Public Health Programme Support Officer

4 weeks ago

Chichester, United Kingdom West Sussex County Council Full time

**About Us**

The Public Health Department is a progressive multi-disciplinary department committed to improving health and tackling inequalities in West Sussex. The Department's key role is to "protect and improve lifelong health and wellbeing of everyone in West Sussex,by commissioning evidence-based services and empowering people to make healthier choices."

The Directorate also works closely with local agencies and partnerships to ensure the widest possible participation in health and health care agenda.

**About The Job**

**Salary**: £28,371 - £31,099 per annum
**Working Pattern**: Full-time (37hours)
**Contract Length**:Fixed term or Secondment April 2024
**Location**: County Hall, Chichester
**Interview date**: Friday 27th January 2023

As a Programme Support Officer, you will be part of the Business Assurance Team and act as a key member of the Public Health Directorate. You will be dealing with a complex range of issues in a fast-paced environment. Therefore, you will be required to workquickly, accurately and proactively to deliver high quality project management support to Consultants in Public Health and managers across a variety of topics.

As the post holder, you will be expected to use your initiative in ensuring matters are dealt with efficiently and appropriately. You will also need to be capable in prioritising your workload. At times you may be dealing with highly sensitive matters andconfidentiality will be essential.

You will provide support to the wider Public Health Directorate, working across teams on a range of key public health projects, programmes and topic areas. This could include business planning, communications, the West Sussex Wellbeing Programme, and flucampaigns.

**Experience and Skills**

**Key Skills**:
- Advanced analytical skills to interpret and manipulate varied and complex project information in relation to services required by the client.
- Ability to organise, plan and meet set targets and deadlines, for example, the provision of urgent project reports required by client.
- Developed communication and interpersonal skills to interact effectively with a range of high - level clients/stakeholders and create and maintain effective working relationship and provide coaching to clients/colleagues on process or documentation.
- Strong problem - solving skills with the ability to anticipate problems and resolve issues independently, planning solutions and making sound pragmatic decisions.
- Excellent literacy and numeracy skills to understand and to carry out financial analysis and reporting.
**Qualifications and/or experience**:

- HNC/HND in an appropriate area or equivalent practical experience/range of knowledge.
- Diploma Management Studies (DMS) or equivalent. Desirable
- Knowledge of project management and planning processes, and demonstrable experience of working as a competent member of a project team in a rapidly changing environment, ideally in a project support role or equivalent, planning more than one project orproject work stream concurrently.
- Have experience/interest in public health. Desirable

**Rewards and Benefits**

As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewardedfor the work they do.

For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our **Rewards and Benefits** page.

**Further Information**

The reference number for this role is **CAFHE04226**.

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