Programme Officer

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Please note this vacancy is only available to Birmingham City Council employees.

Programme Officer

Permanent

Grade C

Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review

Working 36.5 hours per week

This is a hybrid role primarily homebased with office attendance required as needed. Currently this involves one day per week in the office although this arrangement may change.

The Public Health Division works across the council plan and is responsible for providing strategic leadership to develop the Council into a local authority that actively promotes population health. This will be achieved by being able to visualise and describe what a healthy Birmingham looks like and then equip others to share our vision and take action. We achieve this by championing the improved health and wellbeing of all citizens but especially the most vulnerable.

Our vision is to improve and protect the health and wellbeing of Birminghams population by reducing inequalities in health and enabling people to help themselves.

The work of the Public Health division is underpinned by three values:
Equity
Prevention
Evidence based practice.

This role will be based within the Children and Young People Team in Public Health. This team leads the work on Children and Young Peoples Public Health and oversees the commissioning of many mandated public health services including the Healthy Child Programme.

The role will focus on addressing health inequalities of young people with additional vulnerabilities including young people not in education employment or training; those at risk of unplanned pregnancies and young people experiencing transition points up to 25 with a clear consideration of diversity throughout. This person will report to the Public Health Children and Young People Team Senior Officer.

This role is designed for someone who has a passion for improving and protecting the health and wellbeing of children and young people in Birmingham especially the most vulnerable. You must have some working knowledge of the Children and Young Peoples Agenda. Strong negotiation communication and written skills are essential for this role.

This is an ideal opportunity for somebody who:

• Has experience of working with a wide range of partners and stakeholder in supporting Public Health outcomes.
• Can interact with diverse communities of Birmingham and is passionate about reducing health inequalities.
• Has experience of delivering performance and governance arrangement and developing and implementing improvement programmes.
• Understands the role that the Health and Wellbeing board can play to improve health and wellbeing.
• Has knowledge and understanding of Public Health priorities.

Please upload an up-to-date CV and Supporting Statement via the attachments part of your application. The Supporting Statement should outline how you meet the criteria for the role through your personal qualities skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post. Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words. Unfortunately we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer andwe arecommitted 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.

For any informal enquires please contact the Resourcing Team <>

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance withUK Home Office requirements before any employment offer can be confirmed.

Birmingham City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our citizens and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. You can view our Corporate Safeguarding Policy Birmingham City Council here.

Sponsorship is not available for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK that does not require employer sponsorship for the duration of the appointment.

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