Assistant Director of Public Health

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	14 Ionawr 2026
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	Competitive
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	13 Chwefror 2026
Lleoliad:	Tameside, OL6 6BH
Cwmni:	inploi
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	75778697

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Contract Type: Permanent

Salary: Assistant Director Grade 1 £95,162.00

Hours Per Week: 36 hours

Base Location: Tameside One

Assessment Date: w/c 9th February 2026

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join our Public Health team within Tameside MBC. This role will provide strategic leadership both within Public Health as well as across the council and wider system, alongside the Director of Public Health. This role sits on the Extended Leadership Team for the council.

The Assistant Director of Public Health will support the Council and the wider Integrated Care System to transform services at scale, reduce inequalities and co-produce new ways of working informed by the best available evidence. The responsibilities of this role will be wide-ranging, including some specific areas of leadership and holding a specific portfolio of lead areas within the Public Health team. It will also play a crucial role in the developing Neighbourhood model for Tameside under the Live Well programme, working closely with the Director of Public Health, Director of Adults and other key colleagues and partners to deliver this.

It is a very exciting time to join Tameside council, with a lot of positive change taking place and new investment in services, which gives us the opportunity to go even further to make a difference for our residents and the health outcomes and inequalities across the borough.

The role will have a strong focus on partnership working across a range of services within the council, and external agencies in the NHS, other statutory partners and the voluntary, community, faith & social enterprise sector. This role will act as deputy for the Director of Public Health and includes additional lead responsibilities such as financial management of public health budgets, business planning, performance and commissioning. There will also be duties relating to corporate leadership, including being part of the strategic civil contingencies on call rota and formally deputising for the Director of Public Health as required at the council’s Corporate Leadership Team and other forums.

About you

We are seeking an appropriately qualified public health professional (relevant Public Health registration) with excellent problem solving, communication, political and technical skills who has the energy and drive to make a major contribution to improving health and reducing inequalities in Tameside.

The role requires a cross-council as well as multiagency partnership approach, and you will be expected to have strong relationship and partnership skills. A high level of intellectual rigour, political awareness, negotiation and motivation skills and flexibility are required as well as the ability to communicate effectively within diverse settings. Tact, diplomacy and leadership is required and an ability to understand other cultures, advise, challenge and advocate to enable effective working across organisational boundaries and influencing without direct authority.

This will be a great role for applicants with relevant existing experience at Consultant level, who may be looking to take the next step in their career.

About Us

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating 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, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

This position is subject to Basic Disclosure Procedures.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

This is a politically restricted post.

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

For an informal discussion, please either email or telephone James Mallion, Director of Public Health, on james.mallion@tameside.gov.uk or 07970946485.

Supporting Documents

↗ AD of Public Health Job description and person specification

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