Healthy Communities Lead Officer

Lancaster City Council; Preston; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Lancaster City Council as a Healthy Communities Lead Officer to strategically develop and deliver health outcomes for the communities. This role involves collaboration with various stakeholders, oversight of community health funding, and leading efforts toward a healthy and happy community under the Council's objectives for 2024-2027. Benefit from flexible working arrangements and a supportive work environment committed to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Generous annual leave allowance

Discounted gym membership

Cycle to work scheme

Opportunity to purchase extra time off

Discounts on days out, activities, and retail

Qualifications

• Experience in community services and health initiatives is essential.
• Strong leadership capabilities to manage Community Impact Officers.
• Ability to collaborate with external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of health outcomes for the community aligned with council ambitions.
• Integrate health and community principles across council services.
• Develop KPIs for health services and engage with residents.

Skills

Community engagement

Strategic development

Health outcomes

Collaboration

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Lancaster City Council

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Preston, United Kingdom

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Posted:

02.07.2025

Expiry Date:

16.08.2025

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Job Description:

This is an exciting opportunity to join a pro-active service delivering some key objectives for the Council Plan 2024-2027.

The role will lead the strategic development and delivery of outcomes to achieve the council's ambitions for a Healthy and Happy Community. This will be an essential part of a wider strategic programme to deliver the Council Plan 2024-2027.

The role will oversee key areas of responsibility including;

• Integrate a health and community outcomes principle across all aspects of the Council Plan and council services
• Develop a delivery model to achieve health outcomes and establish effective KPIs for health and community services and strategic projects
• Work with external stakeholders in the health and VCSE sectors to deliver a place-based approach to health and community well-being
• Develop resident engagement and community conversations to support policy development and communication with residents
• Develop and continuously review the council’s strategic plan for Healthy and Happy Communities
• Line Management responsibility for Community Impact Officers delivering Community Health funding.

Flexible working friendly – we offer hybrid working, a generous flexi-time scheme, and opportunity to work with your team to establish working hours to enable you to maximise your work-life balance

About You

You will identify with our organisational values of Pride, Ownership, Working Together and Ambition.

Lancaster is a great place to work, as well as being part of something special you will also benefit from:

• Generous annual leave allowance
• A range of employee benefits including discounted gym membership, cycle to work scheme, the opportunity to purchase extra time off, as well as discounts on days out, activities and retail.

Lancaster City Council has unanimously declared a climate emergency and will therefore work towards reducing carbon emissions to net-zero by 2030. As part of this role, you will be expected to participate and work towards reducing both carbon emissions and the impacts of climate change.

We are an Investor in People, Forces Friendly employer, and an Armed Forces Covenant committed organisation. We welcome applications from defence reserves and other members of our armed forces community. We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from all parts of our community.

At Lancaster City Council we aim to have a diverse workforce that is representative of the district that we serve and provide a working environment where each employee feels able to bring their whole self to work. We welcome applications from all sections of our community and provide several supportive and inclusive workplace networks and safe spaces for employees to feel connected. Our workplace wellbeing strategy drives our commitment to staff wellbeing initiatives and ensuring that our organisation is a great place to work for all.

We are a disability confident committed employer.

Please note that due to the volume of applications we receive we are unable to update all applicants individually. If you do not receive a response from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, then your application will have unfortunately been unsuccessful in progressing to interview.