Public Health Lead

The starting salary for this position is £41,127 per annum based on a 36 hour working week.

The role is offered as a two year fixed-term contract or secondment opportunity. 

Surrey County Council is seeking to recruit a motivated Public Health Lead in Health Improvement with strong public health skills and a real commitment to improving population health. In this role, you will lead on Children and Young People’s Suicide Prevention and develop the children and young people’s suicide prevention partnership. The position will matrix work within the County Council Public Health team and with system partners.

The Public Health team in Surrey is a forward-looking and growing team with a strong focus on developing and delivering improvements to the health and wellbeing of our county's population and reducing health inequalities.

This Public Health Lead will also support the implementation of relevant parts of the Surrey Health and Wellbeing Strategy across organisations and communities and will input into the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment processes.

We are looking for candidates who are passionate about public health and keen to develop their skills. We are supportive of people who wish to pursue the Public Health Practitioners programme.

The vacancy is for a full-time, fixed term post but applicants wishing to work part-time or job-share (paid pro-rata) or looking for a secondment opportunity will also be considered.

At Surrey, our values and behaviours are just as important as our skills and abilities. They shape who we are as an organisation. Find out more about the values we follow.

For more information please find the full job description below and refer to this before submitting your application. We also invite you to read our Life at Surrey handbook to see insights of the culture at Surrey and how as a valued employee, you can help shape our Council.

The job advert closes at 23:59 on the 8th September 2022.

Interviews will take place week commencing the 19th September 2022.

Contact Details

For an informal discussion please contact Lisa Andrews on 07881 328238 or by e-mail at lisa.andrews@surreycc.gov.uk.

We look forward to receiving your application, please click on the apply online button below to submit.

Benefits

From flexible working to job sharing (where possible) we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. A laptop and mobile will be supplied if applicable to your role. You will benefit from 26 days annual leave, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service, a generous local government salary related pension, as well as the option to join our car lease scheme. For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit MyBenefits for Surrey County Council staff.

Our Commitment

Surrey County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We want to be an inclusive and diverse employer of first choice reflecting the community we serve and particularly welcome applications from all under represented groups.