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This special place in South West London between the capital and the country has been a Royal borough longer than anywhere else - it is where the first kings of England were crowned.

Today it is a vibrant and diverse borough, with a long history and strong cultural and community heritage. Kingston's riverside location, fantastic retail offer, historic market place and church, parks and gardens all make Kingston town centre the vibrant space it is, and each of our district town centres (Surbiton, New Malden, Tolworth and Chessington) have something unique to offer.

Situated in Zone 6, Kingston is among the best-connected town centres in London – with direct train links from Kingston and Surbiton stations to Clapham Junction and London Waterloo, as well as Wimbledon for an interchange with the London Underground and Tramlink.

Kingston’s people are innovative and entrepreneurial, and have a strong sense of community pride. The borough has been home to great industry and creativity for many years, reflected in assets such as the Rose Theatre, the International Youth Arts Festival and Kingston University, which boasts more new graduate business start-ups than any other.

We have seen tremendous generosity and compassion within our communities, particularly in response to COVID-19, which is a demonstration of Kingston’s key strength. The council offers a strong level of support to vulnerable groups and those who need additional support, which has also increased significantly as a result of the pandemic. Like most places, the average age of our population is rising as more people are living longer, so we are working closely with residents to help them maintain their independence and further improve the cost effectiveness of our service to meet the ongoing rise in demand.

Kingston is home to people from diverse and interesting cultures and backgrounds, which helps to create the rich sense of community shared across the borough. In particular, Kingston has a large Sri Lankan Tamil community and is home to more people from Korea than any other part of the UK.

The role of the Public Health Projects Officer is to co-ordinate and help deliver projects funded by the Pooled Prevention Fund, comprising funding from the Public Health Grant and the local NHS, to deliver a range of programmes and activities to improve health and wellbeing in the borough. The Pooled Prevention Fund projects particularly focus on communities disproportionately impacted as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic (covering areas such as food insecurity, voluntary & community sector joint-working, stop smoking services, physical activity promotion, Adults & Children’s prevention programmes, Connected Kingston, and other Public Health programmes & projects). The role will include coordination of the programmes, supporting the delivery of programmes, including innovative approaches to health and wellbeing, commissioning of and improvement in Public Health services and functions to improve outcomes for local people.

• Co-ordinate the Pooled Prevention Fund, bringing together the different workstreams, reporting on progress and innovating/developing workstreams where appropriate
• Co-ordinate the various workstream leads and support them to develop public health programmes to maximise the benefits of each programme, with opportunities to innovate
• Support with the commissioning elements of the pooled prevention funded programmes or other Public Health functions
• Evaluation of Public Health Programmes
• Promotion of Health messages and Public Health programmes, including the use of digital tools to promote positive health behaviour
• Work with stakeholders across the council, NHS, voluntary sector to maximise the benefits of the programmes delivered by the fund
• Research and self directed learning into Public Health topic areas that you may not have worked on before e.g. Active travel, food insecurity

You will be joining a friendly and ambitious Public Health Team and will get the opportunity to work across a wide range of Public Health and wider topic areas. As a team we are very keen to support each other to grow and develop. There will be chances to learn from other colleagues, time within the role for self directed learning and support (if appropriate) to explore Public Health specific schemes (e.g. UKPHR Practitioner, which a number of the team have done or are currently working towards).

The role is Hybrid, which gives the flexibility to work from home and on-site as needed for the specific projects.

You will have a degree or equivalent experience/skills and will be a keen lifelong learner with evidence of continuing professional development and a continuous approach to learning and developing. We are looking for someone willing to learn new skills and topic areas. An interest in Public Health and wider topics is essential and an interest in the wider determinants that can affect our health.

We are looking for the ability to collaborate and work as a team. Digital skills are desired (such as social media or design) or a willingness to learn new digital skills.

As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We’re constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across however big or small; will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.

In addition we offer a modern and flexible working environment for our staff supported by our IT infrastructure, Google Chromebooks and Google Apps, which have acted as a key enabler for collaborative and streamlined working. The COVID-19 pandemic has required us to be even more flexible in how we work and manage staff workloads, ensuring they have the correct equipment and resources to be able to maximise their talents and looking after their wellbeing.

Employees have access to a wide range of benefits, some of which include:

• Generous annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays (pro-rata if part-time working hours apply)
• Three volunteering days per year
• Flexible and agile working arrangements
• Comprehensive learning and development programme
• Discounts on a range of local shops, restaurants, gyms and leisure centres
• Interest free season ticket loans
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Bicycle loan facilities and cycle to work scheme
• Zip car scheme
• Free eye tests and contribution towards glasses
• Confidential wellbeing and counselling support
• Subsidised gym membership

We pride ourselves on being a diverse, tolerant and welcoming Borough and we aim to create a workforce which reflects the community we serve. We are respectful of difference and realise the positive value of diversity in our workforce. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic candidates and disabled candidates as these groups are currently under-represented in our workforce.

We are proud to be recognised as a Disability Confident employer, and are committed to thinking differently about disability and taking action to improve how we recruit, retain and develop disabled people. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.

We offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements, staff engagement forums, and inclusive staff networks who help drive our diversity agenda.

We are an accredited London Living Wage Employer and this means that everyone working at the Royal Borough of Kingston, regardless of whether they are permanent employees or third-party contractors and suppliers receive the London Living Wage. The real Living Wage is higher than the government’s minimum, or National Living Wage, and is an independently calculated hourly rate of pay that is based on the actual cost of living.

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