Health Improvement and Inequalities Manager B8A

NHS Scotland; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde invites applications for a strategic leader to deliver system-wide health improvement and reduce inequalities within Renfrewshire HSCP. The role provides leadership for the Health Improvement Team and ensures alignment with national and local priorities.

You will shape long-term population-level strategies, oversee performance and programme management, lead a skilled workforce, and influence policy implementation across NHS, local authorities and partners.

Qualifications

• Degree qualified with a Masters level qualification in a relevant field (or equivalent experience).
• Significant management and leadership experience within NHS or public sector, including strategic level work and cross-organisational influence.
• Experience of leading partnership working and managing organisational change within complex systems.
• Strong leadership, communication and influencing skills with ability to engage at senior level.
• Ability to manage complexity, competing priorities and deliver across a broad portfolio.
• Knowledge of health improvement, inequalities and the wider public health policy context.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and operational management of the Health Improvement Team with focus on reducing health inequalities.
• Lead development and delivery of long-term, population-level approaches aligned with national and local priorities.
• Oversee strategy development, performance and programme management, workforce leadership and cross-sector collaboration.
• Influence policy implementation across NHS, local authorities and community planning partners.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Public health

Partnership working

Change management

Communication

Influencing stakeholders

Education

Masters degree in public health or related field

Job description

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced strategic leader to provide system wide leadership and direction for health improvement and inequalities within Renfrewshire Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP).

The Health Improvement and Inequalities Manager will provide strategic leadership and operational management of the Health Improvement Team, with a clear focus on reducing health inequalities.

The post holder will lead the development and delivery of long term, population level approaches, ensuring alignment with national and local priorities and effective partnership working across NHS, local authority and community planning partners.

The role includes responsibility for strategy development, performance and programme management, workforce leadership, and influencing policy implementation across a complex system.

Person requirements:

• Degree qualified, with Masters level qualification in a relevant field (or equivalent experience)
• Significant management and leadership experience within NHS or public sector, including working at a strategic level and influencing across organisational boundaries
• Experience of leading partnership working and managing organisational change within complex systems
• Strong leadership, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage at senior level
• Ability to manage complexity, competing priorities and deliver across a broad portfolio
• Knowledge of health improvement, inequalities and the wider public health policy context

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) recognises the importance of work-life balance and is committed to offering a range of flexible working options where service needs allow. For roles where less than full-time hours can be accommodated, and where the tenure is listed as “various”, we encourage applications from individuals seeking flexible working arrangements. Flexible working will be included as a topic for discussion during the recruitment process.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde encourages applications from all sections of the community. We are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion and are proud of the diverse workforce we employ.

By signing the Armed Forces Covenant, NHSGGC has pledged its commitment to being a Forces Friendly Employer. We welcome applications from across the Armed Forces Community and recognise military skills, experience and qualifications throughout the recruitment and selection process.