Public Health Evaluation Lead

THIS POST IS FIXED TERM/SECONDMENT FOR 29 MONTHS DUE TO FUNDING. 

The Research and Evaluation Division, within Public Health Wales, are looking for a skilled, experienced, and motivated Public Health Evaluation Lead who is passionate about improving quality and tackling inequalities through evaluation. The post holder will work closely with partners and colleagues to bring a rigorous evidence-based approach to evaluating the Tackling Diabetes Together Programme. They will be involved in planning, conducting and commissioning evaluations. The post-holder will have extensive skills and experience in designing and delivering mixed methods process and outcome evaluations and stakeholder engagement. 

The Data, Knowledge and Research Directorate (DKRD) includes teams focused on analysis, data science, evidence finding and knowledge management, research and evaluation, and registries including cancer, child measurement programme, congenital anomalies, suspected suicides and child deaths. The Evaluation Team supports the design and delivery of independent evaluations of Public Health Wales’s high priority programmes or those delivered by partners, ensuring high and consistent standards of practice for evaluation. The team also promotes learning and adoption of best practices via the Evaluation Community of Practice.

Job main duties

• Leading, developing and delivering an embedded evaluation for the evaluation programmes with workstreams across Public Health Wales and external partners. 
• Identifying key aspects of specified Public Health programmes where evaluation can be integrated and providing expert advice to directly support others to shape, implement and integrate evaluation into the programme.
• Leading the robust evaluation of large-scale complex public health interventions and programmes using appropriate methodologies for the process, outcome and or impact evaluation. 
• Building collaborative working relationships across organisational boundaries, delivering trusted and academically robust evidence to inform action across policy and/or practice agendas.  

Our organisation

We are Public Health Wales – the national public health organisation for Wales. Our purpose is ‘working together for a healthier Wales'. We exist to help all people in Wales live longer, healthier lives. With our partners, we aim to increase healthy life expectancy, improve health and well-being, and reduce inequalities for everyone in Wales, now and for future generations. 

Together, our teams work to prevent disease, protect health, and provide leadership, specialist services and public health expertise. We are the main source of public health information, research and innovation in Wales.  Never more has public health been so important as we come through the Coronavirus pandemic, face the challenges of the cost-of-living crisis and tackle and prevent the harmful effects of climate change.

Our organisation is guided by our Values, 'Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference'. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion.  We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of the communities we serve and from those wishing to work part time or on a job share basis. 

Informal contact

Esther Mugweni - Deputy Head of Evaluation esther.mugweni@wales.nhs.uk

Working for us and the benefits we offer: https://phw.nhs.wales/careers/

Application guidance: https://phw.nhs.wales/working-for-us/applicant-information-and-guidance/

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