Public Health Officer

Are you passionate about improving Public Health outcomes and reducing health inequalities in Stoke-on-Trent?

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Public Health team.

A Public Health Officer fixed term position, until 31 March 2025 within the Live Well public health team.

The role could also be a secondment opportunity, in agreement with your line manager for those with relevant transferable skills keen to gain some further experience in Public Health.

You will support the coordination of key Public Health work programmes, working collaboratively with partners to ensure they are developed, implemented and evaluated to a high standard, with specific focus on drug and alcohol work.

The role will specialise on work related to Drug and Alcohol related deaths, and related public health work such as collaboration, wider determinants, behaviour change, and improving processes.

As a new post in the team the post will involve research, working with national teams and other Local Authorities, compiling background information, obtaining reports from the drug and alcohol services and Staffordshire coroners, engaging with professionals, benchmarking best practice, and liaising with other services involved in alcohol misuse in order to capture learning and drive improvements in services and systems.

You will have experience of project management and partnership working, and be a strong and confident communicator, with previous experience of working in public health or a related field.

You will report to the Public Health Programme Manager or Senior Public Health Officer, supporting them in one or more of the core functions of Public Health;

• Population Wellbeing/Health Improvement (Start Well and Live Well)
  
  Stoke-on-Trent City Council is a unitary authority employing approximately 4,600 staff who deliver 700 services to more than 260,000 residents. Our city comprises of six towns: Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Stoke and Tunstall. We are a city of strengths, with a proud heritage and bright future. We have undergone significant changes over the last few years. New ways of working have already transformed many service areas and we are determined to continue to develop more innovative approaches to ensure that we can maximise the benefits of transformation.


Our city

Although the 13th largest city in the UK, Stoke-on-Trent is rapidly outstripping a number of parts of the country with our economic growth and recovery.

Stoke-on-Trent is a city with a strong sense of civic pride - we've been voted the kindest city in the UK - and a place where you'll receive a hugely warm welcome. We have a rich and diverse culture, steeped in our prestigious industrial heritage as the celebrated 'world capital of ceramics'. But we don't just want to celebrate our proud past - we firmly believe that Stoke-on-Trent's best years are ahead of it. We are determined to raise aspirations and match them with high-quality education and health provision, as well as improved opportunities to secure fulfilling and well-paid work. Through uniting social and economic opportunities, we are maximising the full power of the city council as a secure and steadfast institution within the city.

When you work for Stoke-on-Trent City Council you'll be helping to improve the lives and wellbeing of our residents. We'll provide you with support, learning opportunities and flexible working options and some amazing benefits including; a competitive salary, generous holidays, an excellent defined local authority benefit pension scheme, annual leave purchase scheme, cycle to work schemes just to name a few. We also have access to lifestyle benefits which offer a wide range of discounts such as family days out, travel, retail and many more.

Our commitment to you

Vibrancy and diversity are two of Stoke-on-Trent's greatest assets. A city founded on creative endeavour should value and celebrate the multitude of voices, ideas and identities that shape its culture. We are committed to creating a culture which is truly inclusive, where all staff feel valued, listened to, supported and able to do their work to the best of their abilities at all times. And we must ensure that our decisions and policies nurture and empower communities across our city and do not inadvertently disadvantage groups and individuals that we want to help to thrive.

Our approach to Equality and Diversity is an invitation to all our communities to work with and for us so we can continue to improve how we deliver services residents need.

Our employee networks are inclusive, open forums for colleagues with similar lived experiences. They allow staff to meet, support and mentor each other, alongside being a voice for under-represented groups to advise and support the organisation when developing policies and services.