Public Health Consultant
Public Health Consultant
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Job Description
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall Leicestershire LE3 8RA
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: 82180 - 93413
Working Hours:37
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: Friday 6th June 2025
Interview Date(s): TBC
We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Public Health department as a consultant in public health responsible for childrens public health. Public Health is one of six departments within the County Council exercising the full range of public health duties including the delivery and commissioning of services. The Director of Public Health is a chief officer of the council reporting directly to the Chief Executive. This position reports to the Director of Public Health. The post holder will be responsible for improving the health of those living within Leicestershire.
The Public Health Department has a strong reputation in innovation in service delivery and commissioning action on the wider determinants of health and asset-based community development approaches.
Additionally we have been successful in our bid to the NIHR to establish and host a Health Determinants Research Collaboration DRC at Leicestershire County Council. Our links with academia are strong with two of the consultant team holding posts within academia alongside their in service consultant roles.
In addition to being suitably qualified candidates will need to have experience successfully managing public health professionals budgets projects and leading through change.
If you are looking to take the first step in your consultant career or an established consultant looking to expand your horizons we want to hear from you.
For an informal discussion please contact the Director of Public Health Mike Sandys on 0 or
Interested in Flexible Working
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working part-time hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning0(select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: applying for this post you agree to ourTerms and Conditions.
Required Experience:
Contract
Employment Type
Full Time
