About the role
This is an exciting full time, permanent opportunity for someone who wants to make a difference to children and young people living in West Northamptonshire.
We are looking for someone to join our service, working alongside the Public Health team to support the children and young people’s public health agenda. This will include the early years and maternity work-stream, 0 – 19 programme, oral health and wider children and young people local services across West Northamptonshire.
What will you be doing?
You will join a dedicated and ambitious public health and wider council team, playing a key part in improving the health and wellbeing of children, young people and their families living in West Northamptonshire, through prevention, early intervention and health improvement approaches.
You will support the review, design and implementation of evidence based programmes/interventions to improve population health and reduce health inequalities.
Working in close collaboration with key partners, you may also be required to undertake research and support processes that inform the commissioning of public health services. This may include contributing to needs and impact assessments, service reviews and evaluation, performance monitoring and procurement.
About you
You are a passionate, motivated individual with experience of supporting the implementation of public health programmes that improve health and wellbeing outcomes for children, young people and their families. You will have excellent communication skills and possess the ability to work independently, as part of a team and collaboratively with key stakeholders across a wide range of organisations.
West Northamptonshire Council strives to be the best place for our children, young people and families. We are committed to providing high quality services and offer an excellent working environment valuing supervision, training and opportunities for professional development.
You should be eligible to work in the United Kingdom.
Interviews are anticipated to take place week commencing 26th May 2025.
For further information, please contact Emily Cox (Public Health Practitioner) email: emily.cox@westnorthants.gov.uk
Our benefits
You can also see our full list of employee benefits on our careers site here: Why you should work for us | West Northamptonshire Council.
About us
At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.
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, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services.
Hear more from our Chief Executive, Anna Earnshaw, about what it's like to work at West Northants Council https://youtu.be/lV0EfeUF4aU
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 maximize their full potential. We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner
The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us.
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