In a borough with amongst the greatest public health challenges in the country, do you have what it takes to work with local communities, the council, and partners to improve health outcomes and address health inequalities in Tower Hamlets? 

We are looking for an experienced and competent public health professional to join our dynamic and friendly team. We are passionate about delivering an excellent public health service to support the health and wellbeing of children and families in the borough. 

Your overarching goal will be to improve the health and wellbeing of people in Tower Hamlets and reduce health inequalities.  

You will help drive the Healthy Children & Families programme by employing a diverse skill set that includes: 

• Logic modelling around outcomes 
• Insight and intelligence 
• Strategy, and partnership, public, community engagement, planning and communications 
• Commissioning and delivery 
• Evaluation, innovation, and research 
• Developing public health skills and leadership 
• Management of budgets and resources 

You will work across the public health division, the council and wider partners, including the NHS, schools, housing associations and community and voluntary organisations. You will support the delivery of the Maternity and Early Years programme of work targeted at enabling the aspirations below. 

We aspire for 0-5 year olds to have: 

• Caregivers with life skills for health and wellbeing through critical early years life stages e.g., pregnancy, infanthood, weaning, bonding, transitioning to school age 
• Secure social and emotional attachment 
• Good cognitive, social, and physical development including participation in active play 
• Healthy nutritional habits 
• Good oral health  
• Protection from infectious diseases 
• Good outcomes through early identification of need and access to early help  
• Freedom from abuse and neglect  

Join our dynamic Public Health team working to improve maternity and early years outcomes in Tower Hamlets. We commission and support services across health visiting, infant feeding, perinatal mental health, and maternity care. Our work spans conception to age 5 including Healthy Early Years London, UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative, supervised brushing, immunisations, physical activity, healthy weight, and child poverty. We also contribute to the development of Family Hubs and lead on communications around early years public health priorities.

Tower Hamlets vision for our borough is that: people are aspirational, independent and have equal access to opportunities; we are a borough that our residents are proud of and love to live in; and we are a dynamic, outcomes-based council using digital innovation and partnership working to respond to the changing needs of our borough. We want people who aspire to our TOWER values: Together; Open; Willing; Excellent; Respect.

Tower Hamlets has a zero-tolerance approach to, and works to eradicate, all forms of discrimination on the basis of race, sex, disability, age, religion or belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital status, status as a civil partner, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy and maternity and looks to employ a diverse workforce representative of those groups. We recognise that people can also be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class.

We welcome applicants interested in flexible working arrangements and also applicants who live in the borough. 

Files