Programme Senior Officer - Birmingham, United Kingdom - TMPW (HP) for Birmingham City Council

TMPW (HP) for Birmingham City Council

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

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Public Health Senior Officer - Inequalities

£38,296 - £46,549 (Grade 5)

Full-time, 36.5 hours per week

Permanent

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced public health programme manager to join our multi-disciplinary Public Health Division within the largest Local Authority in the country and lead work that contributes to tackling health inequalities in the city.

This is a full-time permanent position, which is part of the Inequalities Team within the Healthy Behaviours and Communities sub-division.

We work with a wide range of stakeholders to improve health and wellbeing, including internal directorates, academics, the Integrated Care System partners, justice and the third sectors.

The team you will be joining are engaged in a dynamic and diverse range of work around inclusion health, poverty, clinical inequalities, discrimination and health, including ground-breaking and award-winning initiatives.

About Us

The Inequalities Team's mission is to reduce health inequalities in the city by effective influencing and working with partners across the council and externally, with a specific focus on the vulnerable and disadvantaged citizens.

We aim to facilitate action to address the causes and to mitigate the impact of health inequalities.

Our approach is to raise the profile of inequalities experienced by the citizens of Birmingham, consolidate evidence on effective interventions and develop approaches and resources to drive action across the system to reduce health inequalities and improve health outcomes.

The Role

The role will support the Service Lead to define and lead on projects and partnerships to reduce health inequalities in the city.

You will be managing and influencing work to improve the health and wellbeing of groups who often face significant barriers to accessing mainstream services such as homeless individuals and migrants.

This will involve using your proven public health and managerial skills to work in partnership across organizational boundaries to embed health and wellbeing into wider agendas.

Skills & Experience

This is an ideal opportunity for somebody who:

has a passion for addressing inequalities and improving public health

- has a substantial experience of working with a wide range of partners and stakeholders in supporting Public Health outcomes
- understands the role that the health and wellbeing board can play to improve health and wellbeing and tackle health inequalities
- has demonstrable knowledge and understanding of Public Health priorities and relevant policy environment
- has substantial experience of developing and coordinating the delivery of major change projects/ programmes in complex and challenging environments
- is able to produce and present robust business cases and evidence reports
- has experience of developing evidence-based policy recommendations to inform public health decisions across the local system
- has strong people management skills and experience in developing staff through both formal and informal opportunities
- has excellent writing and verbal communication skills and substantial experience in writing programme plans and partnership strategies
- is able to learn and adapt and can make a confident start in this role quickly.

Additional Information
For an informal discussion regarding the role, please contact:
Monika Rozanski, Service Lead - Inequalities, Public Health Birmingham.

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Closing date
6th March 2023 at 23.59

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