Help shape a fairer, healthier Sheffield.

At Sheffield City Council, we’re ambitious about tackling inequality and improving health outcomes for our residents. The Public Health Service is recruiting to five (5) Public Health Practitioner roles as follows;

· 2 full-time roles in our Health, Care and Communities Team (one permanent and one fixed term for 24 months)

· 1 full-time role in our Children and Young People’s Team (permanent), and;

· 2 full-time roles in our Wider Determinants of Health Team (both permanent)

As a Public Health Practitioner, you will join a team focused on prevention, inequalities and partnership, applying evidence, creativity and systems thinking to address some of the most complex challenges facing our city.

These roles sit right at the heart of delivering the Fair and Healthy Sheffield Plan, Sheffield’s commitment to fairness, inclusion and prevention, and will support the Public Health Service in delivering its vision that ‘Everyone in Sheffield lives their healthiest life.’

As a Public Health Practitioner, you will:

Contribute to the development and delivery of work within the team where you are based and support the commissioning of public health programmes; and use innovative and life course approaches to improve health outcomes and reduce inequalities.
Design and support both whole population interventions and targeted actions focused on groups experiencing the poorest health outcomes
Contribute to needs assessments, strategies and the delivery of action plans
Use data, evidence and intelligence to inform priorities, design interventions, track progress and demonstrate impact.
Lead, project manage and monitor work within the team including using a creative health and life course approach to improve health outcomes
Work collaboratively across agencies and boundaries to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities.

Across all areas, you will collaborate with colleagues across public health, the wider council, the NHS, voluntary and community sector organisations, and other partners — helping to turn shared ambition into coordinated action.

Why join Sheffield?

· The chance to work on bold, city-wide public health priorities that genuinely matter to people’s lives

· A supportive, skilled and values-driven Public Health team

· Opportunities to develop and deepen expertise in Children and Young People’s Health, Public mental health, Healthcare Public Health and Wider Determinants of Health

· Flexible and hybrid working arrangements that support wellbeing and work–life balance

· The opportunity to help shape a city that is fairer, healthier and more inclusive for everyone

Our commitment to equality

Sheffield City Council is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and particularly encourage applications from people and communities who are under-represented in public health and local government.

What we are looking for

To be considered for shortlisting, your application must clearly demonstrate that you have the skills and experience as set out in the person specification for this role.

Please note that if you have previously applied for this role, you will need to reapply.

We will be holding an information session on Sept 10th at 11am to give further details about these roles and answer any questions. For a meeting invite please contact:

Debbie Hanson debbie.hanson@sheffield.gov.uk

or Karen Harrison Karen.Harrison@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.

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.