Public Health Specialist

Grade L £54,495 - £59,005

Contract: Fixed Term 3 years

Role specifics Full driving licence, Master’s level qualification in a public health related discipline e.g. Master’s in Public Health or working towards.

Interview date: TBC

For further information about this role, contact: recruitment@bolton.gov.uk

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

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The Role

This role will be primarily focused on our most vulnerable cohorts in society. Working with key partners and stakeholders across the locality to promote prevention, set direction, implement strategies and inform workplans that impact the health inequalities of those individuals who often face multiple disadvantage and struggle to navigate support and access to service provision. This key priority group may experience a combination of trauma, homelessness, substance use (including alcohol dependency), mental health issues, domestic abuse and may have a history of criminal justice system involvement. You will work with others to develop and manage associated grant expenditure profiles, strategy developments and you will maintain a live Needs Assessment.

This role is responsible for the strategic commissioning and quality assurance of Bolton’s Substance Use Services across the life course. The role will also consider other interdependent work areas such as; Gambling, Suicide Prevention, Public Health elements Adult Safeguarding, Violence and Community Safety, and Offender Health.

About You

You will provide specialist advice and expertise on Public Health policy and practice to individuals and organisation across all sectors, ensuring evidence-based action to promote health and well-being and tackle health inequalities.

You will contribute to the development of the Public Health Function Plans, managing performance and risk for the delegated programme area of Drug & Alcohol commissioning.

You will lead, develop and sustain partnership networks that span professional and organisational boundaries to deliver health outcomes for the most vulnerable cohorts in Bolton.

You will lead on the key public health areas that include multiple disadvantage, violence and community safety, criminal justice & offender health and adult safeguarding.

You will work across the department’s staffing matrix, planning and managing the day-to-day workload of a team of public health practitioners ensuring regular supervision, performance reviews, appraisal and support with continued professional development.

About Us

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.

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Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.

DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance - this post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013). Employment offers are conditional subject to satisfactory clearances. For roles where a criminal records check from the DBS is required, this includes satisfactory clearance of this check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily bar an individual from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of an individual’s offence/s. Information provided by you or the DBS will be dealt with in a confidential manner and in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here. Bolton Council’s policy on the Employment of Ex-Offenders is available here.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk