Work with us
The UK Faculty of Public Health (FPH) is full of people who are passionate about improving people’s lives.
We’re a small charity with around 20 paid staff at any one time. Every so often new opportunities arise for people to join the staff team and help to make a difference, but we rely on the amazing support of our members to deliver much of our important work. Below you will find the current opportunities available to contribute to FPH’s work.
Our organisation is built on our values so before deciding if you want to apply for one of the vacancies listed below, please make sure you read about our values and behaviours.
If you are interviewing for a paid staff position at FPH, please read our privacy notice for job applicants to align with current GDPR legislation.
FPH Officer and Board Elections 2024-25
Registrar and Treasurer
Nominations are open for the election of a Registrar and Treasurer. The nomination papers, including post descriptions, are available below:
The deadline for nominations is 6 January 2025.
Local Board Members
Nominations will open on 13 January 2025 for representatives from Scotland and the English regions of the North West, Yorkshire & the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England and London, to serve on the FPH Board. The nomination papers will be sent by email to all voting members in the above constituencies on 13 January. In the meantime, a post description can be viewed here.
Full details of all the elections, including timetable and eligibility criteria, are available here.
Faculty Roles
We are currently open for nominations for CPD Advisers for:
- Defence Medical Services (DMS)
- East Midlands
- North East
- South East
The CPD work at FPH is overseen by the CPD Advisers Committee. The Committee is responsible for providing strategic direction, guidance and support to the development and improvement of FPH’s CPD scheme.
You can access the role description here.
The posts are open to all FPH Fellows in active practice in the relevant country or region.
For further information and nomination form, please contact carolinewren@fph.org.uk.
Our elected Faculty Advisers and Deputy Faculty Advisers promote and maintain high standards of professional competence and practice of public health across the core and defined competency areas of specialist public health practice. They approve job descriptions and adverts for new and replacement consultant level posts on behalf of FPH and can also provide advice on public health careers and training. We are currently recruiting deputy advisers for:
- East Midlands
- Scotland
- South West
Please see a role description here.
The posts are open to all FPH Fellows in active practice in the relevant country or region.
For further information and nomination form, please contact carolinewren@fph.org.uk.
The Faculty is proposing to set up four new Special Interest Groups (SIGs) as part of our commitment to supporting equity, diversity, and inclusion within the public health community:
- Black and Minority Health SIG
- LGBT SIG
- Place-based Approaches to Health SIG
- Inclusion Health SIG
We are currently looking for SIG chairs who are passionate about making a difference in these areas to influence and guide the direction of these important new SIGs, including their workplans and focus areas – FPH Members and Fellows are encouraged to apply.
To apply, please email a short statement to policy@fph.org.uk outlining why you are interested in the relevant area of work, what experience you would bring, and your capacity to contribute to the work of the SIG. For further information on membership requirements, governance and FPH support please see here.
The SIGs are also open to new members. Please get in touch at policy@fph.org.uk to express your interest.
One of the ways in which FPH assures the highest possible standards in public health practice is through supporting senior public health appointments, ensuring that specialists appointed to consultant and DPH roles have the appropriate qualifications, experience, and knowledge for the role.
Faculty Assessors sit on Advisory Appointment Committees to perform this vital, varied and stimulating role. We are always looking to recruit and train more assessors to support this work. Further information on the role and the training is available here.
Training sessions are held remotely via Zoom. If you are interested in attending the training, please email aac@fph.org.uk.
This important role recommends to the GMC, doctors to the specialist register, who have acquired the skills and competencies described in the public health training curriculum outside of the training scheme. The role of the Assessor is to complete an assessment of a portfolio of work and recommend applicants to be added, or not, to the specialty register.
The assessor will receive £300 remuneration for each application reviewed. Further details regarding the role and its responsibilities can be found on this page.
If you have any questions regarding the role or wish to apply, please send your CV with a short expression of interest to educ@fph.org.uk
The Faculty is looking for more members to become involved in its Diplomate examination.
Being a DFPH examiner is a vital and rewarding role within the Faculty and has a crucial impact in maintaining the high standards of public health practice for which the UK is rightly renowned. The delivery of the exam has changed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and is now sat online with typed scripts, which are much easier to mark, with remote invigilation through a third party.
The Diplomate Exam (formerly the Part A exam) is a crucial milestone in the training pathway of a Public Health Specialty Registrar and is designed as a test of a broad base of public health knowledge. The exam is open to Specialty Registrars and also to candidates not on the training scheme, who typically constitute about ten per cent of the applicants. It is crucial to expanding the public health workforce. Applications to become an examiner would be welcome from any locality, but we are particularly looking for representation from the Defence Medical Services, Yorkshire & the Humber and Northern Ireland.
The time commitment is approximately eight days per year. Examiners meet in person a few times a year for training, question setting and results review. Examiners are also asked to develop exam questions, working in collaboration with other examiners. Members doing this role have found it both challenging and rewarding, with the opportunity to think about an area of public outside of their usual ‘day job' and the opportunity to connect with other examiners a key driver.
The website has further information on the role and the expectations. If you are interested in applying, please email your CV to educ@fph.org.uk with some information on your public health training experience and which particular area of the exam you are interested in, and we look forward to you joining the team.
The purpose of the Wellbeing Champions role is to raise awareness of the individual and systemic factors that impact on wellbeing, offer support, gather local and national resources, promote wellbeing best practice, and advise on the Faculty's wellbeing strategy.
FPH actively seeks to have a diverse and representative group of Wellbeing Champions. As such, all Associates, Practitioners, Members and Fellows are encouraged to apply.
You can access the role description here and learn more about the Faculty's work to support the public health workforce's wellbeing here. To apply, please send your CV with a short expression of interest to workforce@fph.org.uk.
The Journal of Public Health is the Faculty of Public Health's academic journal, managed in collaboration with Oxford University Press.
The Journal publishes papers on the theory and practice of the whole spectrum of public health, with a particular focus on the translation of science into action. See the latest issue here.
The Editors-in-Chief are currently seeking Reviewers to support with the peer-review process. To discuss the opportunity further, please contact FPH's Head of Communications at davidparkinson@fph.org.uk
