Public Health Senior Practitioner (Nutrition)

Job Details:

Job Reference: HCC622247
Salary Range: £48,948 - £54,423 per annum
Work Location: Elizabeth II Court, Winchester (Hybrid Working)
Hours per week: 37 (a minimum of 30 hours may be considered) 
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 29 October 2025

The Role:

Joining our well-established and dynamic team as a Senior Public Health Practitioner – Nutrition, you’ll be supported to develop your career in Public Health. You’ll play a vital role in addressing health inequalities and preventing ill-health in our communities by delivering key ambitions within our Public Health Strategy. As part of the wider Hampshire Public Health team, you’ll work in a collaborative and innovative environment that values continuous improvement and impact.

What you’ll do:

Lead and deliver key public health programmes that include:

• Public health nutrition programmes: Lead and commission nutrition programmes focussing on increasing fruit and vegetable intake, training people working with vulnerable groups such as older adults and people with learning disabilities, and marketing of low-cost healthy food options.
• Food insecurity: Provide technical advice and support to the Hampshire Food Alliance ensuring good nutrition is embedded into local response to food insecurity and helping partners use data and evidence to shape effective place-based responses.
• Whole systems approaches: Work with multi-agency partners to develop and implement whole systems approaches to healthy weight.
• Provision of up-to-date technical advice and support: Develop partnerships with, and provide up-to-date guidance to the public health team, professionals working with children, older adults and other inequalities groups, NHS providers and food support providers. This includes advising how Government policy, emerging research, data trends and industry practice affect public health objectives.  

Support the wider work of the public health team by:

• Working in a matrix structure to support the wider team’s functions and priorities, including the Hampshire Public Health Strategy.
• Providing technical advice and support to teams working in a range of portfolio areas.
• Building and maintaining strong partnerships with a range of professionals and organisations.

What we’re looking for:

• A Masters degree in a relevant subject area.
• Current professional registration in dietetics or nutrition (Dietician registered with the Health Care Professionals Council or nutritionist registered with the Association for Nutrition).
• A good understanding of public health principles and practice, with strong experience in a public health setting, ideally with a focus on food insecurity, nutrition, and healthy weight.
• Knowledge and experience in:
  -    Public health nutrition programmes.
  -    Working in partnership to deliver public health outcomes.
  -    Using the latest intelligence and evidence to inform nutritional advise and support.
• Strong communication and partnership-building skills.
• Ability to manage and prioritise multiple complex and diverse priorities effectively and simultaneously.
• Ability to work autonomously and use initiative to identify and develop public health nutrition programmes.
• Ability to identify & appraise options and make evidence-based recommendations. 

Take a look at our Candidate Pack for more information about the Senior Public Health Practitioner - Nutrition role, team and our values. The section ‘About you’ explains what specific knowledge, skills and experience we want you to tell us about. Make sure you explain how you meet these requirements and demonstrate our values, in your application.

Why join us?

• Be part of a supportive and forward-thinking team that values innovation and collaboration.
• Make a real difference in the lives of people across Hampshire.
• Access to ongoing professional development and career progression opportunities.
• Work in a role that offers variety, challenge, and impact in high-profile areas of public health.
• Access to Health Assured's comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme to support your physical and mental wellbeing, including 24/7 telephone support, a suite of online resources, and legal and financial advice.
• A competitive benefits package that includes generous annual leave entitlement, occupational sick pay, and access to the Local Government Pension Scheme. Find more information here.

Please note: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role and therefore it is essential that you already have the right to work in the UK before applying.

Applicants can expect to hear from us within two weeks of the advertised closing date. 

Travel Requirements:

You may be required to visit other locations within Hampshire and therefore need to have the ability to travel, as necessary.

Values Based Recruitment:

We are passionate about our values:

• Collaborative: Working together, combining talents and sharing resources to shape decisions and actions, and to maximise health outcomes.
• Equalities-driven: Reducing inequalities and promoting equity in all we do, so that no one is left behind as we strive for better health and wellbeing.
• Outcome focussed: Prioritising our work based on evidence, effectiveness and value for money to improve quality outcomes and prevent ill health.
• Sustainable: Being future-focussed. Creating lasting change in local systems and communities. Developing our work through a climate change lens to achieve health and climate benefits.  

Additional Information:

Senior Public Health Practitioner - Nutrition Candidate Pack

Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:

For general enquiries, please contact care.careers@hants.gov.uk
For an informal chat about the role please contact Sian Davies, Consultant in Public Health on sian.davies@hants.gov.uk or Darren Carmichael, Public Health Principal on darren.carmichael@hants.gov.uk