Public Health Consultant

West Northamptonshire is a place of ambition and opportunity with a strong focus on working with our many different communities. At the heart of our vision to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive, is a clear commitment to improving health, preventing ill-health and reducing inequalities.

Our Public Health Team is currently undertaking an exciting and purposeful redesign of portfolios to better align resources to priorities and strengthen our impact on local communities. As part of this, we are seeking two exceptional Consultants in Public Health to play a key role in shaping and delivering our public health agenda. These are senior leadership roles with real scope to influence strategy, shape portfolios, lead programmes and work across the system.

You will work closely with the Director of Public Health and senior colleagues across the Council, the NHS, the Integrated Care System and the voluntary and community sector to deliver meaningful, prevention-focused change.

For an informal discussion about the opportunities and direction of travel, please contact David Johns (Director of Public Health) at Davi

You can also see our full list of employee benefits on our careers site here.

• Provide strategic and system leadership to improve population health and reduce inequalities.
• Lead and influence work across public health domains, using evidence and insight to shape policy, commissioning and service design.
• Work collaboratively across the Council, the NHS, the Integrated Care System and the voluntary and community sector.
• Lead and support services and teams with kindness and purpose, fostering an inclusive, high‑performing culture grounded in shared goals.
• Operate confidently within a political environment, offering clear and balanced public health advice to senior leaders and elected members.
• Champion prevention, early intervention and approaches that help people and communities thrive.

• Commitment to prevention and reducing health inequalities.
• Thoughtful, value‑driven public health leader with passion and energy.
• Emotional intelligence, political awareness and a genuine desire to improve people’s lives.
• Experience providing strategic leadership in a senior public health role (education and/or experience varies).

Interviews are expected to take place in the w/c 9th February 2026.

West Northamptonshire Council has recently undergone Local Government Reform and is still a relatively new authority. Alongside a new Director of Public Health, there is an opportunity to think innovatively and do things differently. You’ll join a passionate and supportive Public Health team focused on doing the best for our communities, listening and responding to their needs. We value professional expertise, collaboration and leadership;

your voice will be heard, your judgement respected and your contribution visible.

Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE – Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower – underpin everything we do and how we deliver services. We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximise their full potential.

We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant and a Care Leaver Covenant partner.

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