Job summary
Set in the beautiful
surroundings of the South Pennines in West Yorkshire, Calderdale is a vibrant metropolitan
borough, an active part of West Yorkshires Mayoral Combined Authority, with
strong market towns and amazing heritage assets and a thriving voluntary and
community sector. Our Vision for 2034 is that Calderdale will be
anenterprisingplace, full ofopportunity, where we can all
live a larger life. People will bekindandwelcoming and have
reasons to be full ofhope. We will
be celebrated for our distinctiveheritage, nature
andcreativitythat everyone can enjoy.
Main duties of the job
Calderdale Council are looking
to recruit a dynamic and talented Consultant in Public Health/ Public Health
Medicine (registered as a Public Health Specialist with the General Medical
Council, General Dental Council or UK Public Health Register). As a Senior Officer working at Assistant Director level, the
postholder will play a key role in helping lead a hugely ambitious Council.
Determined to
ensure our work with communities is effective, we collaborate, innovate and
adapt in a challenging environment to improve the health and wellbeing of
residents. Central to this are our two
key strategic plans, the Wellbeing Strategy and the Inclusive Economy
Strategy. The post holder will join a
public health leadership team that is focussed on delivering the ambitions set
out in both strategies and provides leadership across the system. As a
relatively small local authority, you will have opportunities to take place-based
lead roles on programmes and will have direct access to Elected Members on a
regular basis.
About us
Calderdales Public Health Team
sits at the heart of the Council in the Chief Executives Directorate and has a
People and Places focus. It leads Calderdales innovative Family Hubs and
Active Calderdale Programmes. This is an exciting opportunity for the right
candidate to provide system leadership for health and wellbeing and reducing
health inequalities in Calderdale, with a particular focus on children and
young people and health protection. Members of the team share a passion for
community centred public health, addressing the core determinants of health
inequalities and joining up health, care and wellbeing services to improve
lives.
Closing Date: 10th February 2026
Shortlisting: 19th February 2026
Assessment Centre: 5th March 2026
Final Interview: 6th March 2026
We are committed to
safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable
adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants to posts that
are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act will require a DBS from the
Disclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed.
As part of our Vision
(https://www.calderdale.gov.uk/vision/) we aim to be a talented, resilient and
inclusive community. We welcome applications from all and offer a variety of
flexible working / job share opportunities.
On 30 January 2019, the Council declared a climate
emergency in a bold move to step up its action to tackle climate change.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary
The Consultant in Public Health (Assistant Director) is a system leader
responsible for protecting and improving the health and wellbeing of residents
and reducing inequalities in health outcomes. A Chief Officer of the Council,
the postholder will be an adviser on health and wellbeing to elected members,
officers and partners.The post will be responsible for public health programmes and services,
including health improvement, health protection and healthcare public
health. Day to day line management
accountability will be to the Director of Public Health (DPH), although the
Consultant in Public Health (Assistant Director) will work corporately across
all functions of the Council to support the delivery of responsibilities. The post will have a particular focus on
leadership of partnerships, strategies, programmes and services to protect and
improve the health of children and young people.The post holder will support the DPH and other colleagues to lead on
improving health and wellbeing; underpinned by the statutory public health duty
placed on the Council. The post holder will have a portfolio of
responsibilities and objectives of the Council and the Health & Wellbeing
Board and will act as a change agent to enable delivery of improved health
outcomes and reduced health inequalities.
The post holder will work across organisations, influence budgets held
by partners across the borough and at a West Yorkshire level, as well as
effectively lead and advocate for change.
They will hold direct managerial responsibility for staff, services and
budgets (in their portfolio) which directly contribute to these objectives.The
post will provide leadership of corporate priorities and establish and manage
effective multi-agency relationships, to maximise health improvement
opportunities and the reduction of inequalities in health outcomes amongst
residents. It will lead on improving
health outcomes for children and young people and influence and enable partners
to contribute to addressing core social, environmental and economic
determinants of health.
Please see full job description attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job Summary
The Consultant in Public Health (Assistant Director) is a system leader
responsible for protecting and improving the health and wellbeing of residents
and reducing inequalities in health outcomes. A Chief Officer of the Council,
the postholder will be an adviser on health and wellbeing to elected members,
officers and partners.The post will be responsible for public health programmes and services,
including health improvement, health protection and healthcare public
health. Day to day line management
accountability will be to the Director of Public Health (DPH), although the
Consultant in Public Health (Assistant Director) will work corporately across
all functions of the Council to support the delivery of responsibilities. The post will have a particular focus on
leadership of partnerships, strategies, programmes and services to protect and
improve the health of children and young people.The post holder will support the DPH and other colleagues to lead on
improving health and wellbeing; underpinned by the statutory public health duty
placed on the Council. The post holder will have a portfolio of
responsibilities and objectives of the Council and the Health & Wellbeing
Board and will act as a change agent to enable delivery of improved health
outcomes and reduced health inequalities.
The post holder will work across organisations, influence budgets held
by partners across the borough and at a West Yorkshire level, as well as
effectively lead and advocate for change.
They will hold direct managerial responsibility for staff, services and
budgets (in their portfolio) which directly contribute to these objectives.The
post will provide leadership of corporate priorities and establish and manage
effective multi-agency relationships, to maximise health improvement
opportunities and the reduction of inequalities in health outcomes amongst
residents. It will lead on improving
health outcomes for children and young people and influence and enable partners
to contribute to addressing core social, environmental and economic
determinants of health.
Please see full job description attached.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- The National Health Service (Appointment of Consultants) Regulations 1996 (legislation.gov.uk)
- In line with legislation, inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice/GDC Specialist List or inclusion in the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists at the point of application.
- If included in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in a specialty other than public health medicine/dental public health, candidates must have equivalent training and/or appropriate experience of public health practice.
- Public health specialty registrar applicants who are not yet on the GMC Specialist Register, UKPHR register or GDC Specialist List in dental public health must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within 6 months of gaining entry to a register at the date of interview.
- If an applicant is UK trained in Public Health, they must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview. If an applicant is non-UK trained, they will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT [see shortlisting notes below for additional guidance]
- Applicants must meet minimum CPD requirements (i.e. be up to date) in accordance with Faculty of Public Health requirements or other recognised body.
- MFPH by examination, by exemption or by assessment, or equivalent
Desirable
- Masters in Public Health or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Personal qualities
- Able to influence senior members including directors and CEOs
- Able to both lead teams and to able to contribute effectively in teams led by junior colleagues
- Commitment to work within a political system irrespective of personal political affiliations
- Experience
- Delivery of successful change management programmes across organizational boundaries
- Experience of using complex information to explain public health issues to a range of audiences
- Skills
- Strategic thinker with proven leadership skills and operational nous
- Able to demonstrate and motivate organisations to contribute to improving the publics health and wellbeing through mainstream activities and within resources
- Ability to lead and manage the response successfully in unplanned and unforeseen circumstances
- Analytical skills able to utilize both qualitative (including health economics) and quantitative information
- Ability to design, develop, interpret and implement strategies and policies
- Knowledge
- In depth understanding of the health and care system and the relationships with both local national government
- In depth knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement, evaluations and evidence based public health practice
- Strong and demonstrable understanding of interfaces between health, social care and key partners (dealing with wider determinants of health)
- Understanding of the public sector duty and the inequality duty and their application to public health practice
Desirable
- Media experience demonstrating delivery of effective health behaviour or health promotion messages
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- The National Health Service (Appointment of Consultants) Regulations 1996 (legislation.gov.uk)
- In line with legislation, inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice/GDC Specialist List or inclusion in the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists at the point of application.
- If included in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in a specialty other than public health medicine/dental public health, candidates must have equivalent training and/or appropriate experience of public health practice.
- Public health specialty registrar applicants who are not yet on the GMC Specialist Register, UKPHR register or GDC Specialist List in dental public health must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within 6 months of gaining entry to a register at the date of interview.
- If an applicant is UK trained in Public Health, they must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview. If an applicant is non-UK trained, they will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT [see shortlisting notes below for additional guidance]
- Applicants must meet minimum CPD requirements (i.e. be up to date) in accordance with Faculty of Public Health requirements or other recognised body.
- MFPH by examination, by exemption or by assessment, or equivalent
Desirable
- Masters in Public Health or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Personal qualities
- Able to influence senior members including directors and CEOs
- Able to both lead teams and to able to contribute effectively in teams led by junior colleagues
- Commitment to work within a political system irrespective of personal political affiliations
- Experience
- Delivery of successful change management programmes across organizational boundaries
- Experience of using complex information to explain public health issues to a range of audiences
- Skills
- Strategic thinker with proven leadership skills and operational nous
- Able to demonstrate and motivate organisations to contribute to improving the publics health and wellbeing through mainstream activities and within resources
- Ability to lead and manage the response successfully in unplanned and unforeseen circumstances
- Analytical skills able to utilize both qualitative (including health economics) and quantitative information
- Ability to design, develop, interpret and implement strategies and policies
- Knowledge
- In depth understanding of the health and care system and the relationships with both local national government
- In depth knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement, evaluations and evidence based public health practice
- Strong and demonstrable understanding of interfaces between health, social care and key partners (dealing with wider determinants of health)
- Understanding of the public sector duty and the inequality duty and their application to public health practice
Desirable
- Media experience demonstrating delivery of effective health behaviour or health promotion messages
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
