Public Health Officer - Supervisor

Team: Public Health

Job Family: Supporting - CBG10

Salary: £38,476 - £40,069 per annum pro rata

Hours:  37 hours per week. (While core hours are Monday to Friday, up to 2 evenings a week and occasional weekend working will be required to support programme delivery).

Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month.

Contract Type: Hybrid - Permanent

Closing Date: 10th May 2026

Interview Date: 19th & 20th May 2026 

About the role

Central Bedfordshire Council has an exciting opportunity an experienced and enthusiastic manager to work as part of the Choose You service, on behalf of the Shared Public Health Service across Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes

The Public Health Officer – Supervisor will provide strong day‑to‑day leadership to a team delivering our weight‑management programmes, ensuring residents receive high‑quality, consistent support to improve their health and wellbeing.

Working under the Public Health Principal for Service Delivery, you will manage Public Health Officers delivering weight‑management interventions, while also delivering programmes yourself across Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes.

You will provide clear leadership, oversee operational delivery, and maintain high standards of practice, ensuring interventions are delivered in line with motivational interviewing principles and established programme models. This role is ideal for a confident, skilled practitioner who is passionate about public health, experienced in managing staff, and committed to delivering effective behavioural‑change programmes that reduce health inequalities.

Responsibilities will include: 

• Improve health and wellbeing outcomes for residents engaging with the service.
• Provide strong, effective leadership to ensure delivery of high‑quality services.
• Make daily decisions on prioritisation, resource allocation, and workload management.
• Provide consistent line management, supervision and support to Public Health Officers – Healthy Weight.
• Lead supervision, professional development, training, and performance or disciplinary processes.
• Set, monitor and review objectives for team members to ensure high performance.
• Lead recruitment activities for direct reports.
• Ensure Choose You interventions are delivered in line with motivational interviewing principles, maintaining quality and fidelity of delivery.
• Deliver face‑to‑face and virtual weight management groups for residents across Bedford, Milton Keynes and Central Bedfordshire.
• Follow established policies and programmes to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities.
• Build and maintain productive relationships with wider stakeholders to support service development and delivery.
• Oversee day‑to‑day operational delivery, including managing waiting lists and driving continuous improvement of programme quality and performance.
• Co‑ordinate programme scheduling and manage staff caseload quotas to support efficient service delivery and meet demand.
• Accurately record attendance, metrics and outcomes within the case management system, and provide clear reporting to inform service development.
• Work collaboratively with Behaviour Change Practitioners, Health & Wellbeing Coaches, Client Services and other internal partners to ensure consistent, integrated service delivery.

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of successfully managing and motivating teams to achieve outcomes.
• Degree-level education and/or relevant professional qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Experience leading customer‑focused services and working with a range of stakeholders, including service users, to deliver and develop effective one-to-one and group programmes.
• Understanding of health inequalities and experience working with diverse populations, including ethnic minorities and individuals from deprived areas. 
• Proven ability to deliver effective one‑to‑one and group behaviour‑change interventions, using evidence‑based approaches.
• A full driving licence and access to a vehicle as travel across Bedford, Milton Keynes and Central Bedfordshire is essential for this role.

Desirable

• Background in nutrition, either through qualification or practical experience

Right to work to work in the UK

Please note we are unable to offer sponsorship for our roles. Successful applicants that may require a visa will need to consider the options for obtaining and/or maintaining the legal right to live and work in the UK. Please confirm you have right to work in the UK. 

Our Offer 

We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our Rewards and Benefits page  

Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer.  We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process. 

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You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this Recruitment Pack. 

Our Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack. 

If you are interested in finding out more about these positions, please contact:  Andy at  Andrew.Mason-Keaney@centralbedfordshire.gov.uk or on 07356126358

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Safeguarding

Central Bedfordshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees, volunteers and contractors to share this commitment. This post is subject to the disclosure of criminal records.   

To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline.

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