Public Health Principal - Service Delivery

Team: Public Health

Job Family: Advising M -  CBG12

Salary: £45,326 - £50,436 per annum pro rata

Hours:  37 hours per week

Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month.

Contract Type: Hybrid - Permanent

Closing Date: 22nd March 2026

Interview Dates: TBC

 

About the role

Working on behalf of the Shared Public Health Service across Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes, the Public Health Principal – Service Delivery will be responsible for planning, managing and leading the delivery of our integrated behaviour change service, Choose You. 

 

Working alongside the Public Health Principal – Quality & Strategy you will lead a team to deliver improved health outcomes for our residents, focusing on delivery of stop smoking and weight management services.  If you have a passion for enhancing service delivery and the well-being of service users, staff and partners this is an excellent opportunity to use your skills and knowledge to help our residents make healthy lifestyle changes.

 

You will manage a team of Practitioners and Public Health Officers to provide residents with integrated support to adopt healthier behaviours to help improve their wellbeing.

 

Key Responsibilities will include:

• Provide leadership that delivers high quality services which will simplify and enhance residents’ experience of advice, guidance, and support, reducing the need for multiple referrals between services

 

• To improve outcomes / health & wellbeing of those engaging with services

 

• To address health inequalities across our 3 authorities – in relation to service access, user experience and outcomes

 

• To increase well-being, the training, development and engagement of the workforce to support the delivery of an effective service

 

• To be accountable for managing demand and capacity across service areas.

 

• To effectively identify, engage and build relationships with wider stakeholders to support the ongoing development and delivery of services

 

The responsibilities listed above are not intended to be exhaustive. The role holder is expected to accept reasonable alterations and additional tasks of a similar level that may be necessary.

 

Qualifications and Experience

We want to hear from you if you are committed to enhancing service delivery and the well-being of staff, partners and service users and have:

• A relevant degree (e.g. nutrition/dietetics/sports science/public health) or equivalent knowledge
• At least 2 years of leadership experience in public health or a related organisation
• Previous experience leading and co-ordinating all aspects of service delivery and experience in delivering weight management or stop smoking lifestyle change support
• Experience of managing effective and customer focussed services to improve outcomes for residents
• A passion for delivering excellent services
• Knowledge and experience of managing budgets

• Proven ability to successfully motivate and lead a team

• Understanding of health inequalities and experience working with diverse populations, including ethnic minorities and individuals from deprived areas
• Experience of working with a range of stakeholders, including service users to support the development of the service and drive improved outcomes for residents.

 

 

Our Offer

We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page

 

Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer.  We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process.

 

 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------