Neighbourhood Health Development Manager

West Berkshire Council; Newbury; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Hybrid working

Training & development

LG Pension

Family-friendly policies

Local discounts

Wellbeing programme

Annual leave 30 days + 5

Job summary

West Berkshire Council is seeking a confident programme lead to drive integration across health and care, coordinating neighbourhood-level approaches and sustainable operating models. You will work with partners to monitor delivery, manage risks and enable care to be delivered closer to home.

The role requires experience in transformation or service improvement, strong stakeholder engagement and effective use of data to support decision-making.

Qualifications

• Experience leading transformation, integration or service improvement in health and care.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, programme management, communication and facilitation skills.
• Ability to use data and insight to inform decisions, manage risks and drive continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead and co-ordinate integrated neighbourhood working across West Berkshire.
• Support sustainable operating models and multidisciplinary ways of working.
• Monitor delivery, manage risks, and drive change enabling care closer to home.

Skills

Programme leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Data & insight

Risk management

Facilitation

Job description

This is an exciting opportunity to shape integrated neighbourhood working across West Berkshire, helping health, social care, voluntary sector and community partners deliver more joined-up, preventative and responsive services. The role will support the development of sustainable neighbourhood models that improve outcomes for local people and align with local system priorities., This role has been identified as public facing in accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016; the requirement to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in English applies. This privacy notice applies to job applicants applying for vacancies with West Berkshire Council AI in Applications We recognise that candidates may choose to use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support the preparation of their job applications. When used appropriately, AI can be a helpful aid in structuring responses, checking clarity, and improving presentation. However, applications must reflect your own skills, experience and understanding. If an application appears to rely excessively on AI-generated content, it may not meet the required standard and could be rejected. We encourage all applicants to ensure their submissions are authentic, tailored to the role, and clearly demonstrate their own knowledge, experience and suitability.

We are seeking a confident and collaborative programme lead with experience of transformation, integration or service improvement across health and care systems. You will be skilled in stakeholder engagement, programme management, communication and facilitation, and able to use data and insight to support decision-making, manage risks and drive continuous improvement.

What you will do You will lead and co-ordinate integrated neighbourhood working across West Berkshire, supporting sustainable operating models, multidisciplinary ways of working and the use of population health management to inform priorities. Working across organisational boundaries, you will bring partners together, monitor delivery, manage risks and support change that enables care to be delivered closer to home. Fixed term role until 31/03/2028 (Funding limited project) We are ideally looking to offer the successful candidate the full number of hours advertised above. We may however consider offering less hours than advertised providing they meet the requirements of the role and service which will be determined by the recruiting manager. Interview date 13th October 2026 West Berkshire Council offer excellent employment benefits such as:

• Flexible working wherever possible between the hours of 07.00-21.00
• Hybrid working wherever possible working 40% in the office
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities
• Generous Local Government pension scheme
• Family friendly policies
• A range of local discounts
• Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistance Programme and employee benefits
• You will also be entitled to a generous annual leave entitlement starting at 30 days per annum (plus public holidays) Rising by an additional 5 days after 5 years' service.