Public Health Practitioner

About the role

Public Health Practitioner (Fixed Term – 12 Months)

North Northamptonshire Council

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and skilled Public Health Practitioner to join the Adult Health Improvement team in the Public Health & Wellbeing directorate at North Northamptonshire Council.

This is an exciting time to join a friendly, forward-thinking and ambitious team committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our residents and reducing health inequalities across North Northamptonshire.

What we offer

• The opportunity to make a real difference to local communities
• A collaborative and supportive team environment
• Hybrid working arrangements, with flexibility including part-time working
• Opportunities for professional development and system-wide collaboration

Additional information

• Contract: Fixed term – 12 months
• Closing date:Wednesday 15th July 2026
• Interviews:Interviews are currently expected to be held during the week commencing Monday 27th July 2026.
• Location: North Northamptonshire Council, Kettering office (hybrid working)

Please note that previous applicants for this role need not apply again.

For an informal discussion, please contact: Amit Gaokar (Public Health Principal for Adult Health Improvement) Amit.Gaokar@northnorthants.gov.uk

What will you be doing?

As a Public Health Practitioner, you will play a key role in delivering and shaping evidence-based public health programmes and interventions to eat and move for good health. You will support prevention and early intervention work, helping to improve outcomes for local communities.

You will:

• Contribute to the design and delivery of health improvement initiatives, including those that support people to eat well, maintain a healthy weight and be physically active
• Support strategic planning and whole-system approaches to improving public health, as guided by the recommendations of Health Needs Assessments
• Help embed the value of prevention across council services
• Work collaboratively with partners across health, social care, voluntary and community sectors
• Provide technical and system-wide expertise within Adult Health Improvement - Healthy Weight and Physical Activity
• Focus on developing partnerships across the system to improve the public health outcomes, particularly in relation to healthy weight, eating well and increase physical activity in adults

• Contribute to work to increase uptake and engagement in lifestyle services, particularly among priority populations experiencing healthy inequalities

These roles offer a valuable opportunity to influence real change at a system level, working across organisations to tackle health inequalities and improve population health.

About you

We are looking for motivated individuals who bring:

• Relevant experience in public health, health improvement or a related field
• Knowledge of evidence-based practice and population health approaches
• An understanding of lifestyle risk factors such as diet, healthy weight and physical inactivity
• Strong partnership working and communication skills
• The ability to work both strategically and operationally
• A passion for improving health outcomes and reducing inequalities

You will be part of a supportive team but also contribute to the wider public health agenda, bringing your expertise to cross-cutting work.

Our Benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

Disability Confident Employer

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment. For further information please click here The Employment and Disability Service (EADS) | North Northamptonshire Council

Armed Forces Community

The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)