Warwickshire County Council, It’s an exciting time to join our Public Health team as we continue to work across our system to deliver our Health and Wellbeing ambitions. Our focus is on improving and protecting the health of Warwickshire’s residents and reducing avoidable inequalities in health outcomes. This role offers a genuine opportunity to make a meaningful difference to people’s lives.
We are a dynamic, supportive and solution‑focused team, building on strong, established partnerships. You will work closely with the Local Maternity and Neonatal System (LMNS), public health commissioners, mental health commissioning leads, and colleagues across the Children and Young People and Education teams. You will also collaborate with colleagues in Coventry on the suicide prevention agenda.
You will lead on the Children and Young People (CYP) agenda, providing specialist public health expertise to commissioners for the newly recommissioned 0–19 service. This includes working with the local LMNS, contributing to specific CYP workstreams, and working closely with the portfolio holder for children and young people to drive delivery of CYP priorities within the Council’s delivery plan. You will also have oversight of the mental health portfolio, working alongside commissioners for public health‑funded mental health services and partnering with Coventry City Council to deliver a joint suicide prevention programme.
In addition, you will provide public health leadership and technical expertise to South Place, one of our three place‑based partnerships, acting as the Public Health lead. This will involve close collaboration with district and borough councils across the south of the county.
Job Description And Person Specification
Candidate Pack
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 19percent 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
Warwickshire County Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. Please be advised successful applicants will be subject to a range of pre‑engagement checks, including a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS). In accordance with the DBS code of practice and our own policy, should an individual have a declared criminal offence an individual assessment will be completed. Warwickshire County Council adheres to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.
If you have any questions, we would love to hear from you, our contact is Shade Agboola, Director of Public Health at shadeagboola@warwickshire.gov.uk
Closing date: midnight, 4th June 2026 Interview date: Monday 6th July 2026
Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.
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
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