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Directorate: Adult’s Public Health
Salary: £38,223 - £43,421 per annum plus £1039 Local Weighting per annum
Pay Level: 7
Contract: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week
Location: Observatory House
DBS requirement: Enhanced
The closing date for applications is: 6th May 2024

We are seeking to appoint an organised and experienced Public Health Officer to join Slough Borough Council’s motivated, forward looking and expanding Public Health Team.

What you’ll be doing

The post holder will work across the public health function and will be required to liaise with other areas/departments within the Council and external partners too. The postholder will report to the Public Health Programme Manager, supporting with a variety of projects, along with the development of partnerships, with the aim of influencing the work and reach of public health. You will be required to support project development, project monitoring, performance and quality reporting, and overall governance amongst other areas of business and team administration.

The role will also require the post holder to work closely with Commissioning and Contract Managers to provide up to date information on any contract or quality issues that may impact on the Council’s statutory responsibilities along with other public health related commissioned services. This will be supported through robust monitoring and evaluating of outcomes along with quality assurance through an appropriate commissioning and contract management processes.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Support the Public Health Leads to ensure that effective contract monitoring and service improvement arrangements are in place to meet the department’s Public Health objectives and statutory responsibilities.
2. Work with the Public Health Leads to support providers with development and corrective action plans, and feedback progress on improvements to relevant professionals.
3. Carry out contract monitoring activity and reviews/audits on an independent basis, and produce reports based on findings. This activity may identify areas for improvement or contractual requirements. Support with monitoring performance, budgets and expenditure and other administrative processes.
4. Work with providers and collaborate with stakeholders and partners, e.g. the Care Quality Commission, OFSTED, the NHS and other local authorities around contract monitoring and quality activities, to improve quality, whilst escalating any concerns or issues appropriately within a timely manner, including any safeguarding issues.
5. Participate in multi-agency groups to share information on quality concerns and ongoing improvements and to provide information to support decision making around the support or actions to be taken with providers.

Your Skills:

1. Strong organisational and time management skills, with an ability to sift through detail
2. Understanding of the commissioning cycle and how contract monitoring and quality assurance fits into this
3. Good interpersonal and communication skills
4. Good Microsoft Office skills, and documentation management
5. An understanding of finance and budget management
6. To be naturally inquisitive, flexible, and open to change

Our offer to you:

We offer a supportive place to grow and develop your career with a real opportunity for your input to be valued and heard. Ambition and innovation will be required now more than ever and you will join a friendly and collaborative environment where you are encouraged to thrive.

Alongside a competitive salary, we provide:

• 26 days annual leave (not including Bank holidays), rising to 30 days between 2 - 5 years’ service and 33 days after 5 years’ service.
• The Local Government Pension Scheme

We offer a wider range of great benefits including:

• Flexible and hybrid working options to promote work-life balance
• Our commitment to equality and diversity through a range of employee networks
• Wellbeing initiatives
• Tax - free childcare and childcare services
• Season loan ticket - to help with the cost of your rail / bus journey to & from work.

Interested?

For an informal discussion about the post, please contact Kelly Evans, Deputy Director of Public Health at [email protected]

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Slough Borough Council is an inclusive employer and we encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. We select staff on merit and we foster a workforce where people are valued, and represents the local communities that we serve. Slough Borough Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer.

If appointed, all posts will be subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks. Applicants should be aware that the post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check that will include a criminal record check. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

We want our application process to be open and accessible. If you wish to make your application in an alternative format, please email [email protected] quoting the job reference – our Accessibility Statement has more information.

Join our team at Slough Borough Council and help accelerate our journey of transformation and growth!

We reserve the right to close the advert early. Agency applications will not be considered.