Assistant Director

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Romford; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

St George’s Health & Wellbeing Hub, hosted by NELFT NHS Foundation Trust, seeks a Head of Development & Partnerships (Band 8c) to lead partnership development and the integrated care model. Based at Hornchurch, you’ll shape strategic collaborations across health, care and community services to deliver improved outcomes for Havering residents.

You will oversee governance, business development and opportunities for income generation while working across organisational boundaries to translate ideas

Qualifications

• Experience leading partnership development and strategic service development across health and social care.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and translate complex ideas into deliverable programmes.
• Experience in income generation, external funding and long-term sustainability.

Responsibilities

• Lead partnership and governance across the St George’s Health & Wellbeing Hub.
• Develop the integrated services model and future growth opportunities.
• Identify opportunities for innovation and external funding to support sustainability.
• Collaborate across organisations to deliver practical improvements for Havering residents.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Partnership development

Programme governance

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Head of Development & Partnerships Band 8c

St George’s Health & Wellbeing Hub, Hornchurch

Are you an experienced strategic leader who wants to help shape the future of neighbourhood health and wellbeing?

St George’s Health & Wellbeing Hub brings NHS services, social care, voluntary and community organisations, creative health provision, and community services together under one roof, creating an exciting platform for closer collaboration around the needs of Havering residents.

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Head of Development & Partnerships to lead the next stage of the Hub’s partnership development, integrated services model and future growth.

This is a role with real scope to influence and innovate. You will develop strategic relationships across health, care and the wider community, bringing partners together to turn shared ambitions into practical improvements for residents.

You will lead work across partnership and governance arrangements, integrated clinical pathways, community use, and strategic development, while identifying opportunities for innovation, income generation, external funding and long-term sustainability.

We are looking for a credible, collaborative, and forward-thinking senior leader with significant experience in partnership development, strategic service development, programme leadership, or business development. You will be comfortable working across organisational boundaries, influencing senior stakeholders and translating complex ideas into deliverable programmes.

If you are passionate about integrated care, population health and community development, and want the opportunity to shape an innovative model of neighbourhood health and wellbeing, we would love to hear from you.

Working for Us

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

They Are

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.

As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

High Cost Area Supplement Outer London (B&D, Redbridge, Havering and Waltham Forest, Goodmayes)

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,870 to a maximum of £6,137 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Use of AI

We value applications that genuinely reflect each candidate’s own skills, experience and motivations. We therefore strongly discourage the use of AI-generated content in applications. Applications should be written in your own words and accurately represent your knowledge, skills and experience. We reserve the right to reject an application where we reasonably believe AI has been used to generate or materially contribute to its content.