Public Health Business & Contract Support Manager
Details
* Reference: SCC/TP/287935/2412
* Positions: 1
* Salary: £40,296 per annum
* Contract type: Fixed term
* Working hours: 36 hours per week
* Posted on: 14 January 2025
* Closing date: 2 February 2025
* Location: Woodhatch Place, 11 Cockshot Hill, Reigate, RH2 8EF
Description
We are committed to the development of our workforce. This position is only available to applicants who already work for Surrey County Council. We thank you for your interest in our roles and would encourage you to review our vacancies which are open to all.
This role has a starting salary of £40,296 per annum, based on a 36-hour working week. Part-time applications will be considered.
This is a 12-month fixed term contract/secondment opportunity covering maternity leave.
We are excited to be hiring a new Contract and Business Support Manager to join our fantastic Public Health team. You will manage the Public Health contract and business support team which is based in Woodhatch, Reigate. The team works to support a wide variety of roles and functions across public health from commissioning to health protection. This will involve you working with leads across the Public Health team and engaging with a range of people and organisations locally to help in the monitoring of contracts alongside liaising on the provision of support to enable strategy development and implementation.
The team provides a supportive environment to develop and grow personally whilst also encouraging you to improve your own understanding of public health and the approaches taken locally to support health and wellbeing in Surrey. With regards to working practice, it is a hybrid role with an expectation of the post holder being in the office at least twice a week.
About the Team
The Public Health Team within the Adults, Wellbeing and Health Partnerships department in Surrey is forward-looking, with ambitions to support significant improvements in the health and wellbeing and reductions in health inequalities within our county's population.
About the Role
Reporting to the Principal Health and Wellbeing Lead, you will coordinate support provided to ensure effective management of business support across the team, the support of commissioning and contracts within health improvement alongside providing support to the Director of Public Health in coordinating tasks across the team.
Contracts include Public Health agreement service contracts and other high-value contracts within the team and support will need to be provided in close liaison with other lead commissioners across the Health Improvement Team. You will be involved in leading innovation, financial control and service improvement alongside dealing with internal and external partners in Surrey.
Shortlisting Criteria
To be considered for shortlisting for this position, your application should make reference to the criteria in the job description and will clearly evidence your experience of the following:
* Maintaining, developing and reviewing systems, processes, procedures and working methods to maximise service quality, efficiency and compliance.
* Planning workloads and securing resources to enable the team(s) to achieve a quality service.
* Assisting with budget/resource management in accordance with the organisation's policies and procedures.
* Liaising, communicating and building relationships with other internal departments, customers, partner organisations, agencies and/or contractors to support and represent the team/service.
* Managing a team and supporting their performance management and development.
Contact us
Please contact us for any questions relating to the role. This could be to discuss flexible working requests, transferable skills or any barriers to employment.
For an informal discussion please contact Phillip Austen-Reed.
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 2nd February with interviews planned for 12th February.
We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.
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Our Commitment
Surrey County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. A guaranteed interview will be offered to all disabled applicants where:
* The candidate has evidenced the minimum criteria for the role through their application.
* The candidate has chosen to share that they have a disability on the application form.
Our application form and onboarding process will provide an opportunity to request any reasonable adjustments for the interview and/or the role. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all underrepresented groups. #J-18808-Ljbffr