Graduate Public Health Practitioner

About Us

✅Are you passionate about improving the health of your community and reducing health inequalities?

✅ Do you want to develop a career in Public Health and play an active role in evidence based and innovative public health projects?

✅ Do you have a degree or post graduate qualification or equivalent experience in public health or related discipline?

If you can answer yes to the above questions, then this exciting opportunity may be for you.

To help us create a public health workforce that reflects the communities we serve, and to ensure we have diverse perspectives and insights, we would particularly welcome applications from people from ethnic minority backgrounds and those with a disability.

About The Job

Salary

£36,363.00 per annum

Working Pattern

Full time, 37 hours per week, flexible working encouraged, and part time working will be considered.

Contract Length

Fixed term, 2.5 year contract

Location

Hybrid, with office based at County Hall, Chichester

We're looking for a Graduate Public Practitioner to support the efficient development, delivery and monitoring of public health programmes and projects across West Sussex.

• The role is for a 2.5 years' fixed term contract funded by Health Education England South East, to grow a trained and diverse public health practitioner workforce.
• This a training role, working towards Practitioner registration with the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) .
• 1 study day per week protected for the duration of the contract.

You will work in collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders, including other local authorities, the NHS, the voluntary and community sector, Health Education England to maximise health improvement and reduce health inequalities.

What's in it for you?

We value learning and development, and as a core member of the Public Health team, you'll have the opportunity to undertake placements and/or projects to gain a broad understanding across the public health team including health intelligence, healthy lifestyles and health protection as well as broader opportunities across the system.

You will have the opportunity to develop public health knowledge, experience and skills through a structured practitioner training programme.

You'll need a working knowledge of the county, and we welcome applicants from those who have experience or links with communities that are known to experience health inequalities.

To find out more visit our Public Health in West Sussex and Careers in Public Health webpages.

Please refer to the supporting job description at the bottom of this page, this includes the required key skills and qualifications/experience you will need to evidence in your CV and covering letter.

Experience and Skills

As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewarded for the work they do.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to

• 27 days annual leave + bank holidays.
• A generous pension scheme.
• Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring.
• A strong supportive management team.
• A range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers with the opportunity to save over £1,000 (

Including

Argos, Samsung, Asos, B&Q and many more).

• Free access to employee assistance programmes.
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres.
• Car benefit scheme.
• A range of commuting and business travel discounts and initiatives

For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our Rewards and Benefits page.

Rewards and Benefits

The reference number for this role is CAFHE06308.

For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Karen Dennison (Public Health Lead - Workforce Development) at .

For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

Internal candidates wishing to apply for this role will be considered for a secondment position. Please can you therefore discuss and agree this with your manager before applying for this position.

Apply by clicking below and upload your CV and cover letter. In your cover letter please outline your answers to the following three questions and explain how you meet the key skills in the attached job description and ensure that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV.

• What do you think are the current public health challenges within West Sussex?
• What interests you most about a career in public health, and how does your experience relate to this? You can draw upon your own lived or professional experience.
• Tell us how you meet the key skills within the job description.

Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.

We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application help page.

Note for Recruitment Agencies

We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!