Title: Operations Manager

Department: Public Health

Rate: £250 Per day

Location: Hybrid - 2 days in the office / Sand Martin House, Bittern Way, Peterborough

Type: Temporary - 4 months

Opus People Solutions are working with Peterborough City Council to recruit for a Public Health Operations Manager to support with separation of budgets between a combined authority.

This post reports to the Director of Public Health and is responsible for the managerial leadership of the public health directorate business programmes working across the directorate.

The post will be responsible for maintenance of corporate governance processes acting as the interface with the wider council. This will include the development of relevant policies and plans, and ensuring appropriate corporate and democratic governance processes are followed.

The post has budget accounting/monitoring responsibility for the Public Health staffing and internal corporate budgets (substitutions), ensuring compliance to financial targets.

The post holder is also responsible for the co-ordination and management and oversight of the directorate's quality, safety and risk management register and internal processes, and business continuity plans to ensure service are maintained.

To provide operational management in the following key areas:

To support the DPH and the PH directorate in the planning and delivery of internal and staff development programmes and the development of processes and tools to support the PH team and programme management of key public health programmes

Ensuring corporate governance process and democratic governance processes are appropriately followed including the Health and Wellbeing Board and Integrated Care Partnership. This will include timely briefings to members, appropriate and timely production of papers for committees/ member decisions notices with necessary approvals. Recording and reporting of decisions made under delegated authority.

Financial management and oversight of the Public Health staffing and internal corporate budgets - managing the budget, ensuring compliance to financial targets and providing appropriate challenge to other PHDMT members on staffing costs, ensuring adherence to corporate financial management in accordance with PCC processes.

Work planning for business support.

Peterborough City Council

Peterborough City Council is a unitary authority serving a thriving city. It is rapidly expanding to meet the demand for new houses and is home to a community of diverse cultures. The population of 215,660 has been growing faster than other areas in the East of England and a high rate of growth is expected to continue. The City Council and ICS face a range of public health challenges and inequalities as reflected in its public health outcomes framework indicators.