Job summary
The Public Health Division are recruiting a Policy and Programme Officer for Healthy Place on a permanent basis
This is an exciting opportunity to lead and develop Mertons approach to strategically supporting healthy environments and place in partnership with colleagues across the council housing regeneration planning transport and capitalising on wider external partnerships including other statutory organisations business the NHS and the voluntary sector
Main duties of the job
The role involves embedding approaches and interventions which address the wider determinants of health and which help reduce health inequalities and will prioritise embedding Health in all Policies across council strategies and plans and supporting LBM to become a Marmot Place
About us
Merton is the employer of choice for those looking to further their career in public services
Our culture is one of staff empowerment to deliver real improvements for the communities we serve and on clear career development
Together we want to build a better Merton.
We offer access to the local government pension scheme one of the most generous in the UK 27-5 days paid holiday, rising to 32-5 days after five years of service flexible working and a first-class staff development programme
We are as you would expect proud to be an equal opportunities employer and have committed to paying the London Living Wage to all our staff and contractors to ensure a fair wage for everyone working for us
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post holder has responsibility for working
across directorates in London Borough of Merton and in partnership with
communities and external organisations to support and strategically influence the
creation of healthy places and environments and is tasked with embedding of
approaches and interventions which address the wider determinants of health and
which help reduce health inequalities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The
post holder has responsibility for working
across directorates in London Borough of Merton and in partnership with
communities and external organisations to support and strategically influence the
creation of healthy places and environments and is tasked with embedding of
approaches and interventions which address the wider determinants of health and
which help reduce health inequalities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level in Public Health/Health Policy/Planning or related subject or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level in Public Health Health Policy Planning or related subject or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Experience of the field of Regeneration Public Health or Planning working to develop public health policy in multi-agency partnerships
- Experience of effectively communicating with internal partners the public and with providers developers to change practice or behaviours
- Willingness to work in a regeneration and public health place environment
- Experience of using qualitative and/or quantitative data, and ability to collate, analyse, interpret and evaluate data to support project work and inform decision making
- Experience in delivering projects to deadline
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level in Public Health/Health Policy/Planning or related subject or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level in Public Health Health Policy Planning or related subject or equivalent experience
Desirable
- Experience of the field of Regeneration Public Health or Planning working to develop public health policy in multi-agency partnerships
- Experience of effectively communicating with internal partners the public and with providers developers to change practice or behaviours
- Willingness to work in a regeneration and public health place environment
- Experience of using qualitative and/or quantitative data, and ability to collate, analyse, interpret and evaluate data to support project work and inform decision making
- Experience in delivering projects to deadline
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
