In a borough with amongst the greatest public health challenges in the country, do you have what it takes to work with local communities, the council, and partners to improve health outcomes and address health inequalities in Tower Hamlets? 

We are looking for an experienced and competent public health professional to join our dynamic and friendly team. We are passionate about delivering an excellent public health service to support the health and wellbeing of children and families in the borough. 

Role Purpose

The purpose of the role is to improve the health and wellbeing of people in Tower Hamlets and reduce health inequalities through the implementation of transformational change focusing on healthy children and adolescents. The post holder will deliver a programme of work targeted at enabling the following aspirations:

• Life skills for health and wellbeing through critical life stages e.g. puberty, developing identity, building positive relationships, transitioning to adulthood 
• Good emotional health and resilience with foundations for lifelong mental wellbeing 
• Sustainable habits building physical activity, healthy eating and good oral health into everyday life 
• Freedom from behaviours harmful to health including tobacco, alcohol and substance misuse 
• Good outcomes through early identification of need and access to early help 
• Freedom from abuse and neglect 

In addition, the post holder will contribute to two or more programme areas (e.g. mental health, healthy nutritional habits) across the division, the council and wider partners. This will involve the supervision of staff, trainees and volunteers and leading on agreed projects and programmes.

The post holder reports to the Public Health Programme Lead for Healthy Children and Adolescents and will assist on all aspects of the life course segment activity, taking the lead for specific programme areas as agreed. The post holder will deputise for the Public Health Programme Lead where required.

Requirements

The key areas of responsibility for this post include the following:

• Insight and intelligence

• Strategic leadership

• Evaluation, innovation and research

• Partnership engagement

• Developing public health skills and leadership

• Management of budgets and resources

• Commissioning and service delivery

You will need to hold a Masters-level qualification in Public Health or related subject or equivalent experience, have a strong commitment to public health principles and experience of public health practice.

Additional Details

Please note that shortlisting will be based on the person's specification criteria. Please ensure your responses to the application questions reflect this.

If you wish to discuss this post, please contact Phoebe Kalungi, Public Health Programme Lead for Children and Adolescents (phoebe.kalungi@towerhamlets.gov.uk). 

Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.

Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. 

We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough. 

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