Strategic Lead - Integrated Lifestyle

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall, Glenfield, Leicester LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: £55,443 - £61,116 per annum (Pro rata for part time)

Working Hours: 37 Hours

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 26th January 2026

Interview Date(s): Week beginning 9th February 2026

• Opportunities to join a very good Local Government Pension Scheme
• Opportunities to progress within a large public sector organisation
• Extensive training and development opportunities
• Generous annual leave entitlement
• Access to staff wellbeing & counselling Service
• Discounted local gym membership
• Work for an organisation which 94% of our staff say is a good employer

This strategic leadership role is responsible for shaping and delivering Integrated Lifestyle and Public Health prevention initiatives. The post holder will lead the development of strategic approaches that influence both internal and external stakeholders, ensuring alignment with broader system priorities.

In addition to corporate responsibilities, the role oversees the direction and integration of multiple operational teams and programmes. It requires expert knowledge of behaviour change methodologies, leadership of multi‑disciplinary teams, alongside strong leadership in managing a diverse portfolio which subject to varied reporting and regulatory frameworks.

As part of the Senior Leadership structure, the post holder will contribute to a wide range of cross‑cutting work streams, driving innovation, collaboration, and service excellence.

To apply for this post, you must:

• Continue to develop, deliver and maintain strong, efficient and reliable partnerships, with all key stakeholders and partners working across the statutory and voluntary sector, community organisations and groups and other council departments, through creating mutual trust and respect and thereby be able to constructively challenge and influence decision making within all organisations
• Apply leadership, management, and direct intervention to deliver an evidence‑based, accessible and effective integrated lifestyle service
• Performance manage using credible and reliable intelligence data to inform and support effective management, service delivery and monitoring; feed into statutory reporting and identify any areas of concern
• Effectively and maintain the profile of the service by playing an active role in key steering groups/boards at national, regional, county and district level and linking in with identified priorities and new legislative drivers
• Hold a professional qualification at master's level or above relevant to Public Health
• Have experience of developing and implementing strategy in a complex, multi‑professional and multi‑organisational environment
• Demonstrate experience of meeting challenging deadlines whilst managing a highly sensitive workload with multiple competing priorities, whilst maintaining calm, order and rigour

You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.

In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term‑time working, part‑time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Styles page on our career site.