About this role
Job summary
UKHSA is leading the Public Health Approaches to Violence: Interventions, Surveillance & Evidence (PAVISE) project, a three-year initiative delivered in partnership with Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) and the WHO Collaborating Centre for Violence Prevention. The project aims to support implementation of a coordinated, evidence-based public health approach to violence prevention across UKOTs through violence surveillance, prevention, early intervention, workforce development, research, evaluation and regional collaboration.
The PAVISE Project sits within the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) Health Security Programme which is funded by the Overseas Territories Resilient Economies and Security and Stability programme at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). The UKOTs Health Security Programme works in partnership with UKOT governments, regional organisations and UK government partners to strengthen health security and health system resilience across the Territories.
For full details, please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification.
Main duties of the job
o Provide expert public health advice and technical assistance to UKOT governments and health systems on violence prevention, including violence against women and girls, and related public health priorities.o Lead delivery of technical outputs across assigned project workstreams.o Support development, co-design and implementation of evidence-based public health approaches to preventing violence and reducing its impacts.o Contribute to development of policy frameworks, guidance documents, standards and implementation tools.o Support development and implementation of violence surveillance systems across UKOTs including contribution to production of epidemiological profiles, public health intelligence products and violence prevention needs assessments.o Support UKOTs to adopt public health approaches to violence prevention through strategic engagement and technical advice.o Facilitate and contribute to multi-agency workshops and partnership events involving health, policing, education, safeguarding and community sector partners.o Support development of sustainable public health capabilities within health systems and Ministries of Health.o Provide mentoring and supervision to project staff, trainees and public health registrars as required.o Support design and implementation of project evaluation frameworks and monitoring systems.
About us
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.
UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Professional Development
Identify, discuss and action own professional performance and training / development needs with your line manager through appraisal / individual development plan. Attending internal / external training events
To participate in all mandatory training as required, i.e. fire safety, information governance and all other mandatory training.
The postholder will practise in accordance with all relevant sections of the General Medical Councils Good Medical Practice and Faculty of Public Healths Good Public Health Practice.
Provide project supervision to Public Health Speciality Registrars on placement with UKHSA Global division
ExternalOpen to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants).
Application & Sift
This vacancy is using Competency.
At sift stage you will be assessed against the essential criteria listed in the job advert and the attached Job Description & Person Specification.
You will be required to complete an:
Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application) up to 1200 word supporting statement
Healthjobs UK has a word limit of 1500, but your supporting statement must be no more than 1,200-word count.
This should outline how your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role.
You will receive a joint score for your application form and statement. (The application form is the kind of information you would put into your C.V please be advised you will not be able to upload your CV. Please complete the application form in as much detail as possible)
If we receive a large number of applications an initial sift against the lead behaviour/criteria of insert criteria/behaviour will be conducted: GMC full and specialist register with a license to practice (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview) or UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists or be eligible within 6 months).
Please note feedback will not be provided at this stage.
Interview stage (competency based)
You will be invited to a face to face interview at 10 South Colonnade, London. If face to face interviews are planned, in exceptional circumstances, we may be able to offer a remote interview.
Interviews will be held week commencing 7th December 2026, please note these dates are subject to change.
This vacancy is being assessed using Competency framework. During the interview we will assess against the below:
KnowledgeExperienceSkills and Abilities
You will be asked to prepare and present a 10 minute presentation at the start of your interview. The subject of this will be sent to you prior to interview; slides will be permitted.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Basic Personnel Security Screening.
This role is being offered as hybrid working based at our Core HQ at 10 South Colonnade, London. We offergreat flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month). Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport link and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).
UKHSA is investing in a new state-of-the-art National Biosecurity Centre in Harlow, Essex, which will eventually bring together teams currently based at Canary Wharf, Colindale and Porton Down. For more details, please see: Huge biosecurity centre investment to boost pandemic protection - GOV.UK.
The new facilities will start becoming operational in the mid-2030s, with full completion by 2038. Staff will move in phases as facilities become available. If you're appointed to a role currently based at Canary Wharf, Colindale or Porton Down, please note that we'll continue investing in these sites for the next decade. As we get closer to the transition, we'll provide full information about relocation support available to staff.
If you are successful at interview, and are moving from another government department, NHS, or Local Authority, the relevant starting salary principles for level transfers or promotions will apply. Otherwise, roles are offered at the pay scale minimum for the grade, but in exceptional circumstances there may be flexibility if you are able to demonstrate you are already in receipt of an existing, higher salary. Pay increases are through the relevant annual pay award for the role and terms.
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant £113,565 - £150,569 per annum, pro rataAgenda for Change Band 8d £94,356 - £108,814 per annum, pro rata
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- 1.GMC full and specialist register with a license to practice (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview) or UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists or be eligible within 6 months
- 2.If included in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in a specialty other than public health medicine, candidates must have equivalent training and/or appropriate experience of public health medicine practice
- 3.Public health specialty registrar applicants who are not yet on the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in dental public health/UKPHR must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within 6 months of gaining entry at the date of interview; all other applicants must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they have applied for inclusion in the GMC/GDC/UKPHR specialist registers [see shortlisting notes below for additional guidance]
- 4.If an applicant is UK trained, they must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview If an applicant is non-UK trained, they will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
- 5. Applicants must meet the minimum CPD requirements (i.e. be up to date) in accordance with Faculty of Public Health requirements, or another recognised professional body where applicable.
- 6. MFPH by examination, exemption or assessment.
Experience
Essential
- Significant strategic experience in public health approaches to violence prevention
- Staff management and training
- Practical experience in facilitating change
- Experience of working with other agencies
- Experience of working with violence prevention initiatives and organisations
Desirable
- Experience of working on global health projects
- Scientific publications, presentation of papers at conferences, seminars etc
- Training and mentoring skills
- Knowledge of grant development and research methodology
Skills
Essential
- Ability to lead the strategic development of a violence prevention project including initiatives across organisational and territory/country boundaries
- Strategic thinker with proven leadership skills
- Proven excellent oral and written communication skills (including presentation skills and dealing with the media)
- Proven and effective interpersonal, motivational and influencing skills
- Ability to respond appropriately in unplanned and unforeseen circumstances
- Sensible negotiator with practical expectation of what can be achieved
- Substantially numerate, with highly developed analytical skills using qualitative and quantitative data
- Ability to apply epidemiological methods and statistics
- Ability to design, develop, interpret and implement policies
- Resource and staff management skills
- Project Management skills
- Budget management skills
Knowledge
Essential
- High level of understanding of violence as a public health issue including approaches to surveillance, evidence, interventions, and relevant global/international policy and strategy
- High level of understanding of epidemiology and statistics, public health practice, health promotion, health economics and health care evaluation
- Understanding of NHS and local government cultures, structures and policies
- Knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement and evidence based clinical and/or public health practice
- Understanding of social and political environment
- Understanding of interfaces between health and social care
- An understanding of the public sector duty and the inequality
- Understanding of key agencies involved in health improvement
Equality and diversity
Essential
- Demonstrate appreciation and acknowledgement of the range and complexities of diversity; self awareness in terms of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers; cultural competence - cultural sensitivity and awareness.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
UK Health Security Agency
Address
10 South Colonnade
London
E14 4PU
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency (Opens in a new tab)