Creative Health & Wellbeing Programme Lead – Manchester

English National Opera; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

English National Opera, based in London and operating ENO Engage, seeks a proactive Creative Health & Wellbeing Programme Manager to lead ENO Breathe and contribute to broader creative health initiatives. The role involves coordinating healthcare and arts partnerships, budget oversight, and strategic development across Greater Manchester.

You will drive programme delivery, stakeholder engagement, and rigorous evaluation, ensuring inclusive, participant-centred practice while expanding

Qualifications

• Experience managing and delivering complex programmes or projects, from planning through to delivery, evaluation and development.
• Experience in creative health, arts and health, healthcare, public health or community engagement.
• Experience coordinating multidisciplinary teams and working with senior specialists, consultants, freelancers and external partners across different professional fields.
• Experience managing budgets, resources, contracts.
• Experience developing and maintaining effective external partnerships.
• Experience using monitoring, evaluation, reporting and feedback to improve programmes.
• Experience of line management.
• Strong organisational, project management and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day management of ENO Breathe.
• Coordinate programme delivery and monitor implementation.
• Manage relationships with NHS and healthcare partners.
• Oversee monitoring and evaluation activity.
• Contribute to future programme development, including research projects and digital innovation.
• Support early development of ENO's wider Creative Health & Wellbeing initiatives, especially in Greater Manchester.

Skills

Programme management

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Partnership development

Monitoring & evaluation

Line management

Project management

Cross-disciplinary collaboration

Job description

English National Opera, based in London and operating ENO Engage, seeks a proactive Creative Health & Wellbeing Programme Manager to lead ENO Breathe and contribute to broader creative health initiatives. The role involves coordinating healthcare and arts partnerships, budget oversight, and strategic development across Greater Manchester.

You will drive programme delivery, stakeholder engagement, and rigorous evaluation, ensuring inclusive, participant-centred practice while expanding