Project Manager Healthy Places

Job summary

Please apply on the Leicester City Council website, any applications on this site will not be considered.

We are looking to recruit an experienced Public Health practitioner, with knowledge of procurement and managing projects, for a 12-month fixed term Project Manager Post in Public Health.

Mental health is a public health issue. No other health condition matches mental illness in the combined extent of prevalence, persistence and breadth of impact. The key purpose of the Project Manager is to contribute to the promotion of positive mental health and wellbeing in Leicester through the development and implementation of specific public mental health initiatives.

Addressing inequality in health is an is important to the local authority, and social and economic inequality is a major determinant of mental illness which underlies other risk factors.

Main duties of the job

As a Project Manager youll be part of a team focussing on prevention of mental illness and promotion of mental health across the life course in Leicester. Improving mental health helps to reduce inequalities, improve physical health, reduce health-risk behaviour, increase life expectancy, social functioning and quality of life. The benefits of protecting and promoting mental health are felt across generations.

Youll be working Monday to Friday, 37 hours per week full time hybrid working, including at City Hall, Charles Street Leicester. A typical day will be working with the Mental Health and the wider Public Health teams. Other contacts will include community organisations ,service providers, officers in procurement, legal affairs and finance. Youll be expected to contribute business cases, solve problems concerning different aspects of commissioning and project delivery.

About us

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can lookforward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. Youll enjoy generousannual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexibleworking. Well also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of trainingand development opportunities. In addition, you can choose froma number offlexible benefits,including discounts on city buses and trains. Foran illustrative value of your benefits package,take a look at ourbenefits calculator.

Join us

Were committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build acouncil that is fitting and representative of our great city. Thats why weve designed ourrecruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you.Well do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with yourapplication,take a look at the our approach to recruitment page.