Senior Public Health Manager

North East Combined Authority; Morpeth; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Northumberland County Council seeks a Senior Public Health Manager to lead Tobacco Control, Stop Smoking services, vaping initiatives and NHS Health Checks. You will support the Deputy Director of Public Health and help shape strategies across Health Protection and Healthcare Public Health, Long Term Conditions, Cancer, and Neighbourhood Health.

Based at County Hall, Morpeth, the role offers flexible working including occasional home-based days.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in Public Health or equivalent and substantial postgraduate experience in public health practice.
• Advanced knowledge of public health theory and practice, including epidemiology, health inequalities, health improvement, health protection, health economics, and healthcare public health.
• Advanced knowledge of issues and expertise relating to portfolio areas.
• Ability to travel within the North East region and occasionally nationally.

Responsibilities

• Lead for Tobacco Control, Stop Smoking (including the in-house Specialist Stop Smoking Service), Vaping, and NHS Health Checks.
• Provide leadership and support to the Deputy Director of Public Health in Health Protection and Healthcare Public Health, including Long Term Conditions, Cancer, and Neighbourhood Health.
• Contribute to development and implementation of health improvement, health protection, and healthcare public health programmes, policies and strategy.
• Based at County Hall in Morpeth with flexible working, including working from home for part of the week.

Skills

Advanced knowledge of public health

Epidemiology

Health inequalities

Health improvement

Health protection

Health economics

Healthcare public health

Travel willingness

Education

Masters degree in Public Health or equivalent

Job description

Senior Public Health Manager

Permanent | County Hall, Morpeth

We are seeking to appoint an experienced Senior Public Health Manager to be the lead for Tobacco Control, Stop Smoking (including the in-house Specialist Stop Smoking Service), Vaping, and NHS Health Checks, and to provide leadership and support to the Deputy Director of Public Health in Health Protection and Healthcare Public Health, including Long Term Conditions, Cancer, and Neighbourhood Health.

Public Health is part of the wider Communities and Public Health directorate. The team is led by two Deputy Directors of Public Health reporting to the Executive Director of Communities and Public Health who is the statutory Director of Public Health. The public health team provides leadership and works alongside communities and partners to maximise the health and wellbeing of residents, building on community strengths, improving health, and reducing inequalities.

More broadly the post-holder will support the Director of Public Health in delivering the corporate vision for Northumberland as set out in the Northumberland County Council Corporate Plan and the Northumberland Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy. You will contribute to the development and implementation of health improvement, health protection, and healthcare public health programmes, policies and strategy.

You will be based at County Hall in Morpeth and flexible working, including working from home for part of the week, is possible.

For informal enquiries about the role, please email [e-mail].

The deadline for applications is midnight on Tuesday 29th September 2026.

Interviews are scheduled for 13th and 14th October 2026.

What we are looking for:

• Masters degree in Public Health or equivalent and substantial postgraduate experience in public health practice.
• Advanced knowledge of public health theory and practice, including epidemiology, health inequalities, health improvement, health protection, health economics, and healthcare public health.
• Advanced knowledge of issues and expertise relating to your portfolio areas.
• Ability to travel within the North East region and occasionally nationally.

Please see the attached job description for a full list of the requirements for the post.

Why choose us?

We have some outstanding benefits and perks to offer you, including:

• 26 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays, rising to 31 days after 5 years of service (pro rata for part-time employees)
• Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexi scheme (if applicable) - up to 2 days flexible leave available per month (pro rata for part-time employees)

To see all our excellent benefits and perks, please see our website.

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Further information

Please note that this is a permanent position but applications on a secondment or part-time basis would be considered for the right applicant.

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