Public Health Programmes Coordinator

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: 43860 - 47829 per annum (pro rata for part-time)

Working Hours:37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 3rd February 2026

Interview Date(s): Week commencing 23rd February 2026

Why work for theCounty Council

• Opportunities to join a very good Local Government Pension Scheme
• Opportunities to progress within a large public sector organisation
• Extensive training and development opportunities
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Access to staff wellbeing & counselling Service
• Discounted local gym membership
• Work for an organisation which 94% of our staff say is a good employer

The Public Health Programmes Coordinator is responsible for the operational development and forward planning of health promotion and improvement programmes addressing health inequalities and wider determinants of health. The role will ensure services are efficient effective and meet agreed objectives and outcomes. Supporting the management team with the end to end processes of health improvement programme development such as needs assessment insight gathering design delivery and monitoring and evaluation is a key function of the role.

About You

To apply for this post you must:

• Lead on the development of health improvement interventions and programmes of work working with senior management key stakeholders and organisations.
• Have strong organisational skills with the ability to work on own initiative and within delegated responsibility
• Effectively negotiate and influence key stakeholders and generate sustained engagement to work effectively in partnership and address identified population health needs within assigned remit of work.
• Analyse data effectively to inform service provision ensuring assets are used where they are needed most.
• Educated to degree level in a relevant subject or have demonstrable experience
• Effectively communicate vision and actions for each area of work to allow partners to effectively engage support and progress each area.
• Work closely with public health management team including public health consultants and commissioned services on programmes/projects linked to improving population health ensuring joined and cohesive working.

You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.

In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

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.

For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:

Francesca Barney Strategic Lead - Health Improvement Systems

Telephone:

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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 Plus 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.

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