Leicester City Council
Programme Officer Physical Activity and Healthy Weight
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Reference: REQ7669
Description
Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent
Would you like to play a key role in supporting our communities with their local health needs? Join us as a Programme Officer and you’ll work closely with the Public Health team to support the implementation of public health programmes which aim to improve the health of our local population. You will be working on: the Physical Activity programme which supports a variety of physical activity-based interventions and partnership working across Leicester and the Whole System Approach to Healthy Weight.
The team are usually based at City Hall; but you’ll have the flexibility to work from home. This is a full-time, permanent position, working 37 hours per week from Monday to Friday. On occasion you may be required to work evenings and weekends.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Responsible for supporting, planning and monitoring the day-to-day delivery of health improvement programmes by ensuring the programmes are high quality, in line with national and local policies, and are delivered on time, and to budget.
- Liaise with a range of internal and external stakeholders to develop and maintain positive relationships.
- Prepare reports, briefings and presentations that will update on programme delivery and progress.
- Develop and deliver training sessions to a range of stakeholders.
- With guidance from the programme leads, support procurement exercises and manage contracts for public health services, while evaluating and reviewing performance.
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What You’ll Need
- Excellent communication skills to work effectively as part of a team, work in partnership, develop networks and negotiate with decision makers.
- Ability to identify common priorities and work alongside other organisations for the same goal.
- Experience and knowledge of project management and good practice to deliver programmes to a high standard.
- Good understanding of the wider determinants of health and the role local government and other agencies play in the health and wellbeing agenda.
- Strong analytical skills to effectively analyse issues and implement effective, creative, and innovative solutions, while identifying and managing risks.
- Excellent IT skills to maintain and develop spreadsheets, prepare engaging presentations for a variety of audiences, and utilise project management and communication tools.
- Ability to develop and deliver high quality and engaging training to a range of clients.
What We Can Offer You
- Satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester.
- Work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance.
- Generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working.
- Chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities.
- Flexible benefits, including childcare vouchers, discounts on city buses and trains, and help with relocation to Leicester, where appropriate.
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We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome, and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.
For an informal discussion about this post, please contact: Amy Hathway, Public Health Programme Manager at amy.hathway@leicester.gov.uk
Interviews / Assessments will take place on the 8th and 15th of September.
Region
Central
Location
City Hall
Salary
GBP35,412 - GBP38,220 Per Year
Package
Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): GBP52,115.74
Contractual Hours
37
Basis
Full time, Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Permanent
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