Public Health Manager (Health Equity Partnerships)

The postholder will coordinate and deliver high quality, specialist technical and professional expertise to support the objectives of the health equity and inclusion health division. This role will focus on supporting the UKHSA response to systematic, avoidable, and unjust differences in health and wellbeing between different groups of people, which can arise due to where individuals are born, grow, live, work and become older, and lead to unequal outcomes in communicable diseases and external health hazards.
They will work with staff across UKHSA and with regional teams to deliver programmes that support UKHSA to achieve equitable outcomes, providing specific expertise around developing equitable partnerships with the voluntary and community sector, communities, and people with lived experience of health inequalities.
The post holder will require demonstrable generic public health skills and will have specific lead areas of work involving partnership working with the voluntary and community sector and health system partners to support system wide priorities for health equity. The post holder will also support the Health Equity and Inclusion Health division with communicating effectively with stakeholders and the public to influence and deliver improved health outcomes. The post holder will contribute to the strategic work of the health equity function and deputise where appropriate.
The post holder will undergo a programme of on-going development and education to build on existing knowledge and develop skills to provide specialist public health support and meet competencies required to undertake the role., The main duties and responsibilities are likely to include:
+ Support the development and implementation of the HE strategy, including the development and delivery of the relevant action plan with initial specific focus on the ‘partnerships’ area of focus Work with the public, the HWB Alliance, and other teams in UKHSA to support the fostering and management of relationships with external stakeholders, including supporting co-design of the health equity strategy, policies and programmes
+ Support the Deputy Director to develop and provide the organisational approach to partnerships, including community engagement
+ Analyse, use and present outcome data to monitor health equity issues and emerging trends; and to inform planning decisions.
+ Work with the UKHSA Emergency Planning and Resilience Response (EPRR) team to embed engagement and accessible communications in UKHSA incident planning and response.
+ Contribute to the UKHSA response during incidents in line with UKHSA’s Emergency Planning and Resilience Response (EPRR) arrangements.
+ Provide expertise to teams in UKHSA on how to package information for different audiences and effectively communicate to catalyse action by partners and the public
+ Lead work within the Health Equity and Inclusion Health Division to ensure our evidence and outputs are communicated effectively to different audiences, in line with our communications strategy
+ Provide expertise to the division to support divisional business planning and ongoing programme management, working closely with the Directorate Senior Programme manager to embed processes
+ Line management, as appropriate
OTHER DUTIES
+ The above is only an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. You will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by your line manager.
+ The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the Health Equity and Inclusion Health Division, In the event of a large number of applications we will shortlist on the lead criteria of Master’s in Public health, or higher degree in a related subject, or evidence of CPD in public health and documented experience at master’s level practice.
If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview and assessment
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Feedback will not be provided at this stage.
Stage 2: Interview (competency based)
You will be invited to a single remote interview.
Knowledge, experience, skills & abilities will be tested at interview.
A five-minute presentation will also form part of the interview- details to be confirmed to candidates invited to interview.
Interviews will be held week commencing 3rd February. Please note, these dates are subject to change.
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Location
This role is being offered as hybrid working. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's core HQ’s (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London). Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport link and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).
Eligibility Criteria
External- open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including internal applicants).
Reasonable Adjustments
The Civil Service is committed to making sure that our selection methods are fair to everyone. To help you during the recruitment process, we will consider any reasonable adjustments that could help you. An adjustment is a change to the recruitment process or an adjustment at work. This is separate to the Disability Confident Scheme.
If you need an adjustment to be made at any point during the recruitment process you should contact the recruitment team in confidence as soon as possible to discuss your needs.
You can find out more information about reasonable adjustments across the Civil Service here: https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/reasonable-adjustments/
International Police check
If you have spent more than 6 months abroad over the last 3 years you may need an International Police Check. This would not necessarily have to be in a single block, and it could be time accrued over that period.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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Security
Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check.
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Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
+ UK nationals
+ nationals of the Republic of Ireland
+ nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
+ nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
+ individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
+ Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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+ Master’s in Public health, or higher degree in a related subject, or evidence of CPD in public health and documented experience at master’s level practice
Knowledge and Experience
+ Substantial experience in a public health role at a senior level with knowledge and expertise in Health Equity and Partnerships
+ Proven experience and ability to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of/to others including managing and motivating a team and reviewing individual standards
+ Co-ordination and management of public health projects and initiatives (e.g. quality improvement and/or research)
+ Knowledge and understanding of the wider public health agenda, and working knowledge of the principles of epidemiology
Skills and Capabilities
+ Effective verbal, written and presentation communication skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences, and proficient in the use of Microsoft Office including Word, and Excel
+ Evidence of ongoing CPD and committed to self-development and willing to share experience with others to influence practice
+ Proven capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
+ Evidence of ability to handle challenging issues taking a problem-solving approach to ensure proactive and effective resolution

Alongside your salary of £54,416, UK Health Security Agency contributes £15,764 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
+ Learning and development tailored to your role
+ An environment with flexible working options
+ A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
+ A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%