Neighbourhood Health Development Manager - 05773

West Berkshire Council; Newbury; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Hybrid working

Training and development

Local government pension

Family friendly policies

Local discounts

Wellbeing programme

Annual leave 30 days (+5 after 5 years

Job summary

West Berkshire Council is seeking a confident programme lead to shape integrated neighbourhood working across health, social care and partners. You will drive transformation, use data to inform decisions, manage risks and balance delivery across organisations to bring care closer to home.

The role is fixed term until 31 March 2028 with flexible/hybrid working and opportunities for development. Interview date in October 2026.

Qualifications

• Experience of transformation, integration or service improvement across health and care systems.
• Skilled in stakeholder engagement, programme management, communication and facilitation.
• Ability to use data and insight to support decision-making, 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.
• Use population health management to inform priorities.
• Monitor delivery, manage risks and enable care to be delivered closer to home.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Programme management

Communication

Facilitation

Data-driven decision making

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.

About You

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 13 th 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.

Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Maria Shepherd on 01635 519782 or email [e-mail]

Equal Opportunities

The Council supports Equal Opportunity of employment and positively encourages applications from people who fall within any of the nine protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010.

Enhanced DBS check.

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