Public Health Consultant

Overview

This is a great opportunity to join our Public Health at Tameside MBC. Tameside is one of the ten boroughs in Greater Manchester and is a 10-minute train ride into Manchester City Centre. We work closely with the other nine local authorities and Public Health teams across Greater Manchester, including the GM Combined Authority, led by the GM Mayor Andy Burnham. There are GM-wide programmes this role will have the direct opportunity to lead on, such as the Live Well programme.

This role provides strategic leadership within Public Health, across the council and wider system, alongside the Director of Public Health, Assistant Director and the existing Public Health Consultant in the team. It forms part of the Public Health Senior Team and the Extended Leadership team of the council. You will work with partners to improve health outcomes across the population, as identified in the Tameside Corporate Plan and Health & Wellbeing Strategy. The role reports directly to the Director of Public Health.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership in Public Health and across the organisation and wider network of partners.
• Lead on health improvement agendas (including tobacco harms, unhealthy weight and inactivity).
• Collaborate across the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) sector and provide public health advice into the healthcare system.
• Support work across neighbourhoods and deliver on the Live Well programme.
• Contribute to the wider determinants of health through collaboration with local partner organisations.
• Lead and develop the public health function and day-to-day operational activities of the Public Health team.
• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to drive improvements in health outcomes and reduce inequalities.

Qualifications and Experience

• A appropriately qualified public health professional with excellent problem solving, communication, political and technical skills.
• Energy and drive to contribute to improving health and reducing inequalities in Tameside.
• Interest in wider determinants of health, health improvement, and working with the VCSE sector.
• Strong relationship and partnership skills across cross-council and multiagency contexts.
• High level of intellectual rigour, political awareness, negotiation, motivation, flexibility, and the ability to communicate effectively in diverse settings.
• Tact, diplomacy and leadership; ability to advise, challenge and advocate across organisational boundaries.
• Desire to develop the public health function and gain experience in line management and educational supervision.

About You

• Passion for making a difference to residents and improving outcomes.
• A mindset focused on the wider determinants of health, health improvement, and collaboration with the community sector.
• A cross-council and multiagency partnership approach with strong relationship skills.

About Us

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our citizens lead long, fulfilling, and healthy lives. We support economic growth, provide high quality health and care services, protect our most vulnerable, and create strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose, and priorities. Our STRIVE values-Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage-underpin our practice and behaviours and guide how we work together.

This position is subject to Basic Disclosure Procedures. This is a politically restricted post.

Closing date: 20 October 2025.

Assessment date: Interviews week commencing 3rd November 2025.

To apply please click the Apply Now link below.