Senior Health Improvement Officer
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- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 36
- Posted
- 18/09/2026
- Closes
- 25/09/2026
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Role summary
Public Health Scotland is seeking Senior Health Improvement Officers to join the Population Health and Wellbeing Directorate. These permanent, full-time roles involve working across various health improvement service areas, including Fairer, Healthier Economies, Healthy Places, and Preventing Health Harms. The successful candidates will apply health improvement principles, manage projects, and collaborate with partner agencies to improve public health outcomes. The positions are based in Edinburgh or Glasgow with hybrid working.
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
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Job reference:
253983
Salary:
Band 6 (£43,231 - £52,679)
Job closing date:
25/09/2026
Job Type:
Administrative Services
Location:
Edinburgh/Glasgow
Employment type:
Permanent
Hours Per Week:
36
Job posted date:
18/09/2026
Employer (NHS Board):
Public Health Scotland
Department:
Preventing Health Harms and Climate and Sustainable Environments
Job Advert
Senior Health Improvement Officer
About the Organisation:
Public Health Scotland launched 1st April 2020 as a national health board, employing around 1200 people, and with an annual budget of around £101 million. Public Health Scotland wants to see a Scotland where everybody thrives, a Scotland where life expectancy improves and the difference in life expectancy between our poorest and wealthiest areas gets smaller.
The Post:
The Population Health and Wellbeing Directorate of PHS is seeking to appoint full-time Senior Health Improvement Officers on a permanent basis. These are generic health improvement posts with portfolios agreed upon recruitment. The health improvement service areas currently include: Fairer, Healthier Economies, Healthy Places, Healthy Environments, Preventing Health Harms, Mental Health and Inclusion and Early Years and Young People.
The Candidates:
You will be educated to degree level or equivalent, with significant ex
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