Consultant in Public Health – Children’s Public Health and Life Chances

In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.

Our Values are:

• Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

About The Team We Are Recruiting To

We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias. The Public Health team is part of the Public Health and Migration Division. Reporting to the Director of Public Health and Wellbeing, the team helps people to stay healthy and protect them from threats to their health.

The Public Health team commissions and delivers a wide range of services and programmes that tackle health inequalities and help people to live healthier lives including:

• Alcohol and drugs misuse strategy, treatment and recovery services
• Sexual health services including sexually transmitted infections and contraception
• Healthy lifestyles support with losing weight, getting more active, giving up smoking, cutting down on alcohol and improving your well being
• Physical activity strategy and projects including school based exercise, parks and cycling
• Family health including health visiting, infant feeding, school nurses, teenage pregnancy support, family weight management and services supporting BME families
• Health protection strategy and services including air quality, blood borne virus testing, screening & immunisations, infection control, emergency planning and outbreak management
• The Marmot City strategy, reducing health inequalities across the city
• Domestic abuse and sexual abuse strategies and support services
• Youth violence reduction

This is an exciting and challenging time to work in the Public Health Team. If you are an individual that is committed to achieving the best outcomes for people across Coventry our team can help you make a difference through high-quality professional support, supervision, excellent learning and development opportunities.

What is the job role?

This is a fantastic opportunity to lead on Children’s Public Health and Life Chances in Coventry, a young, diverse city. We need to change the way we work across our authority and with partners, using data and evidence in everything we do to address inequalities at every level: the social gradient, different ethnic groups, different disease groups and disabilities. This includes building our economy in a new way, where wellbeing and reducing inequalities are at the heart of our programmes. We want Coventry to be a City of opportunity for all, where everyone has the life chances needed to maximise their potential and their sense of contribution to a thriving economic and social environment.

We are seeking an outstanding Consultant in Public Health to provide leadership and management across:

• Improving health outcomes for Children and Young People.
• Leading the 0-19 Public Health commissioned services.
• Working across internal organisational structures and city-wide partners, including health, social care, education, economic development, housing, planning, transport and infrastructure to shape services and improve the impact on the health of the population.

Please note that the salary may be subject to a market supplement dependent on the candidate’s experience.

Who are we looking for?

We’re looking for someone who has experience in:

• Providing strong leadership and partnership working across both internal local authority structures and external partners.
• Translating national public health policy into local action by developing clear strategies to improve health protection and reduce health inequalities.
• Working in complex political and social environments, including successful working with local authority elected members.
• Using data, research and intelligence to understand complex circumstances, design solutions and drive activity.

Candidates will need to be:

• A qualified Consultant in Public Health (UKPHR/GMC/GDC) or a Public Health Speciality Registrar within 6 months of qualification (UKPHR/GMC/GDC).

Our workforce data shows that men, people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities and people from the LGBTQ+ community are under-represented, so we encourage applicants from these backgrounds to apply. This does not prevent individuals with other protected characteristics as set out within the Equalities Act 2010 from applying for this post.

Are you the person we are looking for? For an informal chat about the role, please contact Allison Duggal, Director of Public Health and Wellbeing at Mark.Woods@coventry.gov.uk.

When applying for this role, you will be asked to write a personal statement. Please include the following information in your statement. Applications will be shortlisted against these points:

• Your experience of working as a Consultant in Public Health/ as a Specialist Registrar in Public Health
• Your experience of working in complex political and social environments
• Your knowledge and understanding of epidemiology, public health practice, health economics and health care evaluation
• Your ability to design, develop, interpret and implement public health policies and strategies

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.

Interview date: 23/07/25. In person at our offices in Coventry.

About Coventry

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change. We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse. At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things. To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit Coventry City Council Vacancies.