Senior Wellbeing and Public Health Officer - WEST

Essex County Council's Wellbeing, Public Health and Communities (WPHC) team are looking to improve and enhance the work we do with the NHS and other key partners in the West Essex Health and Wellbeing Partnerships.

The WPHC Business Plan identifies six key health risk factors (Smoking, High Blood Pressure, High Blood Glucose, High BMI, High Cholesterol, and Alcohol Use) that impact significantly on healthy life expectancy.

This role will be tasked to work with the West Essex Health Care Partnership, ensuring that within primary care and other delivery settings, there is a focus on these risk factors. The main function of the role will be to co-ordinate and drive work across the Alliance area addressing these six risk factors, increasing uptake of smoking cessation services, reduced smoking rates, increased levels of physical activity, improved diet, reduced alcohol consumption and reduced levels of high cholesterol, with the view that this activity will support a longer term and sustainable increase in disability free life expectancy and reduced premature mortality from preventable causes.

Are you ready to create positive change and be part of something bigger? As we embark on the next phase of our 5-year Business Plan, the Wellbeing, Public Health, and Communities Team is seeking passionate individuals to join us. Here's what's on the horizon, · Educated to degree level and/or appropriate professional qualification relevant to the field or equivalent by experience, with subject matter expertise in a public health or related service.

· Demonstrable evidence of building strong networks within a political environment, working effectively with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, influencing partners, and managing change within a multi-stakeholder environment.

· Proven track record of managing and delivering projects successfully whilst demonstrating breadth of thinking.

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Please note that the job role requires you to be mobile throughout an operational area. Therefore, the post holder will need to have a driving licence and access to a vehicle, or the ability to meet the mobility requirements of the role through other means.

NHS Collaboration: We're breaking down silos by enhancing joint working with NHS colleagues. Together, we'll achieve the ambitious goals set out in our Business Plan.

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