Public Health Principal

What will you be doing?

Principal Responsibilities:

1. Contribute to the formulation of strategic public health plans. This includes the regular assessment and identification of health needs and priorities.
2. Review national policy for impact on health and wellbeing and provide highly specialist advice on public health/health promotion policy and practice to individuals and organisations across all sectors and support on the development, interpretation and implementation of national policies. The post holder will Identify, develop, implement and evaluate a range of public health/health promotion programmes to meet identified needs/priorities contributing to long term health improvement and reduction in health inequalities.
3. Ensure the prevention/promotion agenda is at the forefront of key strategies and programmes that impact on the long-term health and well-being of the population. This includes the development of capacity for impact assessment and evaluation of strategies, policies and programmes.
4. Lead, develop and sustain strategic partnership work that spans organisational and professional boundaries including local authorities, NHS organisations, voluntary organisations and independent sector, to deliver strategic and operational objectives of the Public Health Team, including leading and planning and development of community health development initiatives that impact on health and wellbeing.
5. Provide specialist public health advice to inform the commissioning and/or decommissioning of services across organisation boundaries.
6. Support relevant research activities including review of complex research proposals and working with academic centres and others on collaborative projects.
7. Write and contribute to public health reports. These reports will vary in length and complexity, and will range from informal summaries to detailed comprehensive reports. It will also be necessary for the post holder to be able to summarise these reports and disseminate their findings.
8. Prepare and deliver presentations conveying complex and sensitive data and other health / health care information to a variety of audiences, including public health specialists and non- specialist audiences and individuals.

About you

Education, Qualifications and Training

Essential Criteria

• Masters in Public Health or relevant Masters level study
• Relevant first degree or equivalent professional qualification.

Desirable Criteria

• Management and/or project management training/qualification.

 Experience & Knowledge

Essential Criteria

• Significant Public Health experience.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence and negotiate across partnerships.
• Knowledge of the wider determinants of health, health inequalities and effective health improvement methodologies with experience of applications in public health practice.
• Knowledge of data security and confidentiality issues, for example compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998
• Experience of communicating information to colleagues, senior officers, Councillors, external partners and the public.
• Experience of writing in a range of styles from brief summaries through to in-depth technical reports for a range of audiences.
• Evidence of leading successful partnerships to improve health and wellbeing.
• Experience in line management, staff development and training

Desirable Criteria

• Knowledge and experience of specialist computer software, such as statistical & GIS systems.
• Experience of producing scientific publications, presentation of papers at conferences, seminars etc.
• Experience of Emergency Planning
• Experience of working with communities to improve health and wellbeing.
• Experience supporting others to develop information skills.

Ability & Skills

Essential Criteria

• Knowledge and experience of standard computer software including Microsoft Office.
• Strong report writing skills and decision-making skills.
• High level of problem-solving skills.
• The ability to lead and manage work a broad range of concurrent projects with competing priorities.
• Ability to transform data, intelligence and research into delivery, inspiring change across organisations.
• A willingness to further develop and lead others in adapting to change.
• Able to act independently, with some guidance from line manager.

Equal Opportunities

Essential Criteria

• Ability to demonstrate awareness/understanding of equal opportunities and other people’s behaviour, physical, social and welfare needs.

Additional Factors

Essential Criteria

• This is a hybrid role. Applicants should demonstrate their commitment to travel between locations in North Northamptonshire.

Our benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising that you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.

We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)