UKHSA is leading the Public Health Approaches to Violence: Interventions, Surveillance & Evidence (PAVISE) project, a three-year initiative delivered in partnership with Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Violence Prevention. The project aims to support implementation of a coordinated, evidence-based public health approach to violence prevention across UKOTs through violence surveillance, prevention, early intervention, workforce development, research, evaluation and regional collaboration.
The PAVISE Project sits within the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) Health Security Programme which is funded by the Overseas Territories Resilient Economies and Security and Stability programme at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). The UKOTs Health Security Programme works in partnership with UKOT governments, regional organisations and UK government partners to strengthen health security and health system resilience across the Territories.
For full details, please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification.
o Provide expert public health advice and technical assistance to UKOT governments and health systems on violence prevention, including violence against women and girls, and related public health priorities.o Lead delivery of technical outputs across assigned project workstreams.o Support development, co-design and implementation of evidence-based public health approaches to preventing violence and reducing its impacts.o Contribute to development of policy frameworks, guidance documents, standards and implementation tools.o Support development and implementation of violence surveillance systems across UKOTs including contribution to production of epidemiological profiles, public health intelligence products and violence prevention needs assessments.o Support UKOTs to adopt public health approaches to violence prevention through strategic engagement and technical advice.o Facilitate and contribute to multi-agency workshops and partnership events involving health, policing, education, safeguarding and community sector partners.o Support development of sustainable public health capabilities within health systems and Ministries of Health.o Provide mentoring and supervision to project staff, trainees and public health registrars as required.o Support design and implementation of project evaluation frameworks and monitoring systems.
For full details, please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification.
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