Senior Public Health Officer

Please apply online via the link provided. Please note, we do not accept CVs submitted without a fully completed online application form.

Creativity, ambition and a focus on people. That’s what matters at Barnsley Council. Our award-winning council is on an exciting journey of change. It’s all about putting local people at the heart of everything. Listening and doing good for our communities. We’re innovative, efficient and provide value for money services for our residents.

Shape a better future with us

We’re thrilled to have achieved Investors in People (IIP) Gold status for how we lead, support and develop people. Now we’d like you to be part of our success and help us take change further. Join us on our journey to a brighter future. By working together, with each other and with our communities, we can take pride in improving lives. Let’s make a better Barnsley for everyone.

Your role in our journey

Barnsley Council are seeking to recruit a Senior Public Health Officer who will lead on the delivery of public health functions, ensuring collaborative working, as part of Barnsley’s distributed model of public health. This post will focus on key areas of work including food and healthy weight, alcohol and gambling harm reduction and commercial determinants of health.

You will be flexible in your approach and able to communicate complex public health messages to colleagues across the council.

You will work as part of a team to embed and improve public health outcomes for residents living in the Borough and use your communication and interpersonal skills to influence strategic partnerships; building and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders to develop and deliver multi-agency action plans that tackle health inequalities and target the most vulnerable people in Barnsley.

This role will be a 12-month fixed-term contract maternity cover

What you’ll need

To join us, you will need to be passionate about improving health and wellbeing outcomes for people living and working in Barnsley. You will have an understanding of the wider factors that can impact on health and wellbeing, especially for those most at risk and be a great team worker with excellent communication skills.

Experience of working within complex systems, alongside multiple partnerships and organisations is excepted for this role. The post holder will also need a good understanding the wider determinants of health and the social factors that affect health.

A lot to look forward to

Here at Barnsley, we live and work by four important values: honesty, teamwork, excellent service, and taking pride in what we do. Barnsley Council’s distributed public health model supports our vision to be a Public Health Council. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of a wider team who can really make a difference to the health and wellbeing of children and young people in the Borough.

If you would like to discuss this post further, please contact Ian Walker: Ianwalker2@barnsley.gov.uk