Specialist Health Improvement Practitioner

Salary: £53,857

Grade: Level 5 Zone 1

Location: 5 Pancras Square N1C 4AG

Contract Type: Secondment/Fixed Term – 12 month

Hours: Full Time (36 hours)

Closing Date: Sunday 1 June 2025; 23:59



About Camden

Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Our residents and communities are at the heart of everything we do. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today and we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all.



What You’ll Be Doing



We are recruiting to Children and Young People’s Specialist Health Improvement Practitioner for 12 months to cover a period of maternity leave. The role works across schools, Family Hubs, early years and other community settings to promote and improve children’s health and wellbeing. You will manage health improvement practitioners and take a lead in the development, delivery and evaluation of evidence-based health improvement programmes. 



The role works at an operational and strategic level, with an increasing focus on embedding child health equity principles into frontline delivery. You will provide strategic advice and expertise to the wider Health and Wellbeing Department on CYP health promotion and improvement and support the drive to improve food and nutrition in schools within Camden’s Food Mission and Healthy Weight Acceleration Plan. The postholder will report into the CYP Health Improvement Lead.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require an Enhanced DBS.

All About You

We are seeking an individual with direct experience of each of the following areas:

• Theoretical understanding and practical delivery experience of children and young people’s health improvement principles
• Delivering training and support within schools and early years settings
• Working across multiple settings and Pan London to develop, deliver and embed CYP health and wellbeing strategies and programmes 
• Proven line management experience of staff working in direct delivery health improvement roles
• Experience of matrix and cross portfolio working 

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How To Apply

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To apply for this job please follow the "Apply" link. In the ‘Why you?’ section of the application you will be required to demonstrate how you meet the role criteria noted in the Job Profile under the “About You” section.

What We Offer

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits. From flexible working to 27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays!). We also know that a work life balance is extremely important so we also offer family leave, loan schemes and access to our incredible staff networks. We also have an incredible pensions scheme.

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Inclusion and Diversity 

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and 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 applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

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Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.

Asking for Adjustments 

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at [email protected] or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG