Consultant in Public Health

**Consultant in Public Health (Assistant Director of Public Health)** **Salary - TBCGroup Director 6 £83,546 per annum** **Annual Leave 28 days (rising to 33 after 5 years) + bank holidays** **Flexible/Hybrid working model (approximately 1 / 2 days per week in office)** The post will be responsible for a wide-ranging portfolio of public health programmes and services, with a particular focus on adults and older people and public health intelligence and provide system leadership for health and wellbeing and reducing healthinequalities in Calderdale. The successful applicant will report into the Director of Public Health (DPH), although the Consultant in Public Health (Assistant Director) will work corporately across all functions of the Council to support the delivery of responsibilities. **Role introduction**: - Strategic leadership of partnerships, public health programmes and services, with a particular focus on improving outcomes and reducing inequalities in the health and wellbeing of adults and older people in Calderdale. - Responsible for strategic oversight of healthcare public health and public health intelligence, working to embed health care public health approaches across and develop an intelligence culture across the local health, care and wellbeing system. - You will work across organisations, influence budgets held by partners across the borough and at a West Yorkshire level, as well as effectively lead and advocate for change. **Essential requirements**: - You will need to be both operational and strategic as you will have hands on involvement meeting residents and organisations as well as playing a key role in leading two key strategic plans, the Wellbeing Strategy and the Economic Strategy. - Broad public health knowledge and experience. - Personal attributes, Calderdale Council is seeking a personable, adaptable and flexible with an enabling approach **Benefits**: - As Calderdale Council's functions are close knit and the Director of Public Health reports directly to the Chief Executive, you will be closer to the "heart of the organisation" - Working in a collaborative centric manner as there is a shared knowledge approach to all aspects of the business plan. There is no hierarchical style to dealing with situations, everyone is valued equally in the team. - A flexible role where you can use different, core public health skills. The role will vary year-by-year depending on the goals set out in the business plan and the portfolio area is flexible depending on your strengths. Further benefits include: - **Special Leave**: We give you time off for maternity, paternity, adoption, and bereavement. You will also be allowed time off to attend hospital appointments, internal interviews, and religious events. - **Local Government Pension**:You will automatically be enrolled into the West Yorkshire Pension Scheme - **Employee Forums**: Access to a number of peer forums, including BAME, LGBTQ+, Disability and the Employee Reference Group - **Travel & Parking**: Discounted MetroCard for those who regularly use public transport. We also offer discounted season rail tickets, a cycle to work scheme, salary sacrifice cars and discounted car parking permits. - **My Staff Shop**:You have access to a package of exclusive benefits, free advice and saving - providing great discounts from thousands of the UK's largest retailers and service providers This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a Public Health team that is close knit and adopts a collaborative approach with all areas of its business plan. For a more in-depth conversation about the role please contact Mia Collett, Principal Recruitment Consultant, who is leading on the process and can be contacted on or Rebecca Martin, Research and Delivery Consultant on.