The main duties and responsibilities are likely to include: Support the development and implementation of the HE strategy, including the development and delivery of the relevant action plan with initial specific focus on the partnerships area of focus Work with the public, the HWB Alliance, and other teams in UKHSA to support the fostering and management of relationships with external stakeholders, including supporting co-design of the health equity strategy, policies and programmes Support the Deputy Director to develop and provide the organisational approach to partnerships, including community engagement Analyse, use and present outcome data to monitor health equity issues and emerging trends; and to inform planning decisions. Work with the UKHSA Emergency Planning and Resilience Response (EPRR) team to embed engagement and accessible communications in UKHSA incident planning and response. Contribute to the UKHSA response during incidents in line with UKHSAs Emergency Planning and Resilience Response (EPRR) arrangements. Provide expertise to teams in UKHSA on how to package information for different audiences and effectively communicate to catalyse action by partners and the public Lead work within the Health Equity and Inclusion Health Division to ensure our evidence and outputs are communicated effectively to different audiences, in line with our communications strategy Provide expertise to the division to support divisional business planning and ongoing programme management, working closely with the Directorate Senior Programme manager to embed processes Line management, as appropriate OTHER DUTIES The above is only an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. You will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by your line manager. The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Health Equity and Inclusion Health Division Selection Process Details Stage 1: Application & Sift Competency-based assessment You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the 9 listed essential criteria that have been selected from the job description, and this will be in the form of: Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application 1000 word Statement of Suitability. This should outline how your skills, experience, and knowledge provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria. The Application form and Statement of Suitability will be marked together. In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on the lead criteria of Masters in Public health, or higher degree in a related subject, or evidence of CPD in public health and documented experience at masters level practice. If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview and assessment Please do not exceed 1000 words. We will not consider any words over and above this number. Feedback will not be provided at this stage. Stage 2: Interview (competency based) You will be invited to a single remote interview. Knowledge, experience, skills & abilities will be tested at interview. A five-minute presentation will also form part of the interview- details to be confirmed to candidates invited to interview. Interviews will be held week commencing 3rd February. Please note, these dates are subject to change. Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Eligibility CriteriaExternal- open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants). LocationThis role is being offered as hybrid working. We offer great flexible working opportunities atUKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's core HQs (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London). Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centretransport link and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments suchas the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC). Security Clearance Level Requirement Successful candidates for this role must pass an enhanced disclosure and barring security check before they can be appointed. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Basic Personnel Security Standard.