The Northumberland County Council Public Health Team is based within the Public Health, Inequalities & Stronger Communities directorate. The Public Health Team is responsible for commissioning and delivering services and influencing parts of the system to improve the health of our residents in Northumberland and reduce health inequalities.
We are seeking to recruit an experienced and highly skilled Public Health Intelligence Manager to lead delivery of our Public Health Intelligence function. You should be able to work under your own initiative, and able to effectively manage and delegate the workload of the public health intelligence function. You will work in close partnership with colleagues, residents, system partners and elected members.
ROLE OF THE JOB
Subject to the needs of the service and capacity, the postholder can expect to:
• Lead the development of the Northumberland Joint Strategic Needs and Assets Assessment, working with topic-area experts to conduct and publish relevant assessments according to NCC priorities, ensuring consistency and quality of published material.
• Provide public health intelligence support for Public Health commissioned and delivered services, including Stop Smoking Services, NHS health checks, Drug and alcohol services, Sexual health services.
• Provide public health intelligence support for Policy, Strategy, and Programme development, including the statutory Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment.
• Develop digital solutions and intelligence tools to make public health intelligence accessible to colleagues, system partners and the general public.
• Advise and lead collection collation and analysis of local data relevant to Public Health
• Upskill the Public Health workforce with data and intelligence competency, in line with the UKPHR Public Health Practitioner Standards
• Be the Public Health lead for Information Governance.
• Ensure alignment to the NCC Corporate Plan, Northumberland Health and Wellbeing Strategy and Northumberland Inequalities Plan.
• Support wider public health priorities as needed in collaboration with colleagues in the Public Health team
REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB
You must hold a Masters degree in a relevant subject or equivalent qualification or experience and have the knowledge and understanding of the main health inequalities in Northumberland and the social determinants of health.
Northumberland County Council’s (NCC) vision is ‘Land of Great Opportunities’, for current and future generations. We believe there is no better place to live and work.
For further information about working for NCC, please visit our website here .
Why choose us?
We have some outstanding benefits and perks to offer you, including:
-26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees)
-Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
-Flexi scheme (if applicable) – up to 2 days flexible leave available per month (pro rata for part-time employees)
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Further information
Please note that this is a full time position but applications on a secondment or part-time basis would be considered for the right applicant.
For guidance on completing your application and for information about our Equality and Diversity principles, please see the attached guidance noteshere .
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* Directorate Public Health, Stronger Communities and Inequalities
* Location County Hall, Morpeth, Northumberland, United Kingdom
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