Health Improvement Specialist

2 weeks ago


Leeds, United Kingdom Leeds City Council Full time

Recruitment Service
- Advert Wording Form
- Directorate
- Adults and Health
- Service Area
- Public Health
- Job Title
- Health Improvement Specialist (Drugs and Alcohol)
- Grade & Salary PO2
- Permanent / Temporary
- Permanent
- Advert Text
- For example, qualifications, job purpose, working pattern, unique selling points (3), key responsibilities (3)
- An exciting opportunity has arisen at Leeds Public Health.
- Our ambition is for Leeds to be the best city in the UK; one that is compassionate and caring, with a strong economy, tackling poverty and reducing inequalities. We want to be a healthy city for all ages, where people who are the poorest improve their health the fastest. Leeds Public Health plays a major part in delivering this vision as part of the highly collaborative approach of ‘Team Leeds’, and we have the ideal partners and assets in Leeds to succeed.
- Initial priorities will be:

- Leading work on drug and alcohol related deaths, including maintaining strong working relationships with the Coroner’s Office
- Supporting the work of the Leeds Drug and Alcohol Partnership Board and it’s subgroups
- Supporting city-wide drug and alcohol campaigns work.
- This post will require extensive partnership working and engagement with local stakeholders, good communication skills and knowledge of project and programme management.
Have a good knowledge of multi-agency working to achieve public health outcomes
- Have a good knowledge Health Needs Assessments and Health Equity Audits
- Be educated to degree level in Public Health or a related field.
- This post is located within the Healthy Living team. The role of the team is to lead, influence and contribute to work programmes on the wider determinants of health and population and individual behaviour change, particularly in relation to:
- Tobacco, drugs and alcohol
- Food and physical activity
- Adult obesity
- Work and health
- Spatial planning, transport, active lifestyles, licensing

Although the post holder can be deployed on any of the above work programmes, they will have a focus on drugs and alcohol.-
- You have the right to request information in alternative formats should you require this, please see the accessibility page on this website for further details.
- For further information or informal enquires please contact Daniel Burn on: 0113 378 3744 or 07712216551.



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