Salary £33,945 – £38,223 Per Annum | Permanent, Full time, 37 hours per week | Pro Rata
Pay Award Pending
International Sponsorship – this role is not open to international sponsorship
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Public Health Practitioner to join our team. We are looking for someone who is experienced, motivated, and passionate about addressing health inequalities in Lancashire to join our existing Wider Determinants Team within Public Health to deliver the outcomes of the
This role is ideally suited to an experienced Public Health Practitioner/or professional from a relevant service area. It is an excellent opportunity for someone working towards their UKPHR portfolio. The role is focused on reducing health inequalities across Lancashire by addressing the wider determinants of health, using effective policy, commissioning of services, and partnership working.
The requirements of the role are wide-ranging. The post-holder will contribute to the delivery of the service objectives to promote health and wellbeing, tackle inequalities and improve the health of the Lancashire population. As part of this, they will promote, influence, and develop a Health in All Policies approach. The role will involve using public health methodology to develop evidence-based policy recommendations and working with relevant policy makers to embed these. It is a varied portfolio of work including commissioning of associated services, developing business cases and strategies/action plans, briefing elected members, presenting at various forums, working in partnership with internal and external partners, and contributing to the teams workplan.
The current work of the wider determinants team includes:
• Economic Recovery
• Social Value
• Food Strategy
• Transport
• Crisis Support Service
• Spatial Planning
• Licensing
• Employee wellbeing
• Poverty and welfare
You will report to a Senior Public Health Practitioner. You will have the opportunity to work closely with other Public Health colleagues in their interfacing portfolios. Work on wider thematic areas and/or projects will also be expected with support. There will be numerous opportunities for personal development and growth, both in terms of training/CPD and working with a range of partner organisations.
Accountabilities/Responsibilities
The following are a range of duties that are appropriate to this grade:
1. Contribute towards the development of work plans relating to population health improvement.
2. Support on the development of evidence-based policy recommendations and work with relevant partners to embed these.
3. Contribute to the commissioning of specific services/interventions.
4. Contribute to work objectives and standards and monitor and support the effective performance of staff in delivering against these.
5. Manage allocated budgets and other resources.
Applications for this post are open until 1st October 2024, however we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible, as if we have enough applications, we may decide to close applications early.
Interviews will take place on the 8th 9th and 10th October 2024 at County Hall in Preston.
For more information about the post please contact Andrew Ascroft (Senior Public Health Practitioner – Wider Determinants) on 01772 539864.
Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence.
In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website.
We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.