Healthy Places Officer
| Posting date: | 11 September 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 October 2025 |
| Location: | Leicester, LE3 8RA |
| Company: | Leicestershire County Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6074 |
Summary
Organisation: Leicestershire County Council
Work Location: County Hall
Worker Category: Hybrid Worker, time split between home and the office, with attendance at face-to-face events as required.
Salary: Grade 12 £43,860 - £47,829 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Working Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: Wednesday 1st October 2025
Shortlisting Date(s): Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd October 2025
Are you looking for a rewarding career where you can make a difference?
Do you want a job where no two days are the same?
About the Role
We currently have an exciting opportunity to join Leicestershire County Council as a Healthy Places Officer. Public Health is one of six departments within the County Council, exercising the full range of public health duties, including the delivery and commissioning of services. The Director of Public Health is a chief officer of the council, reporting directly to the Chief Executive. This position reports to the Strategic Lead responsible for the Wider Determinants of Health. The post holder will support the Strategic Lead to deliver projects and programmes within the wider determinants of health portfolio.
This is a varied, interesting and rewarding role which provides individuals with an opportunity to develop their understanding of the wider range of determinants and their impact on health, as well as their broader public health skills working with partners across the system as well as within the Council.
The role will include large elements of partnership working, alongside input into projects, policies, strategies, campaigns and consultations to embed health considerations with the aim of reducing health inequalities. The portfolio area itself is broad and takes a life course approach, covering areas such as air quality, planning and the built environment, and Health in All Policies. The role will lead on the operational elements of the wider determinants portfolio and including the creation and review of health impact assessments and will be expected to apply their expertise in planning and the built environment to embed health within local development and spatial planning processes.
We are looking for an individual with a passion for improving health and wellbeing. Experience of working in areas related to planning, public health or air quality are desirable , and candidates with a background in planning—particularly in relation to the built environment—are strongly encouraged to apply. People skills and flexibility are essential in this fast-paced portfolio area, alongside experience good communication. Support will be provided to develop knowledge across the portfolio.
As well as being suitably qualified, candidates will need to have experience of partnership working, working independently to set deadlines and influencing change. This is a great opportunity to be a member of a high-performing team and to ensure that public health plays a key role in the improvement of outcomes for our communities.
About You
To apply for this post, you must demonstrate experience and provide relevant examples of the following:
- Educated to degree level or equivalent or able to demonstrate equivalent aptitude
- Be able to work successfully in an environment requiring extensive liaison, such as across partnerships or within large complex organisations.
- Knowledge of local authority processes and procedures and Public Health, health impact assessments and/or Planning experience
- Ability to motivate partners to work together effectively for change, including the VCSE and statutory sector.
- Ability to source and translate data and evidence into action and to contextualise findings into deliverable activities.
- Negotiating and communicating with a range of local authorities and stakeholders to impact on local decisions and actions.
- Demonstrable experience or understanding of planning processes, policy issues, and relevant legislation—particularly those related to the built environment—and how these intersect with health and wellbeing.
You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.
Interested in Flexible Working?
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.
For more information or an informal discussion, please contact:
Natalie Howden
Strategic Lead – Wider Determinants of Health
Natalie.howden@leics.gov.uk
0116 3050715
How to Apply
Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ+ communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.
To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
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