Public Health Consultant

Job summary

Swindon Borough Council is seeking to recruit a full time substantive Public Health Consultant to support in the delivery of Swindons public health priorities & the Covid-19 Local Outbreak Management Plan.

Our vision is to create healthier, stronger & more resilient communities & to ensure people in Swindon stay safe from Covid-19 through prevention & rapid management of outbreaks. Our highly successful public health team works to deliver against the Boroughs public health priorities to protect and improve health, tackle health inequalities & protecting the most vulnerable.

We are looking for a forward-thinking Public Health Consultant, who has a proven track record working across all domains of public health. An established leader with drive & highly developed public health skills to help shape decisions over a range of public health functions, operating and influencing across the system to achieve a significant impact for improving health and wellbeing of the Swindon population.

Main duties of the job

As members of the senior management team, you will have help to lead on the response and recovery from Covid-19 and support the Director of Public Health in realising the ambition to ensure that public health agendas and priorities are driven forward.

You will work in partnership with senior managers from across the Council, with the Clinical Commissioning Group and our acute trust, the voluntary sector as well as other partner agencies to improve health outcomes and make a positive difference to the lives of people in Swindon. If you are a progressive leader in public health who is keen to work with a passionate public health team, we would very much like to hear from you.

This role is currently home-based but candidates should have the ability to be able to travel to and around Swindon as part of the role. Swindon Borough Council terms and conditions apply to this role.

About us

Make a difference, make it better, make it right - putting Swindon and its people at the heart of everything we do.

We are committed to providing our employees with a diverse and exciting environment in which to work, encouraging creativity and innovation whilst recognising the need to support ongoing personal development and a flexible work life balance.

Our current benefits include:

Flexible working

25 days holiday

A career average revalued earnings (CARE) pension scheme

Purchase of annual leave

Leisure and Legal Services discounts

Eating Out, Shopping and Entertainment discounts

Candidates must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act for the effective performance of a customer-facing role).

Please note Swindon Borough Council terms and conditions apply to this role.