Interim Consultant in Public Health in Kettering

This is a 16 hour part-time, fixed term role with an end date of 31/05/2026. North Northamptonshire Council is looking for a full-time Public Health Consultant to join our energetic, friendly and forward-thinking team. The successful candidate will possess broad expertise to provide system leadership and technical knowledge across a range of public health areas. Each of our Public Health Consultants leads a specific portfolio. The portfolio of this fixed-term role will be agreed with the successful candidate, alongside working with the wider team to contribute to the broader public health agenda.

North Northamptonshire Council (NNC) is supportive of flexible and hybrid working, however the successful postholder will be expected to work a minimum of 40% of their working time from an NNC workplace. We welcome discussions with potential applicants on working arrangements, including part-time working and job shares. We welcome candidates at any stage of their consultant career, including those approaching the end of public health training, newly qualified or experienced Consultants in Public Health.

If you would like an informal discussion about this opportunity, please email, who will arrange a phone call with Jane Bethea, Director of Public Health, Communities and Leisure. The closing date for this rare opportunity is Tuesday 27th January. Virtual interviews are currently expected to be held on Wednesday 4th January.

The post-holder will deal with complex public health and wellbeing challenges in a multi-organisational environment with widely differing governance and finance systems and organizational cultures. It is expected that the post-holder will be able to cope with such circumstances as well as multiple and changing demands, and to meet tight deadlines.

A high level of intellectual rigour, political awareness and negotiation and motivation skills as well as flexibility and sensitivity are required. The post holder will advise the health and wellbeing board and make recommendations regarding services, residents’ care and wider determinants of health and therefore a high level of tact, diplomacy and leadership is required including the ability to work within the local political environment while maintaining the ability to challenge and advocate for effective working and on specific issues in order to achieve public health outcomes. The achievement of public health outcomes and the successful pursuit of change are the purpose of the job and the metric against which performance will be assessed.

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! 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.

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.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and are 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.

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