Project Lead – Community Organisation

Contract: Part time, 2 days/week (0.4 FTE) / 5 year funding period.

Purpose of the role:

To provide senior strategic leadership and oversight for the programme, ensuring strong governance, high-quality delivery and effective alignment between strategy, partnerships, evidence and impact. The Project Lead will act as a senior ambassador for the programme, supporting external credibility, funder confidence and long-term sustainability. This role sits at the intersection of health inequalities, structural racism, antisemitism and systems change.

The postholder will bring senior-level experience of the health sector, ideally including NHS, Integrated Care Systems, public health, commissioning, workforce or health equity settings, together with a strong understanding of how antisemitism and structural discrimination affect

Jewish communities and wider health outcomes. This is an opportunity to establish and lead a pioneering national programme that will shape how Jewish health inequalities are understood and addressed across England.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide strategic leadership for JHEP, ensuring delivery aligned with the programme’s theory of change, funding agreement and outcomes.

• Provide leadership, direction and oversight to the Programme Director, Research Lead and Training Lead, ensuring coherent delivery across all

programme workstreams.

• Work collaboratively with the lay and professional teams at the Board of Deputies, London Jewish Forum, and delivery partners including in the

training and research workstreams

• Build and sustain senior relationships across the health sector, including Integrated Care Systems and NHS trust leaders, commissioners, public

health leads, NHS stakeholders and local authorities.

• Build and sustain senior relationships across the Jewish community, including health and social care charities, professional networks, local and

regional groups, and other organisations active in the health sector.

• Represent the programme in strategic forums, policy conversations and partnership settings, including the NLCF Health Inequities Partnership.

• Act as a senior ambassador for the programme, promoting its vision and building confidence among partners and stakeholders.

• Lead the programme’s influence agenda, including recognition of antisemitism and Jewish health inequity within health systems.

• Provide strategic judgement to ensure the programme remains politically astute, evidence-led and responsive to reputational and policy risks.

• Oversee governance, risk and accountability arrangements, working closely with the Steering Group and delivery partner leads

• Oversee finances and resource allocation, ensuring delivery remains aligned with agreed budgets, funder requirements and strategic priorities.

• Provide strategic oversight and assurance to the Steering Group and NLCF through high-quality reporting, performance monitoring and governance.

• Support the development of sustainability, co-commissioning and legacy planning to maximise long-term impact beyond the initial funding period.

What success looks like:

• The programme is a credible national voice on Jewish health equity.

• Governance, risk and delivery are well managed and proportionate.

• Relationships with Integrated Care Systems and national stakeholders are productive and sustained.

• The project makes visible influence on systems, not just activity.

• The programme is positioned for long-term embedding

PERSON SPECIFICATION

Essential experience, skills and knowledge

• Significant senior leadership experience in a complex partnership, programme or policy environment.

• Demonstrable experience of leading delivery in a complex programme involving multiple stakeholders.

• Experience of the health sector, ideally within the NHS, ICS, public health, commissioning or related strategic health environments.

• Strong understanding of health inequalities, structural racism, antisemitism and their impact on health outcomes and access to services.

• Experience of influencing systems, policy or service change across multiple stakeholders.

• Ability to work credibly with a range of stakeholders in diverse contexts and at different levels of seniority

• Experience of managing people, reporting, risk, governance and delivery in politically and reputationally sensitive contexts.

• Strong judgement, diplomacy and the ability to operate effectively at senior level.

Additional Information:

• This role will require some work on evenings and weekends, and some travel around the UK.

• This job description and person specification is not exhaustive or prescriptive and may evolve based on organisational needs. The key tasks and

responsibilities are subject to change. Any changes will be made in consultation with the post holder.

• This Job Description is subject to alteration in response to changes in legislation or operational procedures.

• Applicants must have the right to live and work in the UK 

• Hybrid with senior external meetings and stakeholder engagement required.

1st Stage Interviews: 25th- 28th August 2026

For more information about the role, or to receive a personal recommendation, please contact our recruitment team. Melissa – melissa@theworkavenue.org.uk or Yael – yb@theworkavenue.org.uk

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