Public Health Improvement Officer

Hours: 37 per week

Contract Type: Fixed Term (maternity cover until 03/07/2024)

Service Area: Public Health and Prevention

Department: Public Health Improvement

Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES) Council has an exciting Fixed Term Employment opportunity working within the Public Health Team, contributing to improving and protecting the health and wellbeing of those living and working in B&NES.

We are seeking to recruit a Health Improvement Officers to support and take forward projects and programmes relating to alcohol harm reduction and substance misuse agendas including sudden death work.

This portfolio supports the aims of the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy and other relevant strategies, programmes and objectives including B&NES Drug and Alcohol strategy, links with providers, service users and their families, criminal justice agencies, mental health, social care professionals and other stakeholders ensuring their inclusion in the substance misuse, suicide prevention and adult public mental health agenda. The post holder report to the Commissioning & Development Manager working on projects that include sudden death, suicide, drug related and homeless deaths and review processes and to support the work of B&NES wide partnerships in the implementation of strategic action plans.

This position offers broad opportunities to develop your career and make a significant impact on improving wellbeing across B&NES. You will be working within a friendly and supportive team, based at the Civic Centre, Keynsham, but will be expected to work flexibly across the whole of Bath and North East Somerset and use remote working as appropriate.

This is a Fixed Term Contract until 3rd July 2024, working 37 hours per week, but we welcome applicants who may want to work on a part time, flexible working, or job share basis. The post may require occasional evening or weekend working.

Your main place of work will be the award-winning, modern Civic Centre in Keynsham, halfway between Bath and Bristol, easily accessible via car or public transport, with a train station 5 minutes’ walk away.

Why B&NES Council?

We offer a wide range of benefits, to ensure that you are paid fairly for your work, have the flexibility to enjoy a great work/life balance, and have the support you need. These include:

• A competitive salary package
• A range of flexible working and hybrid working options, including flexi-time, four regional offices and home-working, dependent on service requirements
• A generous holiday allowance and special leave provisions
• The Local Government Pension Scheme
• A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme – whatever life throws at you; we are committed to supporting you and your well-being at work and home
• Professional and personal development including in-house training and accredited qualifications including Aspiring Manager and Leadership Development
• Discount scheme including the VECTIS card that offers numerous local discounts including cycle to work and free entry to numerous local attractions with B&NES

Interested to find out more?

If you are interested in this post and require more details after reading the job description or just to chat through the role and what’s involved, please contact Celia Lasheras, Development and Commissioning Manager, Public Health & Prevention by emailing celia_lasheras@bathnes.gov.uk

To apply

Please use the online application facility.

For further information on applying please see “Application Form Help” page on the Jobs website.

Bath & North East Somerset Council has one overriding purpose – to improve people’s lives. We have four core values which shape every aspect of our working life and how we look to the future. These values are to be Bold, Empowered, Supportive and Transparent.

Please explain in your application how you could incorporate these values into the role you are applying for.

As an equal opportunities employer, Bath & North East Somerset Council is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and is opposed to discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

Interview Date: Thursday 25th May 2023.

Safeguarding Statement:

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment anyone working in a post with children or vulnerable groups will be expected to undertake an Enhanced DBS check with/without barred list checks.

As this post involves working within one of these groups, we will require a Disclosure & Barring Service check and/or subscription to the DBS online service. The suitability of all prospective employees or volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment.

Please note the Council operates a policy of prior consideration for roles for any individual on the Council’s at-risk register. This means should a redeployee express an interest in this role, providing they meet the essential criteria for the role, they will be interviewed before any shortlisting or interviewing of external candidates.