Public Health & Communities Directorate is made up of four functions that contribute to achieving 'Our Ambitions, our future':

1. Communities, Place Making & Inclusion
2. Children & Families, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Health Protection
3. Working Age and Older People
4. Knowledge, Intelligence & Evidence, Business Contracts and Finance

• Support the Strategic Leadership Team to develop and deliver the Public Health and Communities Strategic plan
• Effectively lead your Function by building and enabling a high-performing team and managing complex programmes of work

• Ensure the resources made available are managed effectively, innovatively, and efficiently.
• Work with and influence executive level partners and develop the wider networks and partnerships that Public Health and Communities & SCC needs to enhance its services to the citizens of Suffolk

• Support the development of professional and technical standards by maintaining effective liaison and networks

• Challenge and influence wider Suffolk System through questioning performance and delivery of outcomes and facilitating strategic priority setting
• Explore opportunities to integrate and develop effective working at a strategic level with key partners, including other public sector bodies, voluntary and community sector and providers.
• Be acutely aware of and sensitive to changes in the political environment, providing leadership for change that focusses on achieving transformation across the Council and the Suffolk system in the context of fewer resources
• Ensure that national and locally agreed performance standards are reflected in the work of Public Health and communities
• Empower people to understand complexity in systems and facilitate the co-production of strategies and plans.
• Work with the Knowledge and Intelligence function to ensure an 'evidence led' approach that incorporates local and service intelligence alongside data to inform priorities and activity.
• Provide mentoring to colleagues within Public Health and Communities, transferring skills and knowledge where appropriate.
• Ensure that the Public Health and Communities has appropriate representation on relevant strategic partnership and facilitates the connections between different forums, partnerships, and functions.

If you are interested in this role please send your updated CV in the first instance.