Public Health Officer – New Shire Hall Emery Crescent Enterprise Campus Alconbury Weald Huntingdon, United Kingdom
Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Public Health Service as part of the Prevention and Inclusion Team.
Our team works to improve health and wellbeing, reduce health inequalities and support residents to live healthier, more independent lives. We do this through prevention, partnership working, evidence-based practice and innovative approaches to behaviour change.
Working to the Consultant in Public Health for the Prevention and Inclusion the post will support the Prevention and Inclusion Team across a broad portfolio of prevention-focused activities that includes strategy development, programme delivery and commissioning. Areas covered include health behaviours, substance misuse healthy ageing, cardiovascular disease prevention and mental health
About you
We are looking for a motivated and organised individual but also flexible, with strong project coordination skills and a passion for improving population health and reducing health inequalities.
You will bring:
- A degree or equivalent experience.
- An understanding of public health principles, prevention, and health inequalities.
- An awareness of behaviour change approaches and the wider factors that influence health and wellbeing.
- An understanding of the role of local government, the NHS, voluntary and community organisations in improving health outcomes.
- Experience supporting or coordinating projects, programmes, or services, with the ability to manage competing priorities across multiple workstreams.
- Strong organisational and planning skills, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build positive working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders.
- The ability to work confidently with data, reports, and performance information.
- A commitment to improving outcomes for residents and supporting a fairer, healthier Cambridgeshire.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop your public health knowledge and experience
while contributing to a broad and varied portfolio of work that supports healthier lives,
stronger communities, and reduced inequalities across Cambridgeshire.
About usCambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.https://youtu.be/DDE1nplZttYVisit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers…