Public Health Specialist

Role Responsibility

We are looking to appoint a Public Health Specialist to join our thriving public health advice team. You will need to be a suitably qualified individual with a proven track record in delivering public health projects and programmes to a high standard.   The role will be to develop, support, monitor and review a number of pieces of work across public health, but will initially have a specific emphasis on mental health and wellbeing.

You will be skilled in the use of data to inform policy and programmes.  You will have a project management qualification and experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.

Kent is a large County with lots of complex public health issues. You will have the ability to prioritise competing demands and objectives, coupled with diplomacy and a working knowledge of all areas of public health.

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.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service

Closing date: 28 July 2021

Interview date:  4 August 2021

For more information on this post please call Allison Duggal 03000 413173

Contact Details

Allison Duggal  - 03000 413173

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.