Consultant in Public Health Medicine (Assistant Director)

Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council; West Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A vibrant local authority in West Yorkshire is seeking a dynamic Consultant in Public Health. This role involves leading health and wellbeing initiatives within the community, addressing health inequalities, and collaborating with various stakeholders. As part of the public health leadership team, the successful candidate will focus on enhancing the health of children and young people. The position offers a significant opportunity to influence public health policy and practice within an ambitious local authority.

Qualifications

• Required registration with the General Medical Council, General Dental Council, or UK Public Health Register.
• Strong leadership skills and community engagement experience.
• Experience in public health settings with a focus on health inequalities.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for health and wellbeing initiatives.
• Collaborate with communities to improve public health.
• Lead strategies to reduce health inequalities, especially for children and young people.

Skills

Leadership

Public health knowledge

Community collaboration

Education

Registered as a Public Health Specialist

Job description

Set in the beautiful surroundings of the South Pennines inWest Yorkshire, Calderdale is a vibrant metropolitan borough,an active part of West Yorkshire’s Mayoral CombinedAuthority, with strong market towns and amazing heritageassets and a thriving voluntary and community sector. Our
Vision for 2034 is that Calderdale will be an enterprisingplace, full of opportunity, where we can all live a larger life.People will be kind and welcoming and have reasons to befull of hope. We will be celebrated for our distinctive heritage,nature and creativity that everyone can enjoy.

Calderdale Council are looking to recruit a dynamic andtalented Consultant in Public Health/ Public Health Medicine(registered as a Public Health Specialist with the GeneralMedical Council, General Dental Council or UK PublicHealth Register). As a Senior Officer working at AssistantDirector level, the postholder will play a key role in helpinglead a hugely ambitious Council.

Determined to ensure our work with communitiesis effective, we collaborate, innovate and adapt in achallenging environment to improve the health and
wellbeing of residents. Central to this are our two keystrategic plans, the Wellbeing Strategy and the InclusiveEconomy Strategy. The post holder will join a publichealth leadership team that is focussed on delivering theambitions set out in both strategies and provides leadershipacross the system. As a relatively small local authority,you will have opportunities to take place-based lead roleson programmes and will have direct access to ElectedMembers on a regular basis.

Calderdale’s Public Health Team sits at the heart of theCouncil in the Chief Executive’s Directorate and has aPeople and Places focus. It leads Calderdale’s innovativeFamily Hubs and Active Calderdale Programmes. This isan exciting opportunity for the right candidate to providesystem leadership for health and wellbeing and reducinghealth inequalities in Calderdale, with a particular focuson children and young people and health protection.Members of the team share a passion for communitycentred public health, addressing the core determinantsof health inequalities and joining up health, care andwellbeing services to improve lives.

Closing Date: 10th February 2026

Shortlisting: 19th February 2026

Assessment Centre: 5th March 2026

Final Interview: 6th March 2026

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare
of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all
staff to share this commitment. Applicants to posts that are
exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act will require
a DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service before the
appointment is confirmed.

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