Job Description

Job Category: Non-Teaching
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PLEASE NOTE THIS POST IS ONLY OPEN TO INTERNAL APPLICANTS
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Grade 14 - 55,443 - 61,116
Working Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 27th October 2025
Interview Date(s): 13th November 2025
Why work for the County Council?

• Opportunities to join a very good Local Government Pension Scheme
• Opportunities to progress within a large public sector organisation
• Extensive training and development opportunities
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Access to staff wellbeing & counselling Service
• Discounted local gym membership
• Work for an organisation which 94% of our staff say is a good employer

About the Role
The main purpose of the role is to promote health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities through addressing the wider determinants of health.
A key aspect of this role is the ability to recognise, pursue and evaluate opportunities for creating healthy places for our residents to live, work and socialise, working with key partners and stakeholders to achieve this.
About You
To apply for this post, you must:

• Hold a master's in public health or equivalent postgraduate qualification. (e.g. Planning/Environmental Health)
• Feel comfortable working at senior level within Public Health, representing the department at key meetings and deputising for the Public Health Specialist as required.
• Understand the interfaces between health and wider environmental determinants, impact on health inequalities and role of Health Impact Assessment.
• Have the ability to engage with internal and external partners, respond to consultations and provide public health representation on spatial planning policy, planning applications for major developments, land use and transport infrastructure.
• Have experience of working with a Local Authority, Public Health or multiagency partnership setting with relevant experience of Planning policy, environmental planning and/or Public Health.
• Have clear, decisive and persuasive communication skills, both written and verbal, and excellent interpersonal skills.
• Be able to manage projects and deliver project outputs in a systemised way to ensure work is delivered and prioritised effectively.

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Jenna Parton
Public Health Specialist
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application. This should explain how you meet the criteria outlined in the 'About You' section above and include relevant examples to demonstrate your experience. For more information, see the section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: .
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About Us:
About Leicestershire County Council
Leicestershire County Council is a and organisation. In August 2021, we also signed up to the . We are strongly committed to promoting equality and opportunity, championing employee wellbeing and investing in staff training and development.
Our aim is to work with communities and partners to deliver public services that make Leicestershire the best possible place to live and work for everyone. Our employees play a key role in supporting this goal and helping us deliver the vital services we provide to the people of Leicestershire.
For further information on what it's like to work for us and the benefits we offer, please refer to the following:

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