The role
About Southwark:
We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark’s residents. We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.
At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities. Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities. Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark’s communities and the council’s staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.
About the role:
The post holder will be supporting key partnership boards and collaborating across agencies to refresh the Health and Wellbeing strategy and bring alignment across key policies. They will work in conjunction with the Head of Place and Partnerships, to ensure effective strategy development, management and delivery of key Council and Division priorities. The role supports a health in all policies approach to developing healthy places and addressing the wider determinants of health.
The post-holder will lead and manage public health programmes to improve health and reduce health inequalities in the Southwark population. The post holder will provide advice and support across key transformation programmes with key partners e.g. housing, transport, leisure and culture. Specific programmes being developed currently include a creative health programme, a refreshed exercise referral offer and a co-produced resident health and wellbeing programme on estates.
The post will manage a band 11 policy and programme officer for built environment and healthy places. Associated budget management will also be expected relevant to different programme areas.
Additional details
Public Health Programme Manager - Healthy Place
- Salary range : £51,099 - £58,197 (band 12)
- Hours of work 36 hours Monday - Friday
- Type of contract: permanent
- DBS check required - No
Benefits and more information:
In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded. You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits. You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members. You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our Staff Benefits page.
Recruitment timetable
Applications open: 11th July
Closing date: 31 July
Shortlisting: 2 Aug
Interview: 7 Aug
Guaranteed Interview Scheme:
As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:
• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together programme. We particularly welcome applications from members of the Black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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