Healthcare & Nursing Jobs
Deputy Director Health Equity and Community Protection
UK Health Security Agency • Canary Wharf, East London
Salary
£113k – £151k
Posted
14 October 2026
Work mode
Full-time
Sponsor match
high
Government Authorised Exchange Temporary Worker (A rating)
Role overview
UK Health Security Agency is hiring a Deputy Director Health Equity and Community Protection in Canary Wharf, a full-time healthcare & nursing role. The advertised salary is £113k – £151k. UK Health Security Agency holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Government Authorised Exchange route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.
Job summary The role provides strategic leadership for UKHSA's work on health equity, community protection, and national public health guidance, standards and advice. The postholder will lead efforts to reduce avoidable and unjust differences in exposure to, vulnerability, and outcomes from infectious diseases and health hazards, ensuring health protection activities improve health equity, population resilience and health security. Drawing on lessons from pandemics, outbreaks and major incident…
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