We want Leeds to be a healthy, caring city for everyone and our public health team is central to that goal.
We work in partnership across the city to promote healthier lives and communities. Driven by the shared goals in our Leeds Ambitions, we look beyond core health services to understand the wider issues leading to illness and poor wellbeing. We use that insight to support health and wellbeing so everyone can thrive from early childhood to later life.
Embedded alongside council colleagues across communities, housing and environment, we work with and for our residents to make sure that no one and no community is left behind. We educate and empower individuals to lead healthy lives. We consider how the environments we live, work and grow old in can affect people’s health and we find ways to remove barriers and enable access to high quality services.
Within the wider public health service our individual teams focus on specific areas to reflect the diverse health needs of the population we serve. The scope of our teams includes:
- healthy living and mental health
- children and families
- health inequalities, ageing well, long-term conditions and cancer
- health protection and sexual health
- drugs and alcohol
- safer communities, localities and primary care
Our dynamic workforce collaborates on wide-ranging projects with strategic partners in localities and within the health and third sectors. Work can vary from assessing the health needs of demographic groups within the city to the commissioning and development of evidence-informed health promotion programmes.
If you are passionate about reducing health inequalities and improving wellbeing, you may find the perfect opportunity in our multi-skilled team. We offer roles for public health specialists at all stages of their careers, from strategic leadership of services to programme development and implementation. We also value colleagues with expertise in areas such as data analysis, project management, community engagement and administration.
Our colleagues say:
Laura, Health Improvement Principal, Health Protection
“Our team is deeply embedded in the city’s health and care system to ensure a coordinated response to local situations. We work proactively to address the needs of Leeds communities as well as responding to any emerging outbreaks in the city. There are always new areas of work to engage with and new partners to learn from.”
Zoe, Advanced Health Improvement Practitioner
“This role combines my skills and experience with my passion for making a difference to children’s lives long term. Our wonderful, vibrant and growing city has many strengths but also vast inequalities, which we aim to challenge and address through health promotion programmes for children and families. It’s fulfilling to know I’m playing a part in this.”
