Consultant in Public Health – Children’s Public Health and Life Chances

Coventry City Council; Coventry; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Coventry is seeking a qualified Consultant in Public Health to lead initiatives focused on improving health outcomes for children and young people. The role involves collaboration with various internal and city-wide partners to tackle health inequalities. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership experience and the ability to translate public health policy into effective local action.

Benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Professional support and supervision

Qualifications

• Experience in leadership across diverse partner organizations.
• Ability to translate public health policies into local strategies.
• Experience in working with complex political and social environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead Children’s Public Health and Life Chances in Coventry.
• Improve health outcomes for Children and Young People.
• Shape public health services through collaboration.

Skills

Leadership in public health

Partnership working

Public health policy translation

Data analysis and research

Education

Qualified Consultant in Public Health (UKPHR/GMC/GDC)

Job description

Our Values

In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.

Our Values are:

• Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

About The Team We Are Recruiting To

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, accepting of all, and free from discrimination and bias.

The Public Health team is part of the Public Health, Insight and Migration Division.

Reporting to the Director of Public Health and Wellbeing, the team helps people to stay healthy and protect them from threats to their health.

The Public Health team commissions and delivers a wide range of services and programmes that tackle health inequalities and help people to live healthier lives, including:

• Alcohol and drugs misuse strategy, treatment and recovery services
• Sexual health services including sexually transmitted infections and contraception
• Healthy lifestyles support with losing weight, getting more active, giving up smoking, cutting down on alcohol, and improving well-being
• Physical activity strategy and projects including school-based exercise, parks, and cycling
• Family health including health visiting, infant feeding, school nurses, teenage pregnancy support, family weight management, and services supporting BME families
• Health protection strategy and services including air quality, blood-borne virus testing, screening & immunisations, infection control, emergency planning, and outbreak management
• The Marmot City strategy, reducing health inequalities across the city
• Domestic abuse and sexual abuse strategies and support services
• Youth violence reduction

This is an exciting and challenging time to work in the Public Health Team. If you are committed to achieving the best outcomes for people across Coventry, our team can support you with high-quality professional support, supervision, and excellent learning and development opportunities.

What is the job role?

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead on Children’s Public Health and Life Chances in Coventry, a young, diverse city.

We need to change the way we work across our authority and with partners, using data and evidence in everything we do to address inequalities at every level: the social gradient, different ethnic groups, different disease groups, and disabilities. This includes building our economy in a new way, where wellbeing and reducing inequalities are central to our programmes. We want Coventry to be a City of opportunity for all, where everyone has the life chances needed to maximize their potential and contribute to a thriving economic and social environment.

We are seeking an outstanding Consultant in Public Health to provide leadership and management across:

• Improving health outcomes for Children and Young People.
• Leading the 0-19 Public Health commissioned services.
• Working across internal organizational structures and city-wide partners, including health, social care, education, economic development, housing, planning, transport, and infrastructure to shape services and improve health impacts.

Please note that the salary may be subject to a market supplement depending on the candidate’s experience.

Who are we looking for?

We’re looking for someone who has experience in:

• Providing strong leadership and partnership working across local authority structures and external partners.
• Translating national public health policy into local action by developing strategies to improve health protection and reduce health inequalities.
• Working in complex political and social environments, including successful collaboration with local authority elected members.
• Using data, research, and intelligence to understand complex circumstances, design solutions, and drive activity.

Candidates must be a qualified Consultant in Public Health (UKPHR/GMC/GDC) or a Public Health Specialty Registrar within 6 months of qualification (UKPHR/GMC/GDC).

All candidates must have the Right to Work in the UK. We are not offering sponsorship for this role.

Our workforce data shows under-representation of men, minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ individuals, so we encourage applicants from these backgrounds. This does not prevent individuals with other protected characteristics as set out within the Equalities Act 2010 from applying.

For an informal chat about the role, contact Allison Duggal, Director of Public Health and Wellbeing, at [e-mail].

When applying, include a personal statement addressing:

• Your experience as a Consultant or Public Health Specialist Registrar
• Your experience working in complex political and social environments
• Your knowledge of epidemiology, public health practice, health economics, and healthcare evaluation
• Your ability to design, develop, interpret, and implement public health policies and strategies

Previous candidates need not apply.

If you need support with your application, visit our accessibility page.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme: We offer guaranteed interviews for members of the Armed Forces and veterans, those currently or previously in care, and individuals with disabilities or long-term health conditions.

Interview date(s): TBC. In person at Coventry offices.

About Coventry

Coventry is a proud, innovative, and diverse city with a history of community-driven social change. We are committed to excellence and aim to recruit talented individuals dedicated to making a difference in our communities. Our rewards and benefits package is detailed at our vacancies page.