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Public Health Policy and Programme Officer

3 months ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom Southwark Council Full time

Additional details
Please note a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is required at basic level.

Benefits and more information:

In your role, we want you to feel supported, challenged and rewarded.

You will benefit from our family-friendly policies including flexible working, home working, and a local government pension scheme, plus many other staff benefits.

You will join a motivated, driven and supportive team that strives for excellence and values its members.

You will also be part of a successful and high-achieving development team that is making a real difference to the lives of residents in the borough.

For more information about the wide variety of benefits you can take advantage of please visit our
Staff Benefits page.


Guaranteed Interview Scheme:

As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people.

To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role, and identify with one of the below criteria:

  • Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
  • Are currently in care, or have previously been in care
  • If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a longterm health condition

The role Public Health Policy and

Programme Officer:

Health protection and screening**The Public Health Division is recruiting a Policy and Programme Officer to support our Health Protection and Screening team on a permanent basis.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a successful, established and well-resourced Public Health Division delivering on some of the most exciting, innovative public health interventions in a world class city.


You will support or lead core pieces of work, including the delivery of projects and reports, working alongside fellow colleagues to deliver high quality work that aims to improve health outcomes and increase our understanding of and tackle health inequalities.


Your programme areas will include projects that aim to diagnose cancer early, improving health outcomes and inequalities, along with service and programme evaluation.

You will be part of the response team for health protection emergencies and outbreaks and you will play a role in ensuring our preparedness and resilience to various kinds of incidents.

You will be based within the Public Health Division and you will liaise with council and local NHS colleagues to help deliver overlapping health & wellbeing priorities.


Delivering on your responsibilities will require working in a fast paced and challenging environment, being accountable for delivery, a strong commitment to tackling health inequalities, along with a high degree of personal resilience.


About you:


We are looking for an individual with proven public health skills, excellent knowledge of health protection and who is keen to develop their career in Public Health.


You must possess expert core public health competencies including epidemiology, needs assessment, evaluation, using evidence to inform decision making, and strong partnership skills.

Excellent communication skills are essential, including presentation and a high standard of written work.

Additionally, you must have excellent knowledge of the domain of health protection, as well as a thorough understanding of health services and social care.


About Southwark


We are the largest local authority social landlord in London, managing 55,000 homes lived in by 40% of Southwark's residents.

We are home to over 18,300 businesses including iconic London venues and social enterprises and we have a young, diverse and growing population.


At Southwark we are committed to making our borough just and fair and are taking positive action to tackle inequalities.

Our residents and communities are our greatest asset and the passion we have for Southwark is shared by millions of Londoners who enjoy our outstanding cultural offer, use our hospitals and attend our universities.

Our refreshed borough plan and focus on Southwark Stands Together, (which is our work with Southwark's communities and the council's staff to tackle racism, injustice and inequality) underpins all that we do.


Recruitment timetable
Closing date: 29th May 2024 at 23:59

Interview date (in-person): Week commencing 17th June 2024

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Job Reference:
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