Public Health Practitioner (Advanced) – Healthy Places

Overview

In this role you drive health improvements across Buckinghamshire by embedding wellbeing into policy and service design. You will coordinate the Director of Public Health Annual Report Action Plan and translate recommendations into actionable delivery in partnership with cross‑sector stakeholders. You provide public health expertise to place‑based initiatives and help ensure momentum across the Healthy Places agenda. You will work to reduce inequalities and improve outcomes for residents, with a focus on strategic and operational impact.

Pay / Benefits

• Employee Assistance Programme
• Mental Health First Aiders
• mindfulness workshops
• generous Pension Scheme
• discounted gym memberships
• flexible and hybrid working

Responsibilities

• Coordinate delivery of the Director of Public Health Annual Report Action Plan and translate recommendations into action
• Support and monitor cross‑sector delivery to embed health considerations in decision‑making, planning processes and service design
• Provide public health expertise to place‑based initiatives across the Council and partners
• Foster collaboration with stakeholders to improve health outcomes and reduce inequalities
• Identify opportunities to strengthen delivery and maintain momentum across the seven building blocks of health
• Analyse data and evidence to inform decisions and actions

Key requirements

• Knowledge and understanding of public health principles, prevention and health inequalities
• Experience of partnership working within local government, the NHS, public health or a related field
• Strong project management and organisational skills
• Ability to analyse and interpret information and use evidence to inform action
• Excellent communication, presentation and report-writing skills
• Experience of managing competing priorities and delivering outcomes in a complex environment
• Proactive, collaborative and solution-focused approach

• effective communicator
• relationship-builder
• proactive problem solver
• public health principles
• prevention and health inequalities
• evidence-based decision making

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