Programme Officer - Leicester, United Kingdom - Leicester City Council

Leicester City Council

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Leicester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Job details:

Job reference

REQ3827

Date posted

19/03/2024

Application closing date

02/04/2024

Location

Hybrid working
Home and Leicester City Offices

Salary
- £33,024 - £35,745 Per Year

Package

Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): £48,741

Contractual hours

Basis

Full time

Job category/type

Public Health

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Job

Programme Officer (Substance use and TB):
Job description

Full Time / 37 hours per week / Fixed-term up to end of March 2025.
Extension may be possible dependent on further funding.

Join our public health team and help drive forward the work on our substance use and tuberculosis (TB) strategies.

Public health is creating a new post to work with internal and external stakeholders on helping to deliver on the reduction of drug and alcohol-related harm in the City, specifically focussing on tuberculosis (TB).

The post will sit within the public health division and work across our two small substance use and health protection teams.

This is a full time fixed term position working Monday to Friday.

What you'll be doing
These are exciting developments within public health and the post holders will be leading the day to day response to tackling drug and alcohol-related harm in relation to TB

Work will include:

Working collaboratively with local and regional specialist staff to support the development, coordination and implementation of our TB strategy.
Raising awareness among professional staff and members of the community regarding TB and its association with drugs and alcohol.
Developing and maintaining strong working relationships between the council and other organisations including substance misuse services, TB services and individuals/ groups with lived experience of both.
Supporting and coordinating the delivery of programmes arising from the Leicester City Council drug and alcohol and TB strategies and other relevant national and local policy initiatives.
Supporting the evaluation of the Tb strategy and its impact, including providing reports on patterns and trends in TB incidence in the city.
Working with departments across the council to secure a collective approach within council services to reduce drug and alcohol related harm.

What you'll need

You must be able to have:
Experience

Experience of working collaborative with a range of individuals and public sector agencies including those within public health and ideally substance use and/or TB services.

Experience of contributing to the commissioning of public health or other public sector related services through for example, stakeholder engagement, identification of needs, procurement of services; working as part of a project team and motivating others; some experience of co-working with a range of partners and stakeholders regarding shared objectives.

Skills:

IT skills sufficient to produce briefing reports, presentations, and project progress documentation for a variety of audiences; excellent verbal, written communication and presentation skills including the ability to present data and complex information.

Good understanding of

Project management including evaluation of outcomes; of national and local health care, drugs and alcohol and TB services and public health work in general.

Commitment to

Keeping abreast of developments in the substance misuse and TB fields and to evidenced-based practice and service improvement.

Able to work flexibly and travel regularly to different locations around the city and occasionally further afield.

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance.

You'll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working.

We'll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities.

In addition, you can choose from several flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.

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Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement)