Senior wellbeing and public health officer

Senior Wellbeing and Public Health Officer

Permanent, Full Time

£34,293 to £40,345 per annum

Location: Countywide

Working Style: Anywhere worker

Closing Date: 22nd September 2024

Please note there are five posts to support our 5 alliances: North-East Essex (NEE), Mid Essex (Mid), West Essex (West), Basildon and Brentwood (B&B) and South-East Essex (South-East).

Please state in your cover letter which alliance(s) you have a preference to work in.

Join Our Growing Public Health Team at Essex County Council

Are you ready to create positive change and be part of something bigger? As we embark on the next phase of our 5-year Business Plan, the Wellbeing, Public Health, and Communities Team is seeking passionate individuals to join us. Here's what's on the horizon:

Community Empowerment: We're all about building community capacity. Be part of a team that fosters resilience, collaboration, and positive change across Essex.

Health Champions Wanted: Addressing health behaviours head-on. If you're passionate about improving wellbeing, this is your chance to impact the lives of our diverse population.

NHS Collaboration: We're breaking down silos by enhancing joint working with NHS colleagues. Together, we'll achieve the ambitious goals set out in our Business Plan.

We are currently advertising several roles within our Public Health team. These aren't just jobs; they're opportunities to shape our county's future. Help us build on early successes and expand our impact across Essex.

The role

Essex County Council's Wellbeing, Public Health and Communities (WPHC) team are looking to improve and enhance the work we do with the NHS and other key partners in the five Health and Wellbeing Partnerships across the County: NEE, Mid, West, B&B and South-East.

The WPHC Business Plan identifies six key health risk factors (Smoking, High Blood Pressure, High Blood Glucose, High BMI, High Cholesterol, and Alcohol Use) that impact significantly on healthy life expectancy.

This role will be tasked to work with the relevant Alliance and associated partners, ensuring that within primary care and other delivery settings, there is a focus on these risk factors. The main function of the role will be to co-ordinate and drive work across the Alliance area addressing these six risk factors, increasing uptake of smoking cessation services, reduced smoking rates, increased levels of physical activity, improved diet, reduced alcohol consumption and reduced levels of high cholesterol, with the view that this activity will support a longer term and sustainable increase in disability free life expectancy and reduced premature mortality from preventable causes.

You will bring…

· Educated to degree level and/or appropriate professional qualification relevant to the field or equivalent by experience, with subject matter expertise in a public health or related service.

· Demonstrable evidence of building strong networks within a political environment, working effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, influencing partners, and managing change within a multi-stakeholder environment.

· Proven track record of managing and delivering projects successfully whilst demonstrating breadth of thinking.

To read more about us please visit: Economy, Investment and Public Health

Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.

Why Essex? Essex County Council has a location to be proud of. Our 1,300 square miles stretch from Constable Country to the Thames Estuary, from the dynamic M11 corridor to the traditional seaside resorts of Clacton and Walton. England's oldest town, Colchester, and two of its newest - Basildon and Harlow - are right here. Along with the City of Chelmsford, the county town, they form our major population centres. It means real choice and makes Essex the ideal place for your career. Read more about us.

Essex County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We're committed to interview all disabled applicants who choose to apply under our Job Interview Scheme if they meet the minimum requirements of the job. Please speak to our Recruiters if you require any reasonable adjustments during the process.

We're also committed to interview all veterans and care leavers, who meet the minimum requirements of the role for which they are applying.

As part of employment with Essex County Council (ECC) should your role require a DBS check you will be required to register with the DBS update service. The DBS update service ensures all registered DBS certificates are kept up to date and allows authorised parties to view the status of your certificate. This is an annual subscription, and you will be responsible for ensuring this is maintained. For further information on the DBS update service please go to https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service

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