Advanced public health practitioner

Are you a public health professional looking to progress your career to the next level?

Are you able to apply your skills in a fast-paced public health environment and lead and influence significant public health programmes?

If so, West Sussex Public Health team would like to hear from you.

The Public Health Department is a progressive multi-disciplinary department committed to improving health and tackling inequalities in West Sussex. The Department's key role is to protect and improve lifelong health and wellbeing of everyone in West Sussex, by commissioning evidence-based services and empowering people to make healthier choices.

Public Health also works closely with local agencies and partnerships to ensure the widest possible participation in the health and health care agenda.

The Opportunity

Salary: £48,226-£51,356 per annum

Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week

Location: County Hall, Chichester with hybrid working options

Contract type: Permanent

We are recruiting an Advanced Public Health Practitioner role within the Tobacco and Smoking Cessation team, part of the Living and Working Well team. You will play a key role in forging partnerships with and influencing key stakeholders and will support public health Leads to develop, and hold, the overview of implementation, monitoring and quality of key public health programmes. You will work with partners to ensure the programmes are aligned with the broader context and are visible as well as tailored to reduce health inequalities and improve health and wellbeing.

As an Advanced Public Health Practitioner for the Smoking Cessation programme you will be the lead specialist for implementation, monitoring and quality of the smoking cessation programme. Providing oversight of smoking cessation programme planning, delivery and performance, ensuring the programme is delivered to time and budget and achieving the required outcomes.

The role will include budget management, staff recruitment and management (both line management and matrix work/task management).

What are we looking for?

Some of the key skills and experience required for this role include:

• Strong, pragmatic problem‑solving skills allowing you to anticipate problems and resolve issues independently. You will also challenge existing practices and identify innovative solutions.
• Highly developed analytical and judgemental skills to diagnose, research, analyse and interpret highly complex or technical information. This will include written reports and briefings focused on different stakeholders with the outcome to improve services for everyone.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to interact effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders and create and maintain effective working relationships. You will also influence stakeholders to make decisions that they would not otherwise make.
• Applying professional project and programme management skills to analyse and make judgements based on principles to address complex issues.
• Effective people management skills, including performance management skills and the ability to provide direction and support to individuals and teams.
• Master's degree or equivalent postgraduate qualification in Public Health or related subject or experience.
• Experience of working and leading programmes within a multi-agency environment and developing and delivering business improvements.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the Job Description attached.

Further information

The reference number for this role is CAFHE06344.

To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Candidates are encouraged to include in their cover letter what they understand are the key challenges for the role. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success. We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application help page.

Working for us

As an employer we recognise our employees are central to everything we do. To recognise this, we want to help support your development and provide a great place to work. So, upon joining us, you will have access to a range of benefits including:

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