Salary: £48,955 – £54,189 per year (incl. London weighting)
Location: Time Square, Bracknell (Hybrid working)
Contract: Temporary (up to 12 months)
Working Pattern: Full Time
Hours: 37 hours per week.
DBS Check: Required
Closing Date: 12/07/2026 at 23:59
Reference: PL/26/340033
Job Title
Public Health Advanced Practitioner – Maternity cover (Public Health Team, Bracknell Forest Council)
About the role
As a Public Health Advanced Practitioner you will support a range of public health workstreams with a focus on the wider socio‑economic and commercial determinants of health. You will design, implement, commission, and audit public health programmes and projects, working with policy and strategy to improve health outcomes and reduce inequalities.
Responsibilities
- Lead defined programmes and projects focused on the wider and commercial determinants of health and develop a healthy places framework.
- Support Public Health Consultants and Principals in designing, implementing, commissioning, and auditing public health programmes and projects as identified in the business plans/JSNAs/Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy.
- Identify health needs using appropriate analytical techniques, leveraging multiple qualitative and quantitative data sources.
- Support senior colleagues in working with and through policies, strategies, and action plans to improve health outcomes and reduce inequalities across all domains.
- Contribute to effective commissioning and service redesign (needs assessment, prioritisation, planning, development, implementation, and evaluation of services, programmes, and interventions).
Qualifications and Experience
- Specialist public health knowledge and experience, particularly in the wider social, economic and commercial determinants of health.
- Experience delivering a Health in All Policies approach or working with key partners to develop a Healthy Places Framework, including licensing and planning.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to use qualitative and quantitative data.
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
Benefits
- 28 days annual leave increasing to 33 days after 3 years’ continuous service; option to buy up to 10 and sell up to 5 days.
- Hybrid working opportunities.
- Local government pension scheme with life insurance cover.
- Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme (subject to eligibility).
- Reimbursement of one annual professional subscription/registration.
- Career development through internal and external training opportunities.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and fostering leave.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing.
- Inclusive and social working environment with staff networks and sports and social club.
Disability confident and inclusive recruitment
Bracknell Forest Council is proud to be an inclusive employer. If you have a disability, are an armed forces veteran, or a care leaver, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification.
Legal and EEO statements
All successful candidates for this role will be subject to a DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) check as part of our pre‑employment checks process.
We can only accept applications from candidates currently residing in the UK.
Candidates requiring sponsorship will be considered on a case‑by‑case basis.
Bracknell Forest Council welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
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