Public Health Lead
- Employer: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Salary: Grade L SCP 42-43, £53,460 - £54,495
- Location: Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, Magdalen House
- Contract: Permanent
- Working Pattern: Full Time
- Hours: 36 hours per week.
- DBS Check: No
- Closing Date: 28/09/2025 at 23:59
- Reference: PHW/25/320664
Public Health Lead – 2 posts
Health Improvement and Health Protection
Public Health
Sefton Council
Grade L
Sefton Council is seeking to recruit 2 Public Health Leads with strong technical skills and a real commitment to improving population health.
The post holders will join the Public Health Team at an exciting and formative time. They will be responsible for leading and contributing to multi-agency and partnership networks, developing strategic plans and programmes to address health issues and health inequalities and deliver against the public health outcomes framework.
We are a progressive and supportive Public Health Team and have an excellent working relationship with our wider system partners. The roles will complement a number of specialist public health roles each having a focus on a specific area.
One role will focus on weight management, offering the successful candidate a key opportunity to further develop and evolve the weight management agenda across the borough.
The other role will focus on health protection as well as the stop smoking agenda. This will require a broad knowledge of health protection with an additional focus on reducing the harms associated with smoking and the use of tobacco products.
Both post holders will also be expected be able to adapt to a range of wider public health priorities, within health improvement, health protection, wider determinants and health care public health.
Technical expertise and knowledge of working across multi-agency partnerships, leading service development and complex strategic commissioning of health improvement services is essential as well as an informed knowledge of the wider social determinants of health.
The post holders will be expected to be able to cope with multiple and changing demands, and to meet tight deadlines. A high level of intellectual rigour, political awareness, negotiation, motivation skills and flexibility are required to understand broad organisational cultures, advise, challenge and advocate to enable effective working across partnerships as well as being able to influence without direct authority.
For further information or an informal discussion about the role, please contact Anna Nygaard, Head of Inequalities and Strategic Partnerships, Public Health, Sefton Council at anna.nygaard@sefton.gov.uk or Laura Whitfield , Advanced Practitioner in Public Health at Laura.Whitfield@sefton.gov.uk
The closing date for applications is 28th September 2025 and interviews for these post will be held on 15th October 2025
Equal Opportunities
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES
Sefton Council strives to ensure that our workforce is inclusive and representative of our communities. A diverse workforce is important to us, our staff bring with them a wide range of experiences, views, ideas, and innovations, and we are committed to providing an environment that recognises, respects, and values everybody’s identity, where individual differences are strengths and where everyone can thrive and maximise their potential. We are always open to learning and growing as an organisation, and we welcome new ideas and initiatives that promote equality, diversity and inclusion.
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer; all candidates will receive equal treatment. Our decision to appoint will be based upon whether an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities make them the most suitable candidate for the role.
GUARANTEED INTERVIEW SCHEME
Please note that all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for these jobs (as given in the Person Specification) and who want to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme will be invited to interview.
If you are currently in care or have previously been in care, we provide a guaranteed interview scheme for care experienced people if you meet the essential requirements for the role.
How to apply
Please apply online via the link provided.
Please note, we do not accept CV’s (unless specified on the advert).
Please fully complete the online application form.
