Creative Health Service Delivery Manager

ZipRecruiter; Salford; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A community-focused mental health organization is seeking a Creative Health Service Delivery Manager to spearhead their flagship services in Salford. This part-time role involves overseeing a multidisciplinary team to ensure compliance with NHS contractual requirements and improve mental health outcomes. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in managing health services and a passion for promoting wellbeing through creativity. Competitive salary and benefits included.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Generous pension scheme

30 days annual leave plus public holidays

Flexible working options

Interest-free employee loans

Employee assistance programme

Group income protection scheme

Qualifications

• Significant experience managing service delivery in a health, wellbeing or voluntary sector environment.
• A track record of meeting contractual KPIs in a Commissioner-led setting.
• Strong line management experience, including leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Experience delivering or overseeing creative programmes that promote wellbeing.
• Excellent organizational, communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a multidisciplinary delivery team, providing supervision, support and performance management.
• Ensure accurate data, documentation and outcomes are maintained in line with Commissioner and organisational standards.
• Drive quality assurance, ensuring learning is shared and improvements are embedded in practice.
• Champion the delivery of high-quality programmes that support improved mental health and wellbeing.

Skills

Service delivery management

Team leadership

Quality assurance

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder engagement

Job description

Overview

Creative Health Service Delivery Manager
Hours of Work: Part-Time - 21 hours per week (Tues to Thurs, 9am–4.30pm, with some evening and weekend working required with time off in lieu).
Place of Work: START, Brunswick House, Salford M6 and various outreach sites as appropriate
Salary: £40,000 per annum FTE (£24,000 per annum actual for 21 hours per week)

About Us

STARTis a charity that has been delivering mental health recovery and prevention services in Salford for over 31 years. We use creativity, connection and recovery interventions to deliver innovative programmes that improve wellbeing, reduce isolation and support recovery thereby helping to improve people's lives.

Responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Creative Health Service Delivery Manager to lead the operational delivery of our flagship creative health services. You will take full responsibility for meeting NHS contractual requirements and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), ensuring services run smoothly, achieve outstanding outcomes and remain a trusted part of the healthcare pathway.

• Lead and manage a multidisciplinary delivery team, providing supervision, support and performance management
• Ensure accurate data, documentation and outcomes are maintained in line with Commissioner and organisational standards
• Drive quality assurance, ensuring learning is shared and improvements are embedded in practice
• Champion the delivery of high-quality programmes that support improved mental health and wellbeing

Qualifications

• Significant experience managing service delivery in a health, wellbeing or voluntary sector environment
• A track record of meeting contractual KPIs in a Commissioner-led setting
• Strong line management experience, including leading multidisciplinary teams
• Experience delivering or overseeing creative programmes that promote wellbeing
• Excellent organisational, communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Benefits

• competitive starting salary
• generous pension scheme
• 30 days annual leave plus all public holidays (pro rata for part time employees)
• flexible working options
• a culture encouraging and
• interest free employee loans
• employee assistance programme
• group income protection scheme

The closing date for receipt of applications is 12 noon on 19th September 2025.
Initial interviews are scheduled to be held on week commencing 29thSeptember 2025.

Please note:We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient suitable applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

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