re home of one of the best markets in South Yorkshire and everyone can enjoy the borough’s excellent cultural attractions, leisure facilities, and our beautiful outdoor spaces.
Our attractive local offer also makes Barnsley an appealing place to live, with our thriving town centre and Principal Towns and Local Village Centres.
Barnsley is open for business, with our central location, digital connectivity, excellent links to major road networks, and strong ties across the South Yorkshire and wider Yorkshire regions.
Our ideal candidate
You will be included in the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists or you will be included in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice/GDC Specialist List at the point of application. (Public health specialty registrar applicants who are not yet on the GMC Specialist Register, UKPHR register or GDC Specialist List in dental public health must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within 6 months of gaining entry to a register at the date of interview).
You will be able to evidence CPD requirements in accordance with Faculty of Public Health requirements.
You will also be able to demonstrate the following:
· In depth understanding of the health and care system and other key system partners and their relationships with both local and national government
· Ability to influence at senior level, including directors and CEOs
· Ability to lead teams and contribute effectively in matrix teams led by colleagues
· Experience of using complex information to explain public health issues to a range of audiences
· In depth knowledge of evidence based public health practice and commitment to continuous improvement.
Our people are vital to our success. That’s why we need you to build on strong foundations to inspire, enable, empower and support the public health team to be the best they can be and drive a high-support, high-challenge culture, ensuring efficiency, effectiveness and value for money.
You’ll receive great pay, generous holiday entitlement, an excellent pension scheme and development opportunities. We’re a family friendly organisation and support employees to work flexibly and maintain a healthy work life balance.
There’s so much happening in our thriving borough and your talent and skills will help us make Barnsley the place of possibilities.
If you have the ambition and expertise to progress your career in a team like this and to help us make a real impact for people in Barnsley, then we would love to hear from you.
Interviews will take place on Friday 17th November 2023
Please see the link below for further information :-
Please use the documents below to help support you with your application form.
Job Profile: Job Profile.pdf
Vacancy Exposure Profile: Exposure Profile.pdf
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