Principal Public Health Specialist

Principal Public Health Specialist

Salary - £60,144 - £63535 (Grade
9)

Hours - 37

Contract type - full time, permanent

Work Style
- Flexible: working from home with 2-3 days in a council location

The City of Wolverhampton Council are seeking to recruit an experienced, motivated Principal Public Health Specialist to lead and shape delivery of the children and young people’s public health portfolio.

This is an exciting, high impact opportunity for the successful candidate to work collaboratively across a wide variety of public health areas and use their specialist Public Health knowledge and skills to lead, plan and appraise public health initiatives and policy. They will support the Head of Service Public Health, the Deputy Director of Public Health and the Director of Public Health to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities in Wolverhampton.

This will be achieved through commissioning and delivery of evidence-based programmes, and by influencing and working collaboratively across health, local authority, education and voluntary sector partners.

Successful candidates will lead a team of Public Health Specialists delivering work across a complex system on a wide range of priority areas, including maternal and infant health, the Healthy Child Programme, obesity, emotional and mental wellbeing, and oral health. The postholder will also be expected to operate flexibly, working in a matrix structure to support wider departmental priorities.

The postholder will have significant experience of working within public health and up-to-date knowledge of public health policy and practice. Project and programme management skills, experience of effective partnership working and the ability to communicate complex information to internal and external stakeholders are crucial.

Closing date: 20th July 2026

Interview:
Week commencing 10th August 2026

Applicants contact:
Louise Sharrod
- Louise.

Attached documents

2026 Principal Public Health Specialist JD & PS.pdf