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Partnership Managers
About the Organisation:
Public Health Scotland is a new organisation, set up to improve the lives of people in Scotland, to reduce health inequalities that persist in many of our communities. It’s an exciting time to join the organisation, with PHS at the forefront of Scotland’s efforts to tackle Coronavirus and its implications across society.
The Post:
Help us to achieve our vision of a Scotland where everybody thrives.
We are looking to recruit a number of Partnership Managers to work within the PHS Partnership Team.
The PHS Partnership Team (PPT) is a new team which will work closely with Community Planning Partners, Local Authorities and local Public Health teams to improve health and reduce health inequalities, testing and developing different approaches to whole system working. The PPT will be multi-disciplinary, with a mix of skills and expertise. Partnership Managers will manage small teams covering geographical areas and programmes of work to support delivery of strategic priorities in the context of local needs and local systems throughout Scotland.
Programmes will draw together high quality data and intelligence with public health knowledge and skills to effectively influence and implement policy and practice to improve the health of the population. Post holders will be expected to bring experience of working in a local system to help shape the development of the PPT. We are looking for experienced programme managers who have experience, knowledge and interest in the socioeconomic determinants of health and health inequalities.
The Candidate:
Postholders will have proven experience in at least two of the following areas:
• measurement of health inequalities, health needs assessment, monitoring and evaluation
• application of evidence and data in the context of strategic influencing; health impact assessment; negotiation and policy development to tackle inequalities
• inclusive place-based working through community planning processes and/or spatial planning and/or delivery models such as the Place Standard Tool and 20 minute neighbourhoods
• leading delivery of complex evidence-based programmes of work involving project management, capacity and capability building, community development, community engagement.
Candidates will have demonstrable experience of successfully managing programmes of work which contain a number of dimensions or projects, be able to work independently, have experience of collaborating with a range of stakeholders and drawing on evidence from a range of sources to support the setting of local priorities and identification of effective actions to tackle health inequalities and deliver improvements. We are looking for highly motivated people with strong communication skills, who are flexible and can work effectively in an evolving context, to play a significant role in leading these programmes of work at an exciting time in the development of public health in Scotland.
Location and Working Pattern:
Various locations throughout Scotland, Head Offices in Glasgow and Edinburgh, with current working from home arrangements and plans for ‘hybrid’ working. There will be an expectation to travel to local areas for some meetings and events.
Full or part-time posts available. We also welcome applications for seconded positions.
During times of public health emergency, or other urgent business need, you may be required on a temporary basis to work your normal contracted working hours over 7 days including weekends, in order to meet the needs of the service.
It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK for the post in which you will be employed with PHS.
Benefits:
Our benefits package includes pension scheme, comprehensive range of work life balance policies, occupational health services, learning resource centres and discounted leisure, financial and shopping benefits
Further Information:
For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Elizabeth Oldcorn elizabeth.oldcorn@phs.scot or John Howie john.howie@phs.scot
Further information on PHS is available from: www.publichealthscotland.scot
Closing date for completed applications is 28th February 2023
Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail only, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).
Public Health Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and as such guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies