Job profile

About us and the role

It’s an exciting time to join our Public Health team as we move into a new phase of pandemic response and learn to live safely with COVID-19.  Our focus is on improving and protecting the health of the people of Warwickshire and reducing preventable differences in health outcomes. This role is a real opportunity to make a difference to the lives of our residents.

We are a dynamic, supportive, and solution-focused team.  You will benefit from the foundations of well-developed health protection workstreams established in the County and working very closely with colleagues in Coventry plus sharing system-wide responsibility for several work programmes across the sub-region.

You will be responsible for leading Health Protection assurance and associated programmes across Warwickshire.  This includes taking the lead for Public Health on the Sustainability and Migrant Health agendas and being our emergency planning lead.

Your work will prevent and reduce levels of communicable disease, environmental hazards (taking the public health lead for Sustainability, with linked portfolio areas of fuel poverty and air quality), drugs and alcohol and oral health, and ensure that screening and immunisation programmes have comprehensive coverage within the local population.

You will lead on Migrant Health and provide expert input into the commissioning of services including community nursing TB, sexual health, affordable warmth, drug and alcohol services and oral health promotion.

Additional Information

For full Job Description and Person Specification please click the link here or visit our microsite here.

If you have any questions, we would love to hear from you, please contact,

Shade Agboola, Director of Public Health at shadeagboola@warwickshire.gov.uk

Benefits 

We know our employees want to do the best job possible, so we believe in properly rewarding our staff for their hard work and commitment. Employees are entitled to a variety of competitive benefits including a generous holiday and pension scheme, staff discounts, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, health and wellbeing support and more. Please visit our benefits site here.

Closing Date: 29th September 2022

Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required.

To apply for this vacancy please click on the 'Apply' button. 
 
Our method of application is online, please note, CV’s should not been submitted unless asked to do so. 

 
If you are unable to apply using the 'Apply' button please contact the Recruitment Centre on hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk including your contact details and any relevant screenshots. 
 
You will be notified of our shortlisting decision via email, so please check your email on a regular basis after submitting your application. 

As part of being a Disability Confident employer we guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required for each competence, as well as meeting any of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential in the person specification. 

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk  and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements. 

Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce, this is because we really understand the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds within our workforce. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups. WCC has a number of staff network groups which provide peer support and safe spaces for employees who hold these and other identities. See more.