Job Introduction
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an innovative, ambitious programme of work in Staffordshire. If you are looking for a challenge in an organisation and system that has bold ambitions, this could be the role for you.
This role will help to shape a new approach to ensure Staffordshire has the right conditions and environments to enable people to live happy and healthy lives. Working collaboratively with partner organisations and senior colleagues this role will provide strategic leadership to embed and drive the Better Health Staffordshire (BHS) programme of work (a whole systems approach to enabling healthy weight). The role will also lead on promoting and enabling healthy places and environments via levers such as planning policy and housing. The two areas of work will be closely aligned and interdependent.
The role will coordinate and lead on programmes that aim to influence policy and environments across a breadth of public health topics, but specifically:
- Enabling healthy weight.
- The built environment.
- Green and open spaces.
- Active travel.
- Planning and licensing.
- Homes for life.
- Health impact assessment.
Main Responsibility
- Focus on reducing health inequalities across the system.
- Strategic leadership of the BHS programme, including the successful roll out, scaling up across the county, and supporting the local partnerships to deliver and measure short, medium and long-term outcomes.
- Lead on the procurement of a new digital solution to improve health and wellbeing.
- Develop and implement an evaluation framework to measure the impact of the BHS programme.
- Supporting District and Borough councils to deliver local plans that prioritise health and wellbeing.
- Embed health impact assessments within policies and programmes across Staffordshire County Council and our partners.
The Ideal Candidate
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who:
- Can lead complex transformational system change.
- Has detailed knowledge of public health and UK health and care systems.
- Can lead, develop and coordinate work across organisational boundaries.
- Has a sound understanding of complex data, research, evaluation and presenting information to inform strategic development and programme delivery.
- Is passionate about promoting improvements in public health and reducing inequalities in health, you will promote co-production to ensure the voice of the person is recognised.
This is a role where you’ll be working with a wide range of colleagues and stakeholders, so you’ll be:
- A superb communicator, negotiator and influencer that can develop and sustain strong working relationships.
- A strategic planner and have strong programme management skills.
- Committed to community engagement and coproduction.
- Able to motivate and build cross organisational partnerships that consistently achieve and exceed their objectives.
- Have a high level of personal drive and integrity, you’ll be committed to proactively solving problems and developing innovative solutions to improve outcomes.
If you would like to find out more about the post please contact either Jo Robinson at Joanna.robinson@staffordshire.gov.uk or Lucy Hegarty at lucy.hegarty@staffordshire.gov.uk
About Staffordshire County Council
We are no ordinary county council:
Our Values:
The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.
Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:
We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.
We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.
Our benefits:
We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire
Our recruitment process:
As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Silver Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
