Public Health Officer - Mental Wellbeing Team
Permanent
Grade 4 - £34,434 - £41,771
Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review
Working 36.5 hours per week
Public Mental Health seeks to address the societal factors that influence people's mental health and wellbeing, by taking a broad, holistic approach to understanding, treating, and preventing mental and behavioural health disorders in populations. To take forward this agenda, Birmingham City Council has recently developed the Creating a Mentally Healthy City Strategy, which promotes prevention-focused ways to better mental health and wellbeing and prevent death by suicide in the city.
We are seeking a Public Health Officer to drive forward our mental health and wellbeing priorities, which aim to better lives through the lens of People, Families, Communities and Places. The postholder will support the team with initiatives such as our Communities' 5 Ways to Wellbeing Grant, delivery of Priority Action Groups, and support the maintenance and development of mental health and wellbeing action plans. They will also enhance the team's data collection, analysis, and collation of best practice interventions from other local areas.
The successful candidate should:
* Have a degree in Public Health, or similar, or extensive experience (3+ years)
* Have sufficient experience working in a Public Health setting, or similar
* Have a strong understanding of the principles of Public Health
* Have experience developing and piloting initiatives to promote better health and wellbeing
* Have experience in contract or grant management, including supporting partners and organisations to collect good-quality data
* Understand the mental health and care system, within clinical and non-clinical settings
* Be passionate about improving the lives of citizens, particularly those who experience disadvantage and larger mental health and wellbeing needs
* Be well-versed in mental health and wellbeing outcomes, including the analysis of outcomes through websites such as Fingertips.
Please upload an up-to-date CV and Personal Statement via the attachments part of your application. The Personal Statement should outline how you meet the essential criteria for the role through your personal qualities, skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post. Note the Personal Statement must be no more than 1500 words. Any words over 1500 will not be considered. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached
Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.
We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.
We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.
Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.
Please take time to read through the Job Description and Person Specification.
Job Description and Person Specification
We strive to advertise all roles for a minimum of two weeks. However, due to high application volumes vacancies may close earlier than the stated deadline. We encourage you to submit your application without delay to ensure consideration.
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