Published date: 15 June 2023

Last edited date: 16 June 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 21 June 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Supply services of personnel including temporary staff - 79620000

Location of contract

B70 8SZ

Value of contract

£61,301

Procurement reference

IT-230-7043-140623SALB

Published date

15 June 2023

Closing date

21 June 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

2 July 2023

Contract end date

2 October 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Job Title: Consultant in Public Health
Hours: 37 hours per week
Rate of pay: £700 - £900 per day
Location: Remote working/Sandwell Council House, Oldbury, B69 3DE
Start Date: ASAP
Contract type: Temporary (Agency) 12 weeks with a view to extend

Job Description and Personnel Specification are attached, which also provides more information above the role.

Brief description:
We are looking for an enthusiastic person to join our senior public health team for two years fixed term.
Consultants in Public Health help people and communities maximise their potential for a healthy, happy and productive life, so they can live healthier for longer.
The postholder will contribute to public health priorities, working with the Director of Public Health in the leadership of public health, and the delivery of public health improvement, health protection and health intelligence in Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council and the discharge of local authority public health functions. As our Consultant you will be pivotal to this work particularly in supporting the delivery of the prevention agenda and through providing public health leadership and advocacy across the local health and care system.
You'll focus on health at a population level, looking at ways to make communities and environments healthier, reducing ill-health and tackling health inequalities.
This post requires specialist public health leadership to ensure that impacts on health are considered in the development and implementation of all policies.
You will prepare, manage and monitor the budget for your portfolio area and you will ensure effective leadership, motivation and development of staff. On a regular basis you will review resources, services and partnership arrangements in order to identify opportunities to improve service delivery.
To be successful in this role you will need management experience in a local authority or health service role as well as professional registration at specialist level (or registration is imminent see JD). You will need to have an acute understanding of the link between economic success and good health and build this into your strategy for tackling and prioritising public health issues.
You will be expected to formulate a clear, targeted long-term strategies that ensure health and social care, education, housing, jobs and economic policies and infrastructure, and communities, community assets and the third sector are shaped in ways which deliver the maximum benefit to population health. You will need excellent decision-making skills and the ability to lead others and inspire positive change.
It is critical that you have high level communication and negotiation skills and you can use these to develop strong working relationships both internally and externally.
Currently the team is hybrid working, with 1-2 days in the office.

Please can the agencies send over a CV, 2x up to date references and a copy...


More information

Links

Additional text

The Council will be using the In-tend e-Tendering System for this Procurement exercise, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

From here you will be able to register your company, express an interest in the opportunity, and gain immediate access to Quotation or other related documents.

To submit a quotation you will be required to 'Opt In'.

For a Step by Step user guide to the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal please click on the `Guidance for Suppliers` section of the website. All procurement responses must be carried out via the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

If you require further assistance in respect of the system please contact the In-tend support team on 0844 272 8810.



Delivery Notes

The Council will be using the In-tend e-Tendering System for this Procurement exercise, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

From here you will be able to register your company, express an interest in the opportunity, and gain immediate access to Quotation or other related documents.

To submit a quotation you will be required to 'Opt In'.

For a Step by Step user guide to the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal please click on the `Guidance for Suppliers` section of the website. All procurement responses must be carried out via the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

If you require further assistance in respect of the system please contact the In-tend support team on 0844 272 8810.



Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No


About the buyer

Contact name

Karendeep Bassra

Address

1 Providence Place
West Bromwich
West Midlands
B70 8SZ
United Kingdom

Telephone

0121 569 4766

Email

karendeep_bassra@sandwell.gov.uk