Senior Public Health Manager - Physical Activity (Internal Candidates Only)

Medway Public Health is looking for a highly motivated and dynamic Senior Public Health Manager for Physical Activity. You will lead the Physical Activity team, who are a team of experts within their field who deliver and oversee specialised interventions

for both physical activity and active travel, analysing data to assess need and trends building upon a whole systems approach.

Physical Activity is fundamental to people’s health and wellbeing, benefiting individuals from childhood through to older age, by reducing the risk of injury or disease, improving mental health, bringing communities together and encouraging connectedness.

The postholder will be focused on increasing physical activity for Medway residents, at both and individual level and population wide level across the life course. They will look to break down barriers to being active and removing the inequalities that exist for people that struggle to access opportunities to engage in physical activity.

The postholder will need to work across the council, sectors and organisations to create a strategic vision to gain buy in to support Medway’s goal to move more. In addition, they will work alongside national bodies to influence and engage in best practice for the benefit of residents both within Medway and beyond.

They will be required to scope areas of priorities, take responsibility for the development, implementation, and delivery of national, regional and local public health policies and deliver against key public health targets.

If this role appeals to you, please outline on your application your, knowledge, experience and/or skills in the following areas:

• Knows how to leverage national, regional, and local public health policies and strategies to influence inter-agency and interdisciplinary strategic plans and programmes leading to improvement of population health and wellbeing
• A developed understanding of how to promote population and community HWB addressing the wider determinants of health and health inequalities
• Ability to build and maintain supportive and empathic relationships, securing stakeholder support and commitment to a course of action or different way of thinking by listening, presenting ideas convincingly and persuasively.
• Extensive experience of leading large scale programmes, ideally across both health and social care, with a proven and successful track record in delivering improved outcomes, savings and effective management of risk

If you would like to have an informal discussion with the recruiting manager, please e-mail Kate Bell on katherine.bell@medway.gov.uk

Career Progression Frameworks (CPF) have been introduced for all roles at Medway Council. These frameworks provide a mechanism for employees to take ownership of their development within their post and be rewarded accordingly. This means that the salary you will be offered will be at level A unless, based on an assessment against the CPF criteria, you demonstrate that you are meeting the criteria of level B or C. There will be further opportunity once in post to progress from level A to B, and B to C.

When writing your application, it is important to ensure you identify your suitability against the requirements of the job profile, as this information will be used for shortlisting and may contribute to the CPF assessment. Your application may be rejected if the minimum required criteria is not met. Further information relating to the requirements for this role can be found in the CPF Guidance document attached.

The person specification of a job profile is split into three levels:
Level A details the essential criteria that all applicants must be able to demonstrate through their application and interview.

Level B details the developed competencies that an individual who is practised in this role would be able to demonstrate and will be a progression of knowledge, experience and skills from level A.

Level C requires the highest level of competence and applicants would need to fully meet and demonstrate all aspects of the job profile, including qualifications, knowledge, skills and experience.

The Public Health Team are seeking to appoint an experienced Senior Public Health Manager – Physical Activity at level C. You will meet the requirements of the person specification fully and can demonstrate applied knowledge, experience and skills in this role. All elements within the person specification are essential. You will be supported through induction, probation and a supportive Performance Appraisal and Career Conversation, which can include identifying and supporting the achievement of professional goals.

Important Information-

Applicants must be able to demonstrate all essential requirements as listed in the job profile

For further information, and for details of the benefits of working for Medway Council, please refer to the Medway information pack available as a download or to view online.

Please be advised that if you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted. All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment will usually be sent out via email.

Please visit http://www.mindfulemployer.net/ for information on how Medway Council put good practices in place to ensure employees and job applicants who declare mental health issues receive the right level of support.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time prior to the closing date.