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We have an exciting role on offer within our Public Health team as a Behavioural Science Officer.

Smoke Free South Tees is a high-performing, innovative Specialist Stop Smoking Service supporting residents across Middlesbrough and Redcar & Cleveland to quit smoking and live healthier lives. We work closely with the NHS, voluntary sector, local partners, and communities to reduce the significant health inequalities caused by tobacco.

Public Health South Tees is committed to using evidence-based approaches, behaviour change science, and prevention-focused interventions to improve the wellbeing across our communities.

We are seeking a Behavioural Science Officer to bring specialist expertise in behaviour change methodology, behavioural insights, and intervention design to our Stop Smoking Service.

This is an exciting new role that will shape the future of how we support residents to quit, reduce relapse, and tackle long-standing inequalities in smoking prevalence.

You will work across the service to improve engagement, design innovative approaches, enhance outcomes, and support the delivery of our ambition for a Smokefree South Tees.

To be successful in this role you need a degree or postgraduate qualification in behavioural science, health psychology, public health, or a related field.

You will have a responsibility for:

• Apply behavioural insights, COM-B, the Behaviour Change Wheel and other models to improve intervention design and service pathways.
• Lead behavioural diagnostics to understand barriers to quitting in priority groups, including pregnancy, routine/manual workers, and people with long-term conditions.
• Design and test behaviourally informed interventions, nudges, and communication approaches that increase engagement and reduce drop-out.
• Work with digital tools, comms teams, and frontline staff to create impactful messaging and personalised behaviour change techniques.
• Build staff capacity through training and coaching in motivational, behavioural, and psychological techniques.
• Support data-driven evaluation, rapid-cycle testing, and continuous quality improvement.
• Contribute to population-level smoking harm reduction initiatives. Outline key responsibilities for the role.

About You

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Skilled in behavioural science, psychology, public health, or behaviour change intervention design.
• Able to analyse data and translate insights into practical, user-centred solutions.
• Confident in applying behaviour change theory in real-world settings.
• Creative, curious, and comfortable testing and refining new approaches.
• An excellent communicator who can work across teams and with diverse communities.
• Committed to reducing health inequalities and improving community wellbeing.

If this is you, this may be the opportunity you are looking for!

If you would like to talk through this opportunity further, please contact John Stephenson - Strategic Manager for Health Improvement Services at John_Stephenson@middlesbrough.gov.uk.

Company: Middlesbrough Council

Salary: £39,152 - £40,777

Location: Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire

Sector: Health and Social Care

Sector: Health

Job Role: Officer