We have an exciting role on offer within our Public Protection as a Senior Public Health Officer.
About Us
Middlesbrough Council’s Public Protection Service are seeking to recruit to the role of Public Health Officer with key responsibilities for preventing alcohol related harm, working with regulatory services including licensing, police trading standards and environmental health.
To be successful in this role you need a relevant degree qualification or 5 GCSE’s at Grade C or above including Maths and English plus relevant knowledge gained from substantial experience of working in the community/public health field.
You will have a responsibility for promote health and wellbeing, tackle health inequalities, and protect the public from the wide range of harms caused by alcohol.
As a Public Health Officer you will be required to:
Support and manage a wide range of public health programmes focusing on key priorities relating to health protection and ill-health prevention.
Respond to licensing functions on behalf of the Director of Public Health.
Work closely with a range of partners to carry out research, identify best practice, to develop initiatives to tackle alcohol related harm.
Have a flexible and creative approach and be able to build relationships with key organisations, communities and the VCS to achieve outcomes.
If this is you, this may be the opportunity you are looking for!
In return we can offer:
* Generous leave entitlement with an option to purchase up to 10 additional days annual leave per year.
* Excellent pension plus top-up options.
* Staff networks run by our staff for our staff.
* Flexible working (dependent on job role).
* Electric car lease scheme.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Employee benefits portal including Wellbeing and Employee Assistance Programme.
* Staff lottery.
* Travel and car parking schemes.
* Ongoing training and development opportunities.
* Fantastic career progression opportunities and lots more!
If you would like to talk through this opportunity further, please contact, Fiona Helyer, Principal Public Protection Officer, on 01642 728717 or email .
We operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for applicants that can show they meet all the essential criteria and have indicated they have a disability, are a looked after young person, care leaver or a veteran.