Public Health Manager (Health Equity Partnerships)

Job description

Job responsibilities

The main duties and responsibilities are likely to include:

• Support the development and implementation of the HE strategy, including the development and delivery of the relevant action plan with initial specific focus on the partnerships area of focus Work with the public, the HWB Alliance, and other teams in UKHSA to support the fostering and management of relationships with external stakeholders, including supporting co-design of the health equity strategy, policies and programmes
• Support the Deputy Director to develop and provide the organisational approach to partnerships, including community engagement
• Analyse, use and present outcome data to monitor health equity issues and emerging trends; and to inform planning decisions.
• Work with the UKHSA Emergency Planning and Resilience Response (EPRR) team to embed engagement and accessible communications in UKHSA incident planning and response.
• Contribute to the UKHSA response during incidents in line with UKHSAs Emergency Planning and Resilience Response (EPRR) arrangements.
• Provide expertise to teams in UKHSA on how to package information for different audiences and effectively communicate to catalyse action by partners and the public
• Lead work within the Health Equity and Inclusion Health Division to ensure our evidence and outputs are communicated effectively to different audiences, in line with our communications strategy
• Provide expertise to the division to support divisional business planning and ongoing programme management, working closely with the Directorate Senior Programme manager to embed processes
• Line management, as appropriate

OTHER DUTIES

• The above is only an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. You will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by your line manager.
• The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Health Equity and Inclusion Health Division

Selection Process Details

Stage 1: Application & Sift

Competency-based assessment

You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the 9 listed essential criteria that have been selected from the job description, and this will be in the form of:

• Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application
• 1000 word Statement of Suitability.

This should outline how your skills, experience, and knowledge provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria.

The Application form and Statement of Suitability will be marked together.

In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on the lead criteria of Masters in Public health, or higher degree in a related subject, or evidence of CPD in public health and documented experience at masters level practice.

If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview and assessment

Please do not exceed 1000 words. We will not consider any words over and above this number.

Feedback will not be provided at this stage.

Stage 2: Interview (competency based)

You will be invited to a single remote interview.

Knowledge, experience, skills & abilities will be tested at interview.

A five-minute presentation will also form part of the interview- details to be confirmed to candidates invited to interview.

Interviews will be held week commencing 3rd February. Please note, these dates are subject to change.

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Eligibility CriteriaExternal- open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants).

LocationThis role is being offered as hybrid working. We offer great flexible working opportunities atUKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's core HQs (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London). Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centretransport link and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments suchas the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).

Security Clearance Level Requirement

Successful candidates for this role must pass an enhanced disclosure and barring security check before they can be appointed.

Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Basic Personnel Security Standard.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Master's in Public health, or higher degree in a related subject, or evidence of CPD in public health and documented experience at master's level practice

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Substantial experience in a public health role at a senior level with knowledge and expertise in Health Equity and Partnerships
• Proven experience and ability to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of/to others including managing and motivating a team and reviewing individual standards
• Co-ordination and management of public health projects and initiatives (e.g. quality improvement and/or research)
• Knowledge and understanding of the wider public health agenda, and working knowledge of the principles of epidemiology

Skills and Capabilities

Essential

• Effective verbal, written and presentation communication skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences, and proficient in the use of Microsoft Office including Word, and Excel
• Evidence of ongoing CPD and committed to self-development and willing to share experience with others to influence practice
• Proven capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
• Evidence of ability to handle challenging issues taking a problem-solving approach to ensure proactive and effective resolution

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

UK Health Security Agency

Address

UKHSA Core HQs

Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, London

E14 4PU

Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency (Opens in a new tab)