Public Health Specialist

Salary

£47,181 - £50,269 (pay award pending)

Contractual hours

Basis

Full time

Region

Rotherham

Job category/type

Public Health

Date posted

11/06/2026

Job reference

REQ23239

Directorate: Adult Care, Housing & Public Health

Temporary, 24 Months, Full time, 37 hours per week

Do you want to be a part of a dynamic Public Health team, aiming to improve health and wellbeing and reduce inequalities by engaging with partnerships, influencing commissioning approaches, reviewing and interpreting evidence, agreeing outcome priorities, and shaping policies and public spending decisions?

Rotherham MBC is now seeking to strengthen its forward-thinking Public Health team through the appointment of a Public Health Specialist. The role will provide support across a range of Public Health projects and initiatives. You will work with a range of partners across the system, with responsibility for supporting planning, development, implementation, delivery and evaluation of policies, strategies and services to prevent poor health and wellbeing and reduce inequalities in health outcomes.

Rotherham’s Public Health team is a small but highly energetic team, aspiring to achieve significant improvements in the borough’s health and wellbeing through integrated working across the council and its partners, adopting a prevention-led ethos to reduce inequalities in health for its population.

As part of a matrix working team, you will have opportunities to work across the many Public Health challenges faced by our residents, and to influence both the health and social care systems that respond to these challenges and the wider determinants, with the aim to prevent them.

The main focus of this post is to work within a wide-ranging public health agenda for Rotherham’s children. You will be part of the Best Start and Beyond portfolio, where together we will prioritise roles and responsibilities in order to make the most difference for Rotherham’s children, young people and families.

If you would like further information, please contact Alex Hawley, Consultant in Public Health

Tel: 01709 255846

Email: ***email_hidden***

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website This post will have access to the Public Services Network, if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at the Basic level (unspent criminal convictions).