Job summary
- Main area
- Public Health
- Grade
- Head of School (HoS)
- Contract
- Secondment: 8 months (Until 31 March 2027)
- Hours
- Part time
- Job share
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 990-NW-EC3711-E
- Employer
- NHS England
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- 3 Piccadilly Place
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- In line with HoS sessional payments
- Closing
- 20/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Head of School for Public Health
Head of School (HoS)
Our Organisation
We share the core values set out in the NHS Constitution, which all colleagues are expected to demonstrate.
We support you to work in a way that is best for the NHS, our patients and you and your colleagues. Talk to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement, whether that’s a job share, part time, hybrid working or another flexible pattern.
Job overview
The role of Head of School is to work with and support the NHS England Postgraduate Dean in leading the delivery of a wide range of functions, aligned to the NHS England mandate.
The Head of School is professionally and managerially accountable to the Postgraduate Dean. The Head of School will focus upon improvement of learner supervision, assessment and experience, engagement of faculty and ensuring effective educational outcomes, both now and in the future. The role is evolving and will also focus on whole workforce transformation and developing multi-professional links as well as innovative ways of curriculum delivery and workforce well-being strategies.
Main duties of the job
The Head of School is professionally and managerially accountable to the Postgraduate Dean. The Head of School will focus upon improvement of learner supervision, assessment and experience, engagement of faculty and ensuring effective educational outcomes, both now and in the future. The role is evolving and will also focus on whole workforce transformation and developing multi-professional links mas well as innovative ways of curriculum delivery and workforce well-being strategies.
Although the main role is to lead and develop the Postgraduate School of Public Health, all senior clinicians within NHSE may have wider roles and projects as agreed with the Postgraduate Dean.
Working for our organisation
NHS England has a wide range of statutory functions, responsibilities and regulatory powers. These are focused on supporting the wider NHS to deliver high quality care, as well as doing those things that are best done once for the whole NHS.
Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
In March 2025, the Government announced that NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care will increasingly merge functions, ultimately leading to NHS England being fully integrated into the department.
If you currently work within the NHS and if successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in our offices.
We cannot offer visa sponsorship for any vacancies.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Specialty-specific matters and trainee/trainer concerns;
- Recruitment to training posts and programmes;
- To use our educational resources to support learners within programmes to achieve their full potential.
- Postgraduate programme management, including assessments, progression, rotations (to ensure Code of Practice compliance), support and remediation, OOP management, trainee management, careers support, less than full-time training, inter deanery transfer, academic training, and other related work-streams.
- Appraisal of TPDs (Training Programme Directors)
- Attendance Head of Schools meetings
You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Membership/Fellowship of Faculty of Public Health
- Work as a Public Health Consultant in the NW Region
Desirable criteria
- Attendance at courses aimed to support educational development (example: educator courses, Train the trainer, etc)
Experience
Essential criteria
- Considerable experience of working with learners or doctors in training in an educational context
- Experience of clinical and educational leadership and innovation, including managing a multi-professional team
- Demonstrable track record of delivery in service and education
- Applicants who are doctors require a Licence to Practise
Desirable criteria
- Active involvement in, and up to date with, appraisal processes
- Understanding of developments involving the relevant Colleges/Faculties, professional bodies, related NHS organisations and regulatory bodies
- Understanding of the workforce transformation agenda
- Trained and experienced in recruitment, selection and Equality and Diversity in the last 3 years
- Knowledge of the NHS, its structures, and processes, including an understanding of healthcare/multi-professional workforce matters
Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable leadership skills and an ability to influence and motivate others
- A powerful sense of vision and ability to innovate
- Ability to problem solve and maintain objectivity
- Excellent organisational and time management skills
- Politically astute with an ability to sensitively manage complexity and uncertainty
Desirable criteria
- Ability to quickly establish personal and professional credibility with colleagues and other key stakeholders
- Strong interpersonal, communication, written and presentation skills
- Committed to own personal development and an ability to support others to develop and progress
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Simon Carley
- Job title
- Associate Dean
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
You can also contact
Nadeem Khwaja Deputy Dean - [email protected]
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