Public Health Apprentice Level 6

Job description

Salary: £26,427 - £28,153 a year
Location: Council House
Hours: 37 hours per week
Working Pattern: 9am – 5pm
Contract Type: Temporary / Fixed Term for 3 years
Closing Date: 12th November 2026

The Opportunity
If you’re interested in playing a part in improving the health and wellbeing of local communities whilst gaining qualifications to support the development of your public health career, then this is the role for you.

Derby City Council are offering an exciting apprenticeship combining study alongside day-to-day working within the Public Health team as a Public Health Practitioner Apprentice (Level 6). The apprenticeship will lead to a degree qualification (Public Health BSc) as well as providing an opportunity for the candidate to pursue a career in Public Health.

Please note the successful candidate must be able to start employment in early January 2027 due to course start dates.

What you’ll be doing
During the apprenticeship, you will work in the Public Health team and the Neighbourhoods team. You will gain working experience of a range of Public Health functions, such as prevention of ill health, health protection and health improvement, whilst also working with:

• Neighbourhood Managers and Neighbourhood Officers
• Local Area Coordinators
• Public Health Knowledge and Intelligence team supporting neighbourhood profiles.

You will support the planning, delivery, monitoring, evaluation, communication and engagement approaches to public health services, projects and programmes. Good communication, understanding data and the ability to engage with communities will be important skills to help achieve this. Across the three years in the Public Health team, the candidate will be supported to meet the learning objectives required for the apprenticeship.

In addition, the successful candidate is responsible for undertaking and completing a BSc Public Health at Coventry University. At least one working day each week will be spent studying / attending university courses.

About you
• Passionate about improving the health and wellbeing of Derby City residents and reducing health inequalities
• Committed to supporting communities
• Basic understanding of Public Health / NHS / local authorities and their responsibilities
• Ability to think analytically with good problem solving skills
• GCSE Maths and English (4 or above or functional skills) and successful study at level 3 (A – Level, BTEC qualifications) or at least 2 years of working within a public health relate role
• Self-motivate, work independently and prioritise own workload.

The successful candidate does not need existing experience of working in public health, or in local authorities. However, they should be able to demonstrate how their existing knowledge and experience can be applied to the role.

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