Consultant in Public Health

Bradford Council; Leeds; On-site; GBP 83,000 - 97,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in the United Kingdom is seeking a Consultant in Public Health to lead initiatives aimed at improving health and wellbeing in Bradford. The successful candidate will provide expert advisory input, engage with stakeholders, and translate evidence into policy. This permanent role requires a trained specialist on the GMC or UK Public Health Register with experience in public health projects. Join a passionate team committed to health improvement in a diverse community.

Qualifications

• Experience in delivering public health projects and evidence-based strategy.
• Ability to work within an ambitious public health team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver projects to improve health and wellbeing.
• Provide expert public health advisory input.
• Engage with partners to implement health research.

Skills

Project management

Public health policy development

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Trained specialist on GMC/GDC Specialist List or UK Public Health Register

Job description

Overview

Department of Adults Social Care • Public Health • Consultant in Public Health • 1 x 37 hours per week • Salary: £83,571 - £96,376 pa (Dependent upon experience) • Permanent • Based at Britannia House

We are seeking to appoint a Consultant in Public Health who will work to improve the wellbeing and health of the people of Bradford. This is a permanent post, and we are looking for candidates who are dynamic, focused and skilled, and capable of driving projects at a pace necessary to deliver the changes needed to improve health and wellbeing and deliver evidence based policy and strategy, within a passionate and ambitious public health team.

Bradford is the UK’s youngest city, with more than a quarter of people aged under 18 and is among its most diverse; 36% of people are from ethnic minorities and over 150 languages are spoken here. Bradford has high levels of poor health and some of the lowest healthy life expectancy in England. We have a strong focus on applied research with our partnership with the Bradford Institute of Health Research and as a Council we were recently successful in securing £5m to develop research capacity and capability across the Council with a focus on wider determinants of health. Bradford will also be City of Culture in 2025 so this is an exciting time to be in Bradford.

Bradford is an innovative place committed to improving health outcomes for its residents, despite the substantial challenges of poverty and inequalities. Working relationships with partner organisations are strong, and this post will contribute to our achievement of greater cross-sectoral integration through systems-leadership and delivery of joint priorities.

The successful candidates will be trained specialists on the GMC Register/GDC Specialist List or UK Public Health Register.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver projects at pace to improve health and wellbeing and translate evidence into policy and strategy within a public health team.
• Provide expert public health advisory input and contribute to cross-sectoral integration and joint priorities through systems leadership.
• Engage with partners and stakeholders to implement applied health research and policy initiatives.

Qualifications

• Trained specialist on the GMC Register/GDC Specialist List or UK Public Health Register.
• Experience in delivering public health projects, policy development, and evidence-based strategy.