Public Health Careers Weekly | Edition 009
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🌟 Opportunity of the Week
Research Assistant in Knowledge Management for Newborn Care Implementation | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
£39,984 to £45,728 pro rata | 0.8 to 1.0 FTE | Closing 8 September
A research role within Infectious Disease Epidemiology and International Health focused on knowledge management for newborn care implementation.
Why it matters: A good example of a role connecting research with implementation and evidence use.
💼 Featured Opportunities
Researcher in Statistical Epidemiology | University of Oxford
£38,674 to £45,163 | Closing 21 September
Analyse large UK health and education datasets within the National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit.
Why it matters: A strong progression opportunity for candidates with epidemiology and quantitative analysis experience.
Research Fellow, Programme Manager for Health Protection Research Unit | University of Bristol
£51,753 to £58,225 | Closing 14 September
Manage the NIHR Health Protection Research Unit in Evaluation and Behavioural Science.
Why it matters: Shows how programme-management expertise can translate into health protection research.
Environmental Health Officer, Public Health Environmental Protection | Midlothian Council
£44,989 to £49,009 | Permanent | Two posts | Closing 6 September
Join Midlothian’s Public Health Environmental Protection Team in two newly funded roles.
Why it matters: A specialist local-government route combining regulation, prevention and population protection.
📰 This Week in Public Health
Young people’s health-related economic inactivity rises in Scotland
PHS has published new analysis examining increasing health-related economic inactivity among 16 to 24-year-olds, with mental health an important factor.
Why it matters: Employment, mental health and health inequalities are increasingly interconnected public health challenges.
Scotland launches heart and lung health checks
New MOT-style checks aim to support earlier identification and treatment.
Why it matters: Prevention and earlier intervention continue to shape population-health services.
📰 England rolls out HPV self-testing for cervical screening
The NHS in England has started rolling out at-home HPV self-testing kits for people who have not attended cervical screening after previous invitations. Nearly 4 million women could be offered the option, starting with those aged 30 to 65 who are under-screened.
Why it matters: This is a major screening and prevention development, with implications for uptake, inequalities, behavioural insight, programme evaluation, communications and service delivery.
Read the NHS England announcement
🎓 Learning Opportunity
Introducing Public Health | OpenLearn
A free six-hour Open University course covering the wider determinants of health, public health practice and cross-sector partnership working.
Why it matters: A useful foundation for people entering public health from another sector.
💡 Career Insight
Public health needs people who can move evidence into action
This week’s roles span analysis, knowledge management, programme management and environmental protection.
The common skill is being able to analyse evidence, communicate it, coordinate work around it or turn it into action.
✍️ Application Tip
Pay attention to the verbs
Supported, coordinated, managed and led describe different levels of responsibility.
If an employer asks for evidence that you have led projects, choose an example that actually demonstrates leadership.
Match your evidence to the level of responsibility being requested.
🗺️ PHCH Resource of the Week
Application Review
Applying for a role but unsure whether your evidence is strong enough?
The PHCH Application Review focuses on how clearly your application demonstrates the criteria before submission.
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