Public Health Principal

• Support the Assistant Director of Public Health/ Public Health Consultant to assist Portsmouth City Council in meeting its public health obligations
• Responsible for the strategic planning and future development of a range of programme areas and services
• Lead on a range of topic areas and work across other topic areas as needed
• Develop excellent working relationships with key stakeholders
• Manage the public health grant / budget(s) relating to their areas of responsibility and the commissioning responsibilities

• Good understanding of the key principles and current issues in Public Health
• Public health related post graduate qualification (or working towards such) or equivalent experience
• UKPHR Registered Public Health Practitioner or actively working towards registration
• Significant programme and/or project management experience
• High knowledge of strategic planning and commissioning acquired through training and experience
• Experience of working within formal procurement and tender exercises
• Experience of managing a budget
• Practical approach to problem solving
• Ability to prioritise workload
• Ability to think strategically and manage complex projects of work with multiple stakeholders

Project manager qualification

Hybrid working