public health officer

Public Health OfficerRole Responsibility

We are looking to appoint a highly skilled public health officer to join our talented Kent County Council Public Health Directorate's Sexual Health team. You will provide technical project support to support the effective delivery of a £16.8m portfolio of sexual health services working to improve health outcomes for more than 1.6 million people living and working in Kent. It is an exciting time to join our team and a great opportunity to make a positive difference for the people we serve.

You will need to be a suitably qualified individual with strong skills in public health, research, report writing, data analysis and project management. The role will be to develop and deliver specific projects within the Public Health Sexual Health team, working with our team and a range of partners to optimise our efforts for improving sexual health outcomes and equity across Kent. Your projects will include completing district-level sexual health needs assessments, shaping an enhanced sexual health service offer to reach all Kent residents with a particular focus on children and young people, understanding HIV late diagnosis, and a range of other areas also.

You will have high levels of organisation, professional standards, and communication. You will be fully competent in using IT such as Microsoft PowerPoint, word and cloud systems / shared drives for team working.

Kent is a large County with lots of complex public health issues. You will have the ability to prioritise competing demands and objectives, be reliable and proactive, and be able to work with a diverse range of colleagues to deliver projects to time, budget and high standards.

Interview date: 24th August 2026 (in person interview in Sessions House, Maidstone, Kent). Successful candidates will be informed of their invitation to interview by midday on 18th August 2026.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

For more information about this post, please email Nathalie Reeves via email at

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.

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Salary £41,782 - £46,606 per annum

Contract type Fixed Term Full Time

Contract Duration March 2027

Working Hours 37 hours per week

Location Maidstone, United Kingdom

Job category Public Health

Job Reference REF/TP/139474/15090

Closing Date 16 August, 2026

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