Public Health Principal - PH Research & Evaluation & Policy, Health Place
This is one of the seven public health principal roles within the Cambridgeshire
County Council Public Health service. This is a senior, strategic leadership role
within the public health service and an exciting opportunity for an experienced
public health professional to help shape and lead system-wide programmes of work
that will help improve the health and wellbeing of residents and reduce health
inequalities.
This role has a specific focus on healthy place, public health research, and evaluation
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact
Sarah Dougan, Interim Consultant in Public Health
The post will work collaboratively to ensure strategic priorities are achieved as laid
out in the public health service strategic plan. This will include regular assessment
and identification of health needs and priorities. The post will be responsible for
Healthy place (including built and natural environment and health; transport and
health, housing and health, licensing) public health research, evaluation and policy.
For these areas of work, the post holder will be responsible for developing a clear
vision and strategy for leading cross cutting programmes of work, collaborating with, and influencing senior colleagues internally and externally, regionally and nationally to embed
public health priorities across transformational work programmes. Devise, direct
and commission programmes of activity as part of strategic delivery.
The postholder will have 3 direct reports, including a local authority research
practitioner (LARP) which is funded by NIHR.
They will report into a Consultant in Public Health.
About you
You will need relevant qualifications and knowledge and experience in public health
theory and practice, with a focus on those required for public health
research and evaluation, and for a health in all policies approach to healthy place.
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
* A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
* Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
* Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
* Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
* Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
* Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
* Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
* Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
* An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
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Public Health Principal - PH Research & Evaluation & Policy, Health Place
* Salary Frequency Annual
* Job Reference Ref/71854/7467
* Contract Type Full Time
* Closing Date 11 November, 2025
* Job Category Public Health
* Location New Shire Hall, Emery Crescent, Enterprise Campus, Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon, United Kingdom
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