public health policy officer
Public health policy officers develop and implement strategies for the improvement of a community's health care policy. They advise governments on policy changes and identify problems in current health care policies.
public health policy officer public health policy officers develop and implement strategies for the improvement of a community's health care policy. They advise governments on policy changes and identify problems in current health care policies. The role shows moderate AI exposure (0.50 on a 0-1 scale) — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. The most in-demand skills for the role include health care legislation, government policy implementation, public health, health care system, implement policy in healthcare practices.
Pay in the UK
UK: median £58,341 a year for Business, research and administrative professionals n.e.c. (ONS ASHE 2025, full-time)
Middle half of full-time jobs: £44,939 to £68,194 a year
UK jobs are grouped differently; this is the closest UK occupation group (ONS SOC 2020 2439). ONS rates this estimate precise. 2025 provisional figures; ONS revises them a year later. Source: ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (Open Government Licence)
Pay in India (occupation group)
Average monthly earnings of salaried employees in the occupation group “Professionals” in India, from the Government of India's Periodic Labour Force Survey (January–December 2025). It covers everyone in this group, not only public health policy officer, and it is not US pay converted to rupees.
Source: MoSPI (Government of India), Periodic Labour Force Survey Annual Report 2025, Table 51 — average wage/salary earnings of regular wage/salaried employees, NCO-2015 division 2. Official India data gives one average per occupation group: there are no official India figures for single careers, experience levels or cities. Read the report
Top skills
Knowledge you'll build
- Customer and Personal Service
- Education and Training
- English Language
- Administrative
- Psychology
- Public Safety and Security
- Mathematics
- Sociology and Anthropology
What you'd actually do
- Prepare and distribute health education materials, such as reports, bulletins, and visual aids, to address smoking, vaccines, and other public health concerns.
- Develop and maintain cooperative working relationships with agencies and organizations interested in public health care.
- Maintain databases, mailing lists, telephone networks, and other information to facilitate the functioning of health education programs.
- Document activities and record information, such as the numbers of applications completed, presentations conducted, and persons assisted.
- Develop and present health education and promotion programs, such as training workshops, conferences, and school or community presentations.
- Collaborate with health specialists and civic groups to determine community health needs and the availability of services and to develop goals for meeting needs.
Tools & technology you'd use
Frequently asked questions
What does public health policy officer do?
Public health policy officers develop and implement strategies for the improvement of a community's health care policy. They advise governments on policy changes and identify problems in current health care policies.
What skills does public health policy officer need?
The most in-demand skills for this role include health care legislation, government policy implementation, public health, health care system, implement policy in healthcare practices, address public health issues. These are the skills O*NET identifies as most important for competent performance.
Will AI replace public health policy officer?
Our AI-durability model gives public health policy officer a score of 0.50 on a 0-1 scale (higher = more exposure). That places it at moderate AI exposure — some tasks are being automated but the role adapts. Learning to work with AI tools rather than against them is the path forward.