Senior Practitioner Housing, Planning & Health

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Senior Practitioner Housing Planning & Health

Fixed Term Contract for 2 years

About the Role:

Wirral Council is seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Practitioner: Housing Planning and Health to lead vital work at the intersection of public health housing planning and regeneration. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to influence how our places are designed how services work together and how we reduce health inequalities across the borough.

In this important cross directorate role you will strengthen collaboration between Housing Planning Regeneration and Public Health ensuring that health is embedded at the heart of local decision-making. You will lead and coordinate strategic programmes embed Health Impact Assessments across key services and drive delivery of the housing and health recommendations from the 2025 Public Health Annual Report (PHAR). Using your specialist knowledge you will guide policy development support evidence-based practice and champion innovative approaches that improve health outcomes for Wirral residents.

Working closely with senior leaders and system partners you will play a central role in delivering the Local Plan Housing Strategies and the Wirral Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

In this role you will:

• Lead and coordinate cross departmental programmes that bring together health housing planning and regeneration priorities.
• Embed Health Impact Assessments across service areas to strengthen evidence-based decision-making.
• Support the planning commissioning and evaluation of programmes that improve health and reduce inequalities.
• Lead and contribute to research evaluation and strategic policy development that informs future service design.
• Drive improvement by ensuring health and wellbeing are integral to housing social housing and homelessness services.

About the candidate:

We are looking for a strategic forward-thinking professional with strong communication and influencing skills. You will have experience working within public health housing planning or a related local authority field and be confident forming strong partnerships across complex systems.

A passion for improving public health outcomes through place-based approaches and service integration is essential. This is offering a valuable opportunity to deliver high impact programmes that make a tangible difference to communities across Wirral. If you are committed to tackling health inequalities shaping healthier places and leading meaningful cross sector collaboration we would be delighted to receive your application.

If you wish to discuss this role or require further information please contact any of the following panel members:

Lisa Newman Assistant Director - Housing on email

Emma Foley Strategic Housing Services Senior Manager on email

Interviews to be held on Friday 1^st May 2026.

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