Public Health Practitioner - Babies, Children, Young People and Families

Shared Services Partnership; Winchester; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

A local health authority in Winchester seeks a Public Health Practitioner to support initiatives aimed at improving health outcomes for babies, children, and families. The role involves promoting smokefree environments, enhancing wellbeing, and managing public health projects. Candidates should possess a degree in a relevant field and demonstrate strong communication, organizational, and project management skills. This is a permanent position offering a competitive salary and hybrid working arrangements.

Benefits

Ongoing professional development

Generous annual leave entitlement

Access to Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Good understanding of public health principles and practice.
• Specific experience in a public health setting focused on children and young people.
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of key public health programmes.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships to drive change.
• Work independently applying public health principles.

Skills

Strong communication

Organizational skills

Partnership-building

Self-motivated

Project management

Education

Degree in a relevant subject area

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Public Health Practitioner - Babies, Children, Young People and Families, Winchester

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Client:

Shared Services Partnership

Location:

Winchester, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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Posted:

12.08.2025

Expiry Date:

26.09.2025

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Job Description:

Job Reference: HCC621937
Salary Range: £40,643 - £45,077 per annum
Work Location: Elizabeth II Court, Winchester (Hybrid Working)
Hours per week: 37 (a minimum of 30 hours may be considered)
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 31 August 2025
Interview Date: w/c 22 September 2025

The Role:

Joining our well-established and dynamic team as a Public Health Practitioner for Babies, Children and Young People and Families, you’ll be supported to develop your career in Public Health. You’ll play a vital role in addressing health inequalities and preventing ill-health in our communities by delivering key ambitions within our Public Health Strategy. As part of the wider Hampshire Public Health team, you’ll work in a collaborative and innovative environment that values continuous improvement and impact.

What you’ll do:

• Support the delivery of three key public health programmes that include:
  - Smokefree Hampshire 2030: Hampshire’s Tobacco Control Strategy whose key priorities are preventing the uptake of and reducing smoking in children and young people, promoting smokefree environments, and lowering smoking in pregnancy rates.
  - #BeeWell: A secondary school survey across Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth, and Southampton, delivered in alignment with the Hampshire Health in Education programme, that supports a whole setting approach to promoting the health and wellbeing of children and young people.
  - Emotional wellbeing and mental health: Promoting mental wellbeing and resilience and early support for children and young people, including leading on public health elements of education engagement, inclusion groups, and transitions to adulthood.
• Work in a matrix structure to support the wider team’s functions and priorities.
• Build and maintain strong partnerships with a range of professionals and organisations to drive change and improve health outcomes.
• Work with minimal supervision and apply public health principles to ensure evidence-based approaches with measurable outcomes.
• Manage multiple projects effectively, prioritising tasks and meeting deadlines under pressure.

What we’re looking for:

• A degree in a relevant subject area.
• A good understanding of public health principles and practice, with specific experience in a public health setting, ideally with a focus on children and young people.
• Strong communication, organisational, and partnership-building skills.
• A flexible, self-motivated approach with the ability to work independently.
• Proven ability to manage and prioritise multiple projects and priorities effectively and simultaneously.

Take a look at our Candidate Pack for more information about the Public Health Practitioner for Babies, Children, Young People and Families role, team and our values. The section ‘About you’ explains what specific knowledge, skills and experience we want you to tell us about. Make sure you explain how you meet these requirements and demonstrate our values, in your application.

• Be part of a supportive and forward-thinking team that values innovation and collaboration.
• Make a real difference in the lives of children and young people across Hampshire.
• Access to ongoing professional development and career progression opportunities.
• Work in a role that offers variety, challenge, and impact in high-profile areas of public health.
• Access to Health Assured's comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme to support your physical and mental wellbeing, including 24/7 telephone support, a suite of online resources, and legal and financial advice.
• A competitive benefits package that includes generous annual leave entitlement, occupational sick pay, and access to the Local Government Pension Scheme. Find more information here.

Applicants can expect to hear from us within two weeks of the advertised closing date.

Please note: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role and therefore it is essential that you already have the right to work in the UK before applying.

Travel Requirements:

You may be required to visit other locations within Hampshire and therefore need to have the ability to travel, as necessary.

Values Based Recruitment:

We are passionate about our values:

• Collaborative: Working together, combining talents and sharing resources to shape decisions and actions, and to maximise health outcomes.
• Equalities-driven: Reducing inequalities and promoting equity in all we do, so that no one is left behind as we strive for better health and wellbeing.
• Outcome focussed: Prioritising our work based on evidence, effectiveness and value for money to improve quality outcomes and prevent ill health.
• Sustainable: Being future-focussed. Creating lasting change in local systems and communities. Developing our work through a climate change lens to achieve health and climate benefits.

We practice values-based recruitment in Public Health and invite you to evidence how you demonstrate our values in your application. The interview for the role will also be values based and will explore how you will be able to contribute to these.

Additional Information:

Public Health Practitioner - Babies, Children, Young People and Families Candidate Pack

Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:

For general enquiries, please contact [emailprotected]
For an informal chat about the role please contact Jo Lockhart, Public Health Principal on [emailprotected] until 18 August. Alternatively, email Rebecca Perrin, Consultant in Public Health on [emailprotected] before 14 August. After 19 August, if you need to speak to someone, please contact Jo Jefferies, Associate Director of Public Health on [emailprotected]

Hampshire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment.

In order to combat discrimination, no unnecessary conditions or requirements will be applied which could have a disproportionately adverse effect on any one group. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership and pregnancy or maternity, unless a Genuine Occupational Requirement (GOR) applies.

We are a Disability Confident Employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.