Public Health Programme Officer

We have an opportunity to join our exciting Food System Team as a Public Health Officer in a 12-month fixed term maternity cover role to support and manage key projects to improve the city's food system, and to manage key parts of the Birmingham Food System Strategy implementation. This is a high-profile area of work which aims to tackle food system challenges including nutrition, food insecurity, sustainability, food production, food supply chains, food economy and health. The role involves managing and influencing partners to improve the food system and drive forward the Birmingham Food Revolution. It offers a variety of opportunities to enhance your public health experience and competence, innovate, and make a real difference to tackling the deepest health inequalities in our city. This full-time fixed term 1 year post will be part of the Food System Team within the Healthy Behaviours and Communities sub-division of the Public Health Division. We work with a wide range of stakeholders to improve the food system and health and wellbeing of citizens, including internal directorates, public sector and private sector partners, organisations across the food system and the third sector. The team you will be joining are engaged in a dynamic and diverse range of work. This unique and exciting role will provide the opportunity to apply research into practice in order to tackle some of our biggest food system challenges, including food insecurity, affordable food, supply chains, food partnerships, nutrition and sustainability. The role will also give the post holder a way to develop experience across the Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework (PHSKF). The Officer will report to a Senior Public Health Officer in the Food System Team in the Public Health Division on a series of both structured projects and reactive pieces of work that are designed to have an impact on the health and wellbeing of individuals in Birmingham, and to improve our city's food system. They may be responsible for supporting students and interns and may also be responsible for matrix-managing Graduate Officers and support Officers in the team in the future. This post will manage and be managed according to the Council's Matrix Management principles demonstrating a flexible working approach. By supporting and managing projects from initiation to completion, there will be opportunities to demonstrate personal impact and outcomes. This role involves supporting and managing key projects within the Food System Team including:

• Managing the delivery of the multi-stakeholder city-wide food partnership, sub-groups and meetings
• Engaging with city networks
• Managing the delivery of services and projects
• Ensuring grant funded projects are delivered and the deliverables and reporting requirements are adhered to
• Engaging and influencing stakeholders at all levels to support the delivery of the Birmingham Food System Strategy and Food Revolution
• The post holder will be responsible for directly supervising staff and the operational delivery of projects as required
• Keeping up to date with local, national and international policy and research
• Supporting, conducting and scoping out research, innovation and solutions for target food system topics
• Supporting with developing and commissioning initiatives to strengthen the Food Revolution delivery and impact
• Managing commissioning arrangements
• Building and strengthening relationships with communities, third sector, universities, NHS and the food industry
• Developing and delivering key areas of the Birmingham Food System Strategy Action Plan for 2022-2030
The responsibilities and projects will change and evolve based on emerging priorities, business needs, and team capacity. You must upload a Supporting Statement via the attachments part of your application. This is required for shortlisting; you need to describe how your experience and skills fit the essential criteria for the role as specified in the Person Specification. If you do not attach your Supporting Statement, your application will not be considered. Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people. We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city., The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence. There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:
• A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
• An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
• A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
• A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
• A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.
We see the Council's role as providing strategic leadership - that's being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making. We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.

In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.