Contract Type : Fixed Term Contract Until March 2026
Contract Reason : Secondment Cover
Secondment Opportunity: Permanent employees are encouraged to apply and will be supported as part of our workforce development commitment
Salary: Grade J. Scale 40 - £49,764 to Scale 43 - £52,805 with a professional bar at SCP 41 £50,788**
Hours Per Week: 36 hours
Base Location: Tameside One
Assessment Date : Expected w/c 24th February or 3rd March
The Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join the team supporting the Greater Manchester Public Health Leadership Network. The role is employed and hosted by Tameside MBC but will work day to day with the Population Health team in NHS Greater Manchester and across the ten Directors of Public Health in Greater Manchester, as well as wider partners.
The Programme Manager for the Greater Manchester Public Health Leadership Network will support with achieving the ambition of the network to act as a singular voice, joining expertise and learning to improve health and wellbeing for GM residents, reduce health inequalities in all we do, address core and emerging public health priorities and provide collective leadership to ensure greatest impact.
The network has set out a series of priorities including three key areas of focus (commercial determinants of health; fairer health for all; and housing & health). There are also a range of areas of interest and shared practice. This role will be part of a core team supporting the GM Public Health Leadership Network to further develop these areas of work and support the public health leadership across GM to drive forward on these agendas and make improvements.
Responsibilities will include a focus on policy, strategy, programme and pathway development and delivery, across these priorities for the network. There will be opportunities to highlight emerging policy areas; work with a wide range of partners across the system in Greater Manchester; manage projects and delivery; and work directly with and present your work to senior leaders, including Directors of Public Health and leadership in the NHS GM Population Health Team. This is a role that will work in collaboration with several partners to achieve its objectives.
This is a fixed term secondment cover for an existing role within the team, however the scope and priorities of the role are recently developed and pose a wide range of opportunities for personal development. Depending on experience, it is expected that the post holder will have scope to shape the direction of their work areas, in line with the priorities set out by the Greater Manchester Public Health Leadership Network.
About You
We are seeking an appropriately qualified professional with excellent problem solving, communication, and technical skills who has the energy and drive to make a major contribution to achieving the shared goals across the GM Public Health Leadership Network.
The role requires a multi-agency, system-wide approach, and you will be expected to have strong relationship and partnership skills. The role will require excellent negotiation and motivation skills and the ability to communicate effectively within diverse settings. Tact, diplomacy and an ability to understand other cultures, advise, challenge and advocate to enable effective working across organisational boundaries and influencing without direct authority will also be important skills for the role.
We are keen to attract applicants with relevant experience who may be looking to take the next step in their career or anyone who is interested in further career development within health or public health.
About Us
At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.
We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.
Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English.
Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.
** This post is classified as being in a professional job category. As such the grade for the job has a professional grade development bar which employees can progress through subject to meeting the following criteria:
1. Relevant professional qualification for the job role at Level 6 or above AND a management qualification, AND
2. Minimum of 2 years post qualification experience in the role, AND
3. Maintained membership of a regulated body where this is a requirement to practice in the role where applicable, AND
4. Professional standards practised to the highest expected level.
For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager James Mallion on 07970946485 or james.mallion@tameside.gov.uk
Reference Number: DPT571
Programme Manager job description and person specification profile
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