Public Health Researcher

This post sits within Camden Council’s Public Health Intelligence (PHI) team, playing a key role in strengthening research and evaluation practice across the Health and Wellbeing department. As part of a multidisciplinary team of researchers, analysts, and data specialists, you will contribute to an expanding function that combines research, analytics, and data to support evidence-based decision-making across the borough.

Working closely with the Lead Public Health Researcher, you will help embed high-quality research methodologies into policy, strategy, and service delivery. This will include supporting health needs assessments, evaluations, and wider departmental activity, ensuring that insight and evidence are central to shaping effective outcomes.

You will design and deliver a broad range of research and evaluation activities, including evidence reviews, co-production and resident engagement, primary data collection, and mixed-methods evaluations of varying scale and complexity. In addition, you will support the development of training and guidance to build research capability across the department and contribute to a wider network of researchers across the Council.

To be considered for this exciting opportunity the successful candidate will have a strong passion for tackling health inequalities and a commitment to embedding evidence-based decision-making. You will bring experience in designing and delivering research and evaluation activities, including primary data collection, evidence synthesis, and mixed methods approaches, alongside a sound understanding of ethical research practice and governance. You will have a solid grounding in public health, with knowledge of health inequalities, the wider determinants of health, and appropriate methodologies to address complex public health challenges.

An understanding of local government, the health system, and the UK research landscape will support your ability to operate effectively within this context. You will be confident in building and maintaining collaborative relationships across organisations, including with academic institutions, health services, the voluntary sector, and local communities. Alongside this, you will bring strong project management skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities, deliver high-quality work to deadlines, and support the effective design and delivery of research and evaluation projects.

Additionally, you’ll be an effective communicator, able to present complex information clearly to a range of audiences and produce accessible, high-quality reports. You will also demonstrate a flexible and adaptable approach, working comfortably at pace and across complexity, using initiative and creative problem-solving to support continuous improvement and build research capability across the organisation.

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits including: 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 31 days after 5 years, Local Government Pension Scheme, flexible working opportunities, interest free loans, access to our incredible staff networks, career development and training, wellbeing support and activities.

At Camden, we want every colleague to feel they belong and can thrive. We welcome applications from all parts of our community, and particularly encourage people from Black, Asian and Other Ethnic Heritage communities, LGBTQ+ people, disabled and neurodiverse people, survivors of domestic abuse, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds or with care experience. We know that different voices and perspectives make us stronger, and we are committed to providing the support, adjustments and flexibility people need to succeed.

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions.