Job Title: Director of Public Health
Location: Norwich
Salary: Salary up to £117,098 and relocation up to £10,000
Job type: Full Time, Permanent
Location – County Hall, Norwich (With flexible working)
Do you want the opportunity to make an impact and a positive difference to the lives of the people of Norfolk?
As our new Director of Public Health at Norfolk County Council, you’ll lead improvements for better health and wellbeing for our residents and visitors to the county. You’ll target and make tangible progress in addressing our most challenging health inequalities. You’ll have a strong motivation to work in partnership to across our system to lead and improve health outcomes and protect our communities from public health hazards.
Reporting directly to the Director of Adult Social Services (DASS), you will hold a significant corporate and system role and will have direct access to the Chief Executive. You will provide expert advice and guidance to the Cabinet Member for Public Health and Wellbeing, our Executive Leadership Team, senior managers and elected members and work with partners across the public, private, and voluntary sectors, driving forward a broad range of health improvement programmes. As DPH you will play a key role in driving prevention and health inequalities actions with our Integrated Care Board (ICB) partners and across our system.
It’s a really exciting time to join us in Norfolk. We have a vibrant Health and Wellbeing Board and effective and ambitious Integrated Care Partnership. This is a great opportunity for a strategic leader to bring and develop their extensive experience, skills and knowledge in a supportive and ambitious environment. You’ll be leading the strategic development, implementation, and delivery of our public health agenda, with the scope to have a positive and real impact across a large county with a population of over 920,000.
You must be a registered GMC, GDC or UKPHR public health specialist with significant experience in all areas of public health practice and knowledge of national and local public health policy and best practice.
Norfolk is a great place to live and work and offers the perfect balance for you and your family. With more than 90 miles of unspoilt coastline and the unique Broads National Park, our thriving communities live and work in rural settings, busy market towns, seaside resorts, and in the city of Norwich. Direct train lines to London from Norwich and King’s Lynn take 1 hour 50 minutes, and you can get to Cambridge from Norwich in under an hour.
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Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Head of Public Health, Chief Public Health Officer, Public Health Executive, Public Health Commissioner, Public Health Manager, Public Health Lead, Public Health Coordinator, Public Health Consultant, Public Health Strategist, Director of Health and Wellbeing, Director of Population Health, Director of Community Health, Director of Health Improvement, Director of Public Health Services, Director of Public Health and Wellbeing may also be considered for this role.
