This senior post sits in the Healthy Places, Nutrition and Physical Activity Team within Hampshire County Council's public health service. The work centres on the wider determinants of health, particularly housing, healthy places, food insecurity and community connectedness, and on building health into council policy and spatial planning. The post-holder works across county, district and borough councils, NHS partners and voluntary groups, leading place-based programmes and evaluating their impact.
What the job involves
- Lead and support programmes and projects on the wider determinants of health, focusing on healthy places, housing, food insecurity and community connectedness
- Embed a health in all policies approach across council services
- Work with district and borough councils, NHS partners, Integrated Care Boards and voluntary organisations on place-based approaches to population health
- Use evidence, research and insight to set priorities, understand local need and reduce inequalities
- Shape public health responses to spatial planning and place-making
- Develop outcome measures and evaluate programmes to show impact and drive improvement
- Provide specialist public health advice, prepare reports and presentations, and represent Public Health at partnerships, networks and forums
- Contribute to delivery of the Public Health Strategy
What’s offered
- Employee Assistance Programme via Health Assured, with 24/7 telephone support, online resources, and legal and financial advice
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Occupational sick pay
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Opportunities to develop expertise and broaden experience
- Support to progress a public health career
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
