Public Health Commissioner

Specialist Public Health Commissioner

£600 per day | 12-month contract | Hybrid (Birmingham City Centre, ~2 days per week)
Start: Week commencing 6th July

A large public sector organisation is seeking a highly experienced Specialist Public Health Commissioner to lead the transformation of its Integrated Healthy Lifestyles and Wellbeing services. This is a high-impact programme, focused on simplifying a complex commissioning landscape and delivering a more streamlined, outcomes-focused model across multiple providers, without compromising service quality or population impact.

The Opportunity

You will lead a £7m commissioning programme, reshaping how prevention and health improvement services are designed and delivered. The current provider landscape is complex and fragmented, so your role will be to rationalise, integrate and future-proof services through an innovative, locality-based commissioning approach.This is a strategic yet hands-on role where you will take the programme from early scoping and evidence review through to procurement and mobilisation.

The programme covers a wide range of public health and prevention services, including: healthy lifestyles, behaviour change services, smoking cessation, physical activity, healthy weight and alcohol and wider wellbeing support. This is a rare opportunity to shape a major public health transformation programme at scale, delivering meaningful improvements to health outcomes and reducing inequalities.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end commissioning cycle, from scoping through to tender and mobilisation
Conduct an initial literature review and options appraisal, drawing on best-practice models nationally
Develop a clear commissioning strategy and procurement timeline
Design an integrated service specification that enables a locality-based delivery model
Manage a complex provider landscape, consolidating services to improve efficiency and outcomes
Deliver a robust tender process, including market engagement and development
Build strong partnerships across: public sector services; NHS and primary care; the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector.
Operate confidently in a politically sensitive system, balancing stakeholder priorities and expectations
Ensure value for money while maintaining impact across lifestyle and wellbeing servicesAbout You

We are looking for someone who can operate at pace in a highly complex, multi-stakeholder environment.You will bring:

Significant public health commissioning experience
A strong track record of delivering complex commissioning and procurement programmes
Experience managing multiple providers and service integration
An understanding of primary care and wider health systems
Expertise in market development and tender management
Excellent partnership and stakeholder management skills
Confidence working across local government, NHS and VCSE environments
Strategic thinking combined with the ability to deliver hands-on outputs
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