Public Health Specialist - Research, Evaluation, and Evidence
| Posting date: | 04 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 August 2025 |
| Location: | Bury, BL9 0SW |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75713540 |
Summary
About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Public Health Team which sits within the Health and Adult Care directorate in Bury Council. We are looking to appoint a Public Health Specialist with responsibility for public health research, evaluation, and evidence to join our forward-thinking borough as we work together to improve health outcomes for residents.
Working across the local system, you will provide strategic leadership and be responsible for developing and managing Bury’s approach to public health research, evaluation, and evidence. You will work with partners in Bury, in academia, and in the wider system to embed a culture of public health research and build local capacity.
You will have a strong knowledge of a range of applied public health research methods that are applicable in a local setting, and experience of bidding for and managing public health research funding. You will be comfortable with analysis of both quantitative and qualitative data.
You will be an enthusiastic individual with demonstrable experience of leading public health research projects and programmes. You will be able to use your strong influencing, negotiation, and leadership skills to work with partners across the Borough to influence processes and outcomes to make sure local decisions are grounded in sound evidence. You will be able to build successful partnerships with universities and other agencies to identify research needs and priorities and how they can be met. You will be a passionate advocate for the use of evidence and have the skills to develop these skills in others.
You will be joining a friendly and supportive team with a great mix of skills and experience and leaders who encourage and support development. You will receive a commitment to your professional development.
Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis.
About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare or children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.
As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way
Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.
Next steps
For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Steve Senior on s.senior@bury.gov.uk.
Interviews will be held 5th and 6th August.
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