Public Health Officer

About Us

Are you a good communicator, with strong project support skills and experience of dealing directly with a wide range of people? Are you looking for a job where your analytical, organisational skills and interpersonal qualities will be used to the full?

Are you able to learn quickly and work within tight timescales, with an ability to recognise and maintain strict confidentiality?

If the answer is yes to each of the above, then we have the ideal role for you.

Public Health is responsible for understanding the overall health needs of the population of Warwickshire, and finding ways to improve it. We design and deliver services to prevent illness, promote health and enable individuals to live independently and maintain their wellbeing. We are looking for someone to provide project support for the Public Health team, to work closely with the Public Health Service Manager (Strategic Partnerships) to provide support for the Health and Wellbeing Board, and the delivery of Warwickshire’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy.

We’re looking for a Public Health Officer to join us full-time, 37 hours per week working flexibly from our base in Warwick.

The Role

Joining our team, you’ll be responsible for providing project support to the Strategic Partnerships Manager within the Public Health team. This is a key role that includes supporting the delivery of the Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2026-31 including organising consultation and engagement events and analysing findings to support recommendations for the Board. You’ll also have responsibility for supporting the Strategic Partnerships Manager to forward plan and organise Health and Wellbeing Board and other partnership meetings, as well as support the development and publication of the bi-monthly Health and Wellbeing Board Bulletin and other related communications.

You’ll also provide project support for a number of other key Public Health programmes including the production of the Director of Public Health Annual Report. In addition, you’ll also undertake some financial work including creating purchase orders and paying invoices and support the wider team as necessary.

Key Requirements

To be successful in this role you’ll need degree level or equivalent experience, preferably in a field related to public health as well as evidence of previous project support with good analytical and communication skills. This is a busy role so it’s important you have well developed organisational skills, and are used to working under pressure to meet deadlines and are resilient. You will have good IT skills, MS office preferred, and database experience as well as the ability to work within a team and on your own initiative are also required.

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification

Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'

The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

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Additional Information

Closing date: midnight, 21st August 2026
Interviews will take place: W/C 31st August, face to face in Warwick

Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See more