PH Officer - Housing and Stop Smoking

Central Bedfordshire Council; England; Hybrid; GBP 31,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health organization in the UK is looking for a Stop Smoking Officer to enhance service delivery and promote healthy lifestyle changes through targeted support. You will collaborate with housing associations and local authorities, delivering expert-led sessions and working to address health inequalities. Ideal candidates will have a relevant degree and a passion for public health. The position offers a hybrid work model with a competitive salary.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years' experience in public health or a related field.
• Experience delivering stop smoking support and understanding of barriers.
• Ability to manage effective services focused on resident outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Deliver expert-led stop smoking support.
• Record and track outcomes accurately.
• Collaborate with housing partners for community-led events.

Skills

Public health knowledge

Service delivery coordination

Understanding of health inequalities

Stakeholder engagement

Education

Degree in a relevant field

Tools

Budget management

Job description

Overview

Team: Public Health/Choose You
Job Family: Supporting - CBG8
Salary: £31,022- £33,851 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week (2 positions available)
Base Location: You'll be working from home and any Central Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes offices. You will be expected to attend a CBC and MK office location as and when needed to carry out your role. For the first month, you'll need to attend the office most days. After this initial period, you'll need to attend once a week.
Contract Type: Hybrid - Permanent
Closing Date: Sunday 12th October 2025
Interview Dates: Monday 20th October and Tuesday 21st October 2025

About the role

This is a new and exciting role to introduce a specialist Stop Smoking Officer within our Public Health "Choose You" service. This will be a blended role as you will also sit within our wider Public Health and Housing Partnership, working closely with housing associations and local authority landlords to deliver targeted stop smoking support directly to their residents. In addition to this, you will also collaborate with our housing partners in identifying opportunities for embedding stop smoking initiatives and process change, helping to create healthier homes and communities. If you have a passion for enhancing service delivery and the health and well-being of our residents, this is an excellent opportunity to use your skills and knowledge to help people make healthy lifestyle changes. This is a great time to join us on our journey.

Key responsibilities

• Deliver high quality services which will simplify and enhance residents' experience of advice, guidance, and support with a focus on stop smoking.
• Deliver expert-led stop smoking support through in-person and phone clinics.
• Be responsible for accurately recording and tracking the outcomes of work, ensuring all outcomes are documented.
• Each position will be assigned to 1 local authority, with flexibility to travel across the 3 local authorities as necessary to ensure service continuity.
• Work closely with social housing providers in setting up and running community lead events.
• To improve outcomes health & wellbeing of those engaging with services.
• To address health inequalities across our 3 authorities - in relation to service access, user experience and outcomes.
• To increase access to Choose You for social housing residents.
• To identify and implement opportunities to increase service user engagement with health and well-being services.
• To collaborate with partners and stakeholders in housing contexts to make organisational or system-wide changes that will lead to improved health outcomes for residents.
• To ensure that services develop to meet the needs of housing organisations and their customers, within the scope of Choose You.
• The responsibilities listed above are not intended to be exhaustive. The role holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary.

Qualifications and experience

• A relevant degree or equivalent knowledge, with at least 2 years' experience in public health or a related organisation.
• Previous experience delivering and co-ordinating service delivery and experience in stop smoking lifestyle change support.
• Demonstrates a clear understanding of why social landlords would support smoking cessation among tenants and is aware of the barriers residents may encounter when accessing stop smoking services.
• Experience of managing effective and customer focussed services to improve outcomes for residents.
• A passion for delivering excellent services.
• Knowledge and experience of managing budgets.
• Understanding of health inequalities and experience working with diverse populations, including ethnic minorities and individuals from deprived areas.
• Experience of working with a range of stakeholders, including service users to support the development of the service and drive improved outcomes for residents.
• This role requires some travel; you must be able to drive, have access to a vehicle and hold a full valid driving licence.