Public Health Practitioner

Job summary

At Swindon Borough Council, we want our town to be the best it can be. Our ambitious vision is supported by realistic transformation programmes, with the people of Swindon at their heart. Because thats who were doing it for the communities and businesses that make our town great. As part of the Council, youll support a friendly local authority making decisions with real impact. Its all for better public services. Better processes. And a better quality of life, for everyone. Join us, and Swindon will be better with you.

Main duties of the job

The Public Health Team at Swindon Borough Council is seeking to recruit three Public Health Practitioners to work across the Health Improvement and Health protection portfolios to support our key priorities of active travel, tobacco control and substance use and public mental health.

Our vision is to create healthy, strong and resilient communities. Our highly successful public health team works to improve and protect the health of Swindon residents, tackle health inequalities and protect the most vulnerable.

We are currently recruiting to three separate Fixed-Term Public Health Practitioner posts, each of which contributes to our priority areas.

Air quality and promoting active travel- 12-month Fixed Term Contract

Substance use and public mental health 18-month Fixed Term Contract

Tobacco control and reducing the prevalence of smoking in Swindon- 18-month Fixed Term Contract

As a Public Health Practitioner, you will be responsible for providing practitioner support and expertise to improve population health and wellbeing. You will work with a range of partners to develop and deliver a sustainable programme of activities, using a range of evidence-based public health skills and expertise to ensure our interventions are targeted to reduce inequalities and to deliver our strategic priorities.

About us

At Swindon Borough Council, we want our town to be the best it can be. Our ambitious vision is supported by realistic transformation programmes, with the people of Swindon at their heart. Because thats who were doing it for the communities and businesses that make our town great. As part of the Council, youll support a friendly local authority making decisions with real impact. Its all for better public services. Better processes. And a better quality of life, for everyone. Join us, and Swindon will be better with you.

As an employee, you will receive a diverse and exciting environment in which to work, encouraging creativity and innovation whilst recognising the need to support ongoing personal development and a flexible work life balance.

For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. Its why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, youll be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. Well look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, well achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon together. And youll be proud to say it was made better with you.