Health Improvement Principal

Tobacco Control and Employment

Join us to create a fairer, healthier Sheffield.

Sheffield is an ambitious city with a clear vision to close unfair gaps in the length and quality of people’s lives. We’re looking for an experienced public health professional to lead complex programmes that improve health and reduce inequalities. You will bring a strong track record in strategy development, partnership working, commissioning and delivery.

Reporting to a Consultant in Public Health, you will provide leadership across Tobacco Control and Employment and Health. You will lead the Tobacco Control team, shape priorities, support colleagues and partners, and influence change across the wider system. You will also manage a member of staff working on employment and health, providing direction and oversight across strategy, partnerships, commissioning and service improvement.

You will build on Sheffield’s strong performance in delivering our Tobacco Control Strategy and make the most of the opportunities presented by the Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026. You will lead the commissioning of Stop Smoking services and develop innovative, evidence-based approaches that support communities experiencing the poorest health to become smokefree.

If you’re looking for a role where you can make a lasting difference for Sheffield’s communities, we’d love to hear from you.

Interviews are planned for week commencing insert date here

For informal queries please contact Ruth Granger, Consultant in Public Health, Sheffield City Council ruth.granger@sheffield.gov.uk

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form. Sometimes, if lots of people apply, we might not be able to interview everyone who qualifies for the Guarantee. In these cases, we’ll interview the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.