Deputy Director of Health Protection in Regions

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	04 Gorffennaf 2025
Cyflog:	£109,179.00 i £145,478.00 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£109179.00 - £145478.00 a year
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	03 Awst 2025
Lleoliad:	London, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, E14 4PU
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	K9919-25-0261

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Along with the Regional Deputy Directors of Health Protection, the postholder will contribute to national work on developing a comprehensive health protection system across England, working closely withcolleagues at a regional, national and sometimes international level. Strategic Leadership and Partnerships Working closely with the Director of Health Protection in Regions and Regional Deputy Directors for Health Protection, 1. Provide visible leadership and direction for regional UKHSA contribution to protecting the publics health and reducing health inequalities across England through interventions to protect the population by preventing and mitigating hazards and threats. 2. Provide strategic and transformative leadership to enable teams within the Directorate to see the bigger picture and understand political, economic, social, environmental and technological impacts of activity, interventions and change.3. Providing expert support and constructive challenge, influence and inform stakeholders and key working relationships within the agency and wider system (inside and outside of Government) to drive and innovate in delivery of objectives.4. Be a credible senior leader and work across the Agency, Local Government, NHS and Other Government Departments to provide health protection leadership.5. Deputise as required for the Director of Health Protection in Regions.6. Provide advice to Ministers on matters of health protection with the ability to brief orally and in writing at short notice.7. Act as National or regional Incident Director as required. Management and leadership1. Peer leadership and management including managing Regional Deputy Directors of Health Protection, ensuring an integrated approach across all regions and culture of quality and delivery.2. Develop the strategic outcomes framework for health protection in regions.3. Lead the function to deliver defined outputs to the required quality, within budget and on-time.4. Develop staff members to be the best they can be through robust internal communications appropriate delegation, effective appraisal and mentoring, and visible leadership.5. Develop innovative practice and service delivery models, both within the Health Protection in Regions directorate, CMA group, UKHSA and external agencies and government departments, actively involving wider teams.6. Actively promote diversity and equality of opportunity both within the UKHSA and with external stakeholders, valuing difference and external experience. 7. Understand and interpret the political and cultural operating context inside and outside the Civil Service to help inform your advice and lead your teams.8. Role model continuous professional development and ensure your teams have the capability and skills they need to deliver.Other Participate in Regional Deputy Director national on-call rota- Play your part in leading the organisation, including taking on corporate roles and projects which support the Agency For full details, please see the attached Job Description & Person Specification. ExternalOpen to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants). Stage 1: Application & Sift This vacancy is using Competency based assessment. At sift stage you will be assessed against the essential criteria listed in the job advert. You will be required to complete an: Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application) 1500 word Statement of Suitability. The Application Form and Statement of Suitability will be scored together. Healthjobs UK has a word limit of 1500, your statement of suitability must be no more than 1500. This should outline how your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role. You will receive a joint score for your application form and statement. (The application form is the kind of information you would put into your C.V please be advised you will not be able to upload your CV. Please complete the application form in as much detail as possible) If we receive a large number of applications an initial sift against the essential criteria. Longlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we may longlist against the essential criteria for Qualifications. Please note feedback will not be provided at this stage. Stage 2: Interview You will be invited to a remote interview. Interviews will be held week commencing 25th August 2025, please note these dates are subject to change. This vacancy is being assessed using essential criteria. During the interview we will assess you against the below: StrengthsPrevious Skills and ExperienceTechnical skills and Ability You will be asked to prepare and present a 5 minute presentation (no slides). The subject of this will be sent to you prior to interview. Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. This role is being offered as hybrid working based at any of our Core HQs. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's core HQs (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London) or at one of our scientific campus sites (Colindale, Porton and Chilton). Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport link and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC). Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Security Clearance. For meaningful National Security Vetting checks to be carried out individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 5 years as the role requires Security Check (SC). UK residency less than the outlined periods may not necessarily bar you from gaining national security vetting and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder / Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice.