Service Lead – Public Health – Health Equity

Fixed Term Contract for 23 months

Grade 6 - £54,495- £64,811

Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review

Working 36.5 hours per week

We have an exciting opportunity to join Birmingham City Council’s large and ambitious Public Health Division in a senior leadership role, leading the development and delivery of Birmingham’s Marmot City programme.

Birmingham is the largest and one of the most diverse cities in the country, with long standing and deeply rooted health inequalities. The Birmingham City vision is to be a city that tackles inequality, has a thriving economy, where all communities can enjoy greater opportunities and the wellbeing that brings. Becoming a Marmot City will enable Birmingham to achieve that vision. Birmingham is committed to taking whole system action on the social determinants of health, working across the Council, the NHS, the voluntary and community sector and wider partners to ensure that everyone has the opportunity to live a healthy life.

This role offers an opportunity to play a pivotal leadership role in shaping how Birmingham embeds the Marmot principles across policy, strategy and delivery, helping to improve outcomes for residents and reduce avoidable inequalities across the life course.

The Public Health Division sits within the Adult Social Care and Health Directorate and works at local, regional, national and international levels to improve population health and wellbeing.

Key aspects of the role include:
•    Leading the delivery of the Marmot City programme and ensuring alignment with national and local strategies, including the City Vision and Birmingham’s Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy and corporate priorities.
•    Working across Council directorates, the Integrated Care System, NHS partners, the voluntary and community sector, academia and other stakeholders to drive a whole system response to health inequalities.
•    Embedding a “health in all policies” approach, ensuring that action on the wider determinants of health is integrated into decision making across the city.
•    Developing and overseeing a robust programme management framework, including governance, performance, evaluation and reporting to senior leaders, elected members and system partners.
•    Using evidence, intelligence and lived experience to inform priorities and shape interventions that improve outcomes for the most disadvantaged communities.
•    Representing Birmingham regionally and nationally in relation to Marmot City activity and health inequalities, helping to strengthen the city’s reputation as a leader in this agenda.
This is a high profile role, requiring excellent communication skills and the confidence to present complex information to a wide range of audiences.
This role is ideal for someone who:
•    Has substantial experience of leading complex, multi agency programmes focused on reducing health inequalities or addressing the wider determinants of health.
•    Has strong knowledge of the Marmot principles, population health and the national and local policy environment relating to health inequalities.
•    Is highly skilled at building and sustaining relationships across local government, the NHS, the voluntary and community sector, academia and other partners.
•    Has experience of influencing policy and strategy in complex political and organisational environments.
•    Can lead and manage performance, governance and evaluation arrangements, ensuring delivery against agreed priorities.
•    Is passionate about engaging with Birmingham’s diverse communities and committed to tackling inequality and injustice.
•    Has experience of managing and developing staff, supporting a culture of learning, innovation and continuous improvement.
•    Can use evidence and intelligence effectively to inform decision making and demonstrate impact.

Please upload your up-to-date CV via the attachments part of your application, this is required for shortlisting. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV attached

Interview dates: 20 and 21 May

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities we serve. Our data tells us that for this level of role, ethnic minorities are underrepresented and therefore we will use positive action to support us to achieve diverse shortlists. This may mean that recruitment times are a little longer, but we think this is worth it to achieve our aim.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

For any informal enquires please contact the Resourcing Team <Resourcing@birmingham.gov.uk>

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

Birmingham City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our citizens and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You can view our Corporate Safeguarding Policy | Birmingham City Council here.

Sponsorship is not available for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK that does not require employer sponsorship for the duration of the appointment.

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