Strategic Health Equity & Improvement Lead

NHS Ayrshire & Arran; Clyde (NC); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde seeks a dynamic and experienced strategic leader to provide system-wide direction for health improvement and reducing health inequalities. The post leads the Health Improvement Team with a focus on population-level approaches and strong partnership working across NHS, local authority, and community planning partners.

The role covers strategy development, performance management, workforce leadership, and influencing policy implementation within a complex system.

Qualifications

• Masters level qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant field.
• Significant management and leadership experience within NHS/public sector at a strategic level.
• Experience leading partnership working and managing organisational change across complex systems.
• Strong leadership, communication and influencing abilities to engage senior stakeholders.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver across a broad portfolio.
• Knowledge of health improvement, health inequalities and public health policy context.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership and operational management of the Health Improvement Team.
• Lead development and delivery of population-level health improvement approaches in line with priorities.
• Oversee strategy development, performance and programme management across the team.
• Model effective workforce leadership and influence policy implementation across partners.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Partnership working

Influencing skills

Managing complexity

Health equity knowledge

Education

Masters degree in a relevant field

Job description

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde seeks a dynamic and experienced strategic leader to provide system-wide direction for health improvement and reducing health inequalities. The post leads the Health Improvement Team with a focus on population-level approaches and strong partnership working across NHS, local authority, and community planning partners.

The role covers strategy development, performance management, workforce leadership, and influencing policy implementation within a complex system.