We value diverse perspectives and experiences and are striving to create a workplace culture that is inclusive, is accepting of all and is free from discrimination and bias.

The Public Health team is part of the Public Health and Migration Division. 
Reporting to the Director of Public Health and Wellbeing, the team helps people to stay healthy and protect them from threats to their health.

The Public Health team commissions and delivers a wide range of services and programmes that tackle health inequalities and help people to live healthier lives including:

• Alcohol and drugs misuse strategy, treatment and recovery services
• Sexual health services including sexually transmitted infections and contraception
• Healthy lifestyles support with losing weight, getting more active, giving up smoking, cutting down on alcohol and improving your well being
• Physical activity strategy and projects including school based exercise, parks and cycling
• Family health including health visiting, infant feeding, school nurses, teenage pregnancy support, family weight management and services supporting BME families
• Health protection strategy and services including air quality, blood borne virus testing, screening & immunisations, infection control, emergency planning and outbreak management
• The Marmot City strategy, reducing health inequalities across the city
• Domestic abuse and sexual abuse strategies and support services
• Youth violence reduction

This is an exciting and challenging time to work in the Public Health Team.  If you are an individual that is committed to achieving the best outcomes for people across Coventry our team can help you make a difference through high-quality professional support, supervision, excellent learning and development opportunities

In line with our One Coventry Values, we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applicants from minority ethnic, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equity and respect remains at the heart of everything we do.

Our Values are:

• Open and fair: We are fair, open, and transparent.
• Nurture and develop: We help and encourage everyone to be their best and do their best.
• Engage and empower: We talk and listen to others, working together as one.
• Create and innovate: We embrace new ways of working to continuously improve.
• Own and be accountable: We work together to deliver the best services for our residents.
• Value and respect: We put diversity and inclusion at the heart of all we do.

This is an exciting role working right at the heart of communities to create new services which complement those provided by the health and social care system. The role will also establish a micro granting/investing system to enable these new ideas/community provision to establish.

The role will advise and support service leaders in the health and social care system on how to work alongside community organisations and volunteers.

Someone with a background in working with or within the voluntary and community sector, who has an in-depth knowledge of the challenges and opportunities in the voluntary and community sector.

Someone who can understand and work within both the public and voluntary sector and bring the two together.

Someone who is enthusiastic and flexible and always able to find common ground and work through problems/barriers which present when creating new and untested ways of supporting people with their health and well-being. 

Our workforce data shows that men, people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities and people from the LGBTQ+ community are under-represented, so we encourage applicants from these backgrounds to apply.  This does not prevent individuals with other protected characteristics as set out within the Equalities Act 2010 from applying for this post.

Please feel free to contact andrea.buckley@coventry.gov.uk to arrange an informal discussion about the role.

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme - As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you'll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

• Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
• Are currently in care or have previously been in care
• If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

For full details on the application process please read the attached document on our jobs page labelled 'Coventry City Council Application Process'. 

We recognise that you might use AI tools to help with your application. While these tools can be useful, please make sure that all information you provide about your experience, skills, and qualifications is accurate. What matters most to us is hearing about your experience and the achievements that truly reflect you!

Interview date: 18/11/2026

Coventry has a proud, innovative and creative spirit that throughout its history has seen communities come together to tackle problems and bring about real social change.

We are cutting-edge, challenging, youthful, vibrant and diverse.

At Coventry we are committed to excellence in everything we do. With around 5100 staff from a range of different backgrounds, our aim is to recruit and develop talented people who will focus on our customers, take responsibility, work together and find better ways of doing things.

To deliver the best services to our residents, we need the best people working for us to make a difference to our communities.

If you join us, we will provide a fantastic rewards and benefits package - to find out more please visit https://www.coventry.gov.uk/council-vacancies