Public Health Officer - Mental Health and Suicide Prevention

About the role

We are seeking a motivated and committed Public Health Officer to join our friendly and forward-thinking Public Health team at North Northamptonshire Council.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the development and delivery of our work on mental health and suicide prevention. You will play a key role in delivering evidence-based actions from the Suicide Prevention Strategy, while also leading and supporting a broader programme of work to improve mental health and wellbeing across North Northamptonshire.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you’ll help strengthen local partnerships and support coordinated approaches to prevention, early intervention, and improved population mental health.

Contract duration: 18 months fixed term

Location: North Northamptonshire Council

Closing date: Sunday 14th December 2025

Contact: Andile Chigbo, Public Health Practitioner – andile.chigbo@northnorthhants.gov.uk

What will you be doing?

As Public Health Officer for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention, you will:

• Support the implementation and ongoing development of the local Suicide Prevention Strategy and Action Plan and wider Mental Health projects.
• Coordinate delivery of key actions, monitoring progress and outcomes across the partnership.
• Work collaboratively with colleagues within the Public Health team, as well as NHS partners, voluntary and community organisations, and other council services.
• Contribute to the design and delivery of evidence-based mental health improvement programmes.
• Analyse data and intelligence to inform planning, identify needs, and support evaluation.
• Participate in multi-agency networks and forums focused on improving mental wellbeing and reducing suicide risk.
• Support wider public mental health work, ensuring prevention and wellbeing approaches are embedded across council and partner activity.

You will report to the Public Health Practitioner leading on Mental Health and will work closely with colleagues across the wider Public Health team.

About you

We are looking for an enthusiastic and proactive individual who is passionate about public health and mental wellbeing. You will have:

• Experience in public health, mental health promotion, or suicide prevention.
• Strong organisational and project management skills.
• The ability to work effectively with a range of partners and stakeholders.
• Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to present information clearly and sensitively.
• A commitment to reducing health inequalities and improving mental wellbeing for all residents.
• Experience of working within a local authority, NHS, or voluntary sector public health setting would be an advantage.

Your application should be structured around the essential and desirable criteria in the job description.

Our Benefits

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

About us

Our Values and Behaviours

Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our Key Commitments

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.

Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)