Public Health Programme Lead - 3 Year Fixed Term Contract

37 Hours Monday to Friday - Occasional evening or weekend work.

Make a lasting difference to the health and wellbeing of Gateshead residents.

Who We Are And What We Stand For

Do you want to help make Gateshead a place where everyone thrives? If that sounds like you, keep reading - we might just be the perfect match.

We’re delighted that you’re interested in working with us. You’d be joining us at a very exciting time.

We pride ourselves on our ambitious and forward-thinking approach to taking care of Gateshead and its people, and we passionately believe that our employees reflect that spirit in truly enabling Gateshead to thrive.

At Gateshead Council you’d be a highly valued member of a team that recognises and respects the skills that you bring to your role, encourages creativity and passionately advocates a great work / life balance. Our actions speak louder than words, and with flexi-time and hybrid working available across many of our roles, as well as a full suite of outstanding employee benefits, we’re confident that it isn’t just the salary that attracts our staff.

Championing health. Changing lives.

The Public Health Service at Gateshead Council works to improve population health and reduce inequalities by putting prevention, evidence and partnership at the heart of decision-making. We lead delivery of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy and Health in All Policies approach, working across the Council, NHS and wider system to address the wider determinants of health. Using strong public health intelligence and insight, we support action across the life course, from children and young people to adult wellbeing, prevention and health protection, ensuring services are targeted where they will have the greatest impact.

Creating healthier communities, together.

We are looking for an ambitious and experienced Public Health Programme Lead to join our Public Health and Wellbeing Team at Gateshead Council. This is an exciting opportunity to lead the development of innovative, evidence-based programmes that improve health outcomes, reduce inequalities and support communities to thrive.

Working across a range of partners, you will play a pivotal role in identifying population health needs, shaping policy, commissioning services and driving strategic change. You will use data, research and local intelligence to influence decisions, develop effective interventions and ensure our Health and Wellbeing Strategy delivers meaningful improvements across the life course.

Public Health Programme Lead, 3 year fixed term contract

Focus on the wider determinants of health through a collaborative, place-based approach to deliver the Health and Wellbeing Strategy. Requires strong public health expertise and flexibility to work across the strategy’s full scope and building blocks of health and wellbeing. This post will have specific responsibility to lead and support the development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of programmes and policies that improve the local food environment and promote healthy weight for residents across the life course.

If you are passionate about tackling health inequalities, skilled at building partnerships and motivated by creating healthier futures for our communities, we would love to hear from you.

What You'll Get To Do

• Establish local intelligence on the health needs of the Gateshead population and lead on the development and updating of health needs assessments and other public health tools.
• Work with Consultants and Senior Management Team to ensure effective and efficient commissioning / joint commissioning of Public Health services and achievement of national performance indicators.
• Implement local and national public health policy in Gateshead, with emphasis on the policy objectives of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy and their implementation.
• Lead the identification and dissemination of good practice and provide strategic input to the development and delivery of Gateshead Council’s corporate objectives.
• Chair relevant programme/partnership groups representing Gateshead Council, which have the responsibility for the delivery of Public Health outcomes.
• Compile regular reports on progress as required by local, regional and national stakeholders including the Health & Wellbeing Board, Overview and Scrutiny Committees, Strategic Partnership Boards, etc.
• Develop and manage an annual spending plan to underpin the delivery of the public health programme. Ensure expenditure of funds is undertaken in line with the regulations and financial processes of both the Local Authority and the Department of Health and Social Care
• Liaise with other Council directorates and partnerships in developing and monitoring cross partnership and sub regional commissioning arrangements, developing new service interventions or policy initiatives.
• Work with Knowledge and Intelligence colleagues to ensure the gathering of performance and monitoring information as required by national and local stakeholders (for example, North East and North Cumbria Integrated Commissioning Board, the North East Knowledge Information Team).
• Work collaboratively with colleagues across the Council and other stakeholders (e.g. NHS), service providers and our communities, to ensure engagement in public health and wellbeing priorities.
• Work with colleagues in the Health Determinants Research Collaborative to develop and take part in research and evaluation activities to support programmes of work.