Public Health Consultant
Role Responsibility
DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND CONSULTANTS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
Kent County Council, Maidstone Kent
Enhancing the health of thousands of people is a tall order, but at Kent County Council, we know it can happen with the right people leading.
The Director of public health is putting together his senior leadership team and is recruiting to three additional consultant positions, one of whom will also be the Deputy Director of Public Health in Kent.
The consultant portfolios are:
- Health Protection and Wider Determinants – Deputy Director of Public Health
- Health Behaviours & Communities
- Adults and Older People and Policy Integration
You will need to be a UK qualified public health consultant with a passion for tackling health inequalities and up for the challenge of working in a complex and diverse environment. We have an experienced team working to achieve the aspirations of our members for improving the health and wellbeing of the Kent population.
We are well integrated into the council and support the Kent and Medway Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG; soon to be replaced by the Kent and Medway Integrated Care System) and have a Public Health commissioning programme of circa £80 million with a major focus on reducing health inequalities.
Kent is recognised as an excellent training site for public health specialists, has an integral Kent Public Health Observatory https://www.kpho.org.uk and library function and has national recognition for several programmes including Public Health research linked with Europe.
As a passionate and motivated public health professional we welcome your interest in these roles and your application. You can apply to one or more of these roles, in your application, please state your order of preference if you are applying for more than one position.
This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.
For more information, please visit https://www.kent.gov.uk/jobs/careers-with-us/senior-positions-in-public-health or contact our consultants at Penna: Nick Raper 07715690463 or Aaron Thomas on 07709 505 403.kirst
To apply, please visit https://execroles.penna.com/
Closing Date: Monday 20th June
Interview Date: W/c 18th July
Contact Details
For more information about the role, please contact Nick Raper on 07715690463 or Aaron Thomas on 07709 505 403.625.
About the Company
KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.
Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.
