About the team we are recruiting to

The Public Health team is part of the Public Health, Insight and Migration Division. 
Reporting to the Director of Public Health and Wellbeing, the team helps people to stay healthy and protect them from threats to their health.

The Public Health team commissions and delivers a wide range of services and programmes that tackle health inequalities and help people to live healthier lives including:

• Alcohol and drugs misuse strategy, treatment and recovery services
• Sexual health services including sexually transmitted infections and contraception
• Healthy lifestyles support with losing weight, getting more active, giving up smoking, cutting down on alcohol and improving your well being
• Physical activity strategy and projects including school based exercise, parks and cycling
• Family health including health visiting, infant feeding, school nurses, teenage pregnancy support, family weight management and services supporting BME families
• Health protection strategy and services including air quality, blood borne virus testing, screening & immunisations, infection control, emergency planning and outbreak management
• The Marmot City strategy, reducing health inequalities across the city
• Domestic abuse and sexual abuse strategies and support services
• Youth violence reduction

This is an exciting and challenging time to work in the Public Health Team.  If you are an individual that is committed to achieving the best outcomes for people across Coventry our team can help you make a difference through high-quality professional support, supervision, excellent learning and development opportunities

What is the job role?

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Public Health Consultant with the passion, leadership quality and skills to lead a whole systems approach to tackling the health inequalities across our City as we continue with our journey as a Marmot City.

We want to see every part of our system responding to the urgent need to change the way we work, using a population health management approach to consider everything we do through the lens of health inequalities at every level: the social gradient, different ethnic groups, different disease groups and disabilities.  This includes building our economy in a new way, where wellbeing and reducing inequalities is at the heart of everything we do. We want Coventry to be a City of opportunity for all where everyone has the life chances needed to help them maximise their potential and their sense of contribution to a thriving economic and social environment.  

We are seeking an outstanding Consultant in Public Health to provide leadership and management across a range of areas including: 

• Reducing health inequalities across Coventry.
• Leading Coventry’s Marmot Partnership.
• Working across internal organisational structures and city-wide partners including health, social care, education, economic development, housing, planning, transport and infrastructure to shape services and improve the impact on the health of the population.
• Leading the drugs and alcohol harm reduction agenda and commissioned services.
• Improving health outcomes for Children and Young People.
• Leading the 0-19 Public Health commissioned services.
• Improving health outcomes for Older People including reducing social isolation and loneliness.
• Contributing to Coventry City Council’s emergency planning, epidemic and pandemic response including the response to Covid-19 and delivery of the Local Outbreak Control Plan.

Please note that the salary displayed may be subject to a market supplement dependent on candidates experience. 

Who are we looking for?

We’re looking for someone who has experience of:

• Providing strong leadership and partnership working across both internal local authority structures and external partners.
• Translating national public health policy into local action, by developing clear strategies to improve health and reduce health inequalities.
• Working in complex political and social environments, including successful working with local authority elected members.
• Using data, research and intelligence to understand complex circumstances, design solutions and drive activity.

Are you the person we are looking for?  For an informal chat about the role please contact, Liz Gaulton, Director of Public Health and Wellbeing at Harmony.Lully@coventry.co.uk  

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'

Interview date: 12th May 2021

About Coventry

Coventry is a lively, multicultural city, which embraces old and new. Around the modern city centre there are traces of history everywhere – in the old city walls, the timber-framed buildings and the reconstructed medieval Spon Street. But Coventry has always had an eye on the future, and is now firmly focused on regenerating and re-inventing itself to meet the challenges of the 21st Century. With major developments and new projects taking place right across the city, Coventry City Council is the place to be!

There's a huge buzz about the city – Coventry ranks as the 8th best city to live, work and do business in the UK, and is the UK City of Culture 2021 ! We believe this will help put Coventry on the map for all the right reasons. You can feel the sense of local pride throughout the city as we build towards this momentous year. It also offers a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to those joining us to play their part in it.

We genuinely believe that Coventry City Council is a special place. You will be joining Coventry City Council during an exciting time to become part of a team that contribute to achieving our visions for the city. We have made our council a place where we look after our people, making sure you're happy in your work and given everything you need to succeed. We've created friendly, welcoming workplaces where everyone is working towards the same cause, providing the best possible services for the city of Coventry.

As a council with improvement at its heart, we’re committed to making life better for the people who live and work in Coventry. We’re equally concerned with the quality of life enjoyed by our people, so by joining us, you won’t just be helping the community, you’ll be helping yourself too.
Not only do you get to work alongside great people that are helping to improve services for our community we offer great benefits too! For your valued contribution we will provide a fantastic benefits package including;

• Flexible working arrangements
• Generous annual leave allowance starting at 27 days and rising to 32 days
• Pay progression through multiple increments
• Outstanding local government pension scheme
• Learning & Development with access to certified courses.
• Access to an award winning Occupational Health Team
• Vibrant employee networks 

For full details on the application process please read the attached document labelled Coventry CC Application process.

Coventry City Council