London Borough of Hounslow
Senior Public Health Officer - Sexual, Reproductive and Woman's Health
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About Us At Hounslow
We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.
We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough. With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.
About Our Commitment To Diversity And Inclusion
We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem-solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.
We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.
As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.
Our Benefits
About The Role
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Public Health Team as a Senior Public Health Officer (Sexual Health). In this role, you'll lead and support a broad range of work focused on sexual health, reproductive health, HIV prevention and women's health, helping to improve outcomes for residents and reduce health inequalities across Hounslow.
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You'll use public health intelligence, epidemiological evidence and stakeholder insight to inform commissioning, service improvement and strategic decision-making. Working closely with commissioned providers, NHS partners, the Integrated Care Board and community organisations, you'll help ensure local services are responsive to population need and deliver high-quality outcomes.
This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop expertise in public health commissioning, service redesign, population health intelligence, contract management and partnership working, while contributing to some of the most important prevention and inequality agendas in public health.
About The Team You’ll Be Working In
The Public Health Team sits within the Commissioning Directorate and works across the council and wider health and care system to improve the health and wellbeing of Hounslow residents. Our work focuses on prevention, reducing health inequalities and ensuring that residents can access high-quality services that support healthier lives.
You will be part of a friendly, ambitious and supportive team with responsibility for a wide range of public health programmes. The post reports to the Senior Public Health Strategist for Children & Young People and Sexual Health and works closely with colleagues across Public Health, NHS providers, the West & Central London Integrated Care Board, UKHSA, OHID and local community organisations.
About You
If the points below resonate with you, we’d love you to put in an application:
- You must have experience working in the UK public health, healthcare commissioning, health improvement or a related field, with knowledge of sexual health, reproductive health, HIV prevention or women's health.
- You will have a proven understanding of the UK Health system and track record of employment in roles that match the expectations of this post alongside a degree in a health discipline.
- You are confident using data, public health intelligence and evidence to understand population need, identify inequalities and support service improvement.
- You can build effective relationships and work collaboratively with a range of partners including healthcare providers, local authorities, community organisations and residents.
- You have experience managing projects, supporting service development or delivering programmes that improve health outcomes.
- You can communicate complex information clearly through reports, presentations and discussions with different audiences.
- You are motivated by reducing inequalities and improving sexual, reproductive and women's health outcomes for local communities.
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Read more about the work you’ll be doing in the Role Profile.
Essential For The Role:
- Basic DBS
Don’t meet every single requirement? We know that sometimes people can be put off applying for a job if they think they can’t tick every box. At Hounslow, we realise the ‘perfect candidate’ doesn’t exist. So, if you can do most of what we’re looking for, Have the right attitude to team and working well with colleagues, go ahead and apply. You may be just the right candidate for the job or be perfect for one of our other roles!
When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact
The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:
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Interviews for this job will be held during October 2026.
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Interviews for this job will be held during October 2026.
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