Job requirements
Essential
30 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Other
Demonstrates commitment to equality of opportunity and diversity and to reducing health inequalities in all aspects of work
- Other
Flexibility in working hours and approach to meet the demands of the role, including attendance at evening or community events as required
- Skills
Highly developed communication and influencing skills; able to negotiate, persuade and secure commitment across organisations without direct line management authority
- Skills
Ability to present complex and sensitive information clearly to Board-level audiences, partners and the public
- Skills
Ability to chair and facilitate multi-agency meetings, partnership forums and governance groups effectively
- Skills
Ability to interpret complex and sometimes conflicting information to make sound judgements and decisions, operating with significant autonomy at senior level
- Skills
High-level critical thinking skills with experience developing performance frameworks and evaluating impact across partnership settings
- Skills
Ability to plan and manage complex multi-agency programmes across short, medium and long-term timeframes, adapting to changing environments
- Skills
Ability to manage an unpredictable workload and competing demands, remaining resilient and solutions-focused
- Skills
Proven leadership qualities: able to inspire, role model and drive culture change within a multi-disciplinary, multi-agency environment
- Skills
Ability to manage staff or team performance including through indirect or matrix management arrangements
- Knowledge
An awareness of NHS priorities.
- Knowledge
Sound knowledge of NHS priorities, ICS/ICB structure and Neighbourhood Health policy including the NHS 10-Year Plan direction of travel
- Knowledge
Understanding of health inequalities and the social determinants of health, particularly within diverse urban communities
- Knowledge
Knowledge of VCSE sector working, community-led approaches and social prescribing
- Knowledge
Familiarity with frameworks (e.g. All-Party Parliamentary Group on Arts, Health and Wellbeing findings) and the evidence base for creative approaches to health outcomes
- Knowledge
Understanding of population health approaches and the role of community spaces, social infrastructure and clinical and non-clinical services in improving health and wellbeing
- Experience
Significant senior leadership experience (minimum 5 years) in NHS, Local Authority or integrated care settings, operating at system or partnership level
- Experience
Proven track record of building and managing complex multi-agency partnerships across NHS, Local Authority and VCSE sectors
- Experience
Experience leading place-based or integrated models of care, neighbourhood health centres or similar community-anchored delivery models
- Experience
Experience developing and implementing partnership governance frameworks, service-level agreements and joint working protocols
- Experience
Experience of grant management, income generation or attracting external investment into health and community settings
- Experience
Experience writing business cases, funding bids and strategic development proposals
- Experience
Experience developing or implementing strategies, or working with arts, culture and creative sector organisations in a health or community context
- Experience
Experience of community development, asset-based approaches or population health models
- Qualifications
Educated to master’s level or equivalent senior professional experience in NHS, health , public health, social care, or a related field
- Qualifications
Evidence of continued professional development, including leadership or management qualification
- Demonstration of Trust Values
We are kind
- Demonstration of Trust Values
We are respectful
- Demonstration of Trust Values
We work together with our communities
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job summary
Head of Development & Partnerships Band 8c St Georges Health & Wellbeing Hub, Hornchurch Are you an experienced strategic leader who wants to help shape the future of neighbourhood health and wellbeing? St Georges Health & Wellbeing Hub brings NHS services, social care, voluntary and community organisations, creative health provision, and community services together under one roof, creating an exciting platform for closer collaboration around the needs of Havering residents. We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Head of Development & Partnerships to lead the next stage of the Hubs partnership development, integrated services model and future growth. This is a role with real scope to influence and innovate. You will develop strategic relationships across health, care and the wider community, bringing partners together to turn shared ambitions into practical improvements for residents.
Main duties of the job
You will lead work across partnership and governance arrangements, integrated clinical pathways, community use, and strategic development, while identifying opportunities for innovation, income generation, external funding and long-term sustainability. We are looking for a credible, collaborative, and forward-thinking senior leader with significant experience in partnership development, strategic service development, programme leadership, or business development. You will be comfortable working across organisational boundaries, influencing senior stakeholders and translating complex ideas into deliverable programmes. If you are passionate about integrated care, population health and community development, and want the opportunity to shape an innovative model of neighbourhood health and wellbeing, we would love to hear from you.
About us
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.
Details
- Date posted: 08 October 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 8c
- Salary: £79,504 to £91,609 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: NDD-002256
- Job locations: St Georges Hub, Hornchurch, Essex, RM12 6RR, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
Working for Us Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.
Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT. They are:
- We are kind.
- We are respectful.
- We work together with our communities.
These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital.
Probationary Period This post will be subject to a probationary period.
High Cost Area Supplement – Outer London (B&D, Redbridge, Havering and Waltham Forest, Goodmayes) This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,870 to a maximum of £6,137 p.a. pro rata for part time).
Certificates of Sponsorship Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.
Use of AI
We value applications that genuinely reflect each candidate’s own skills, experience and motivations. We therefore strongly discourage the use of AI-generated content in applications.
Applications should be written in your own words and accurately represent your knowledge, skills and experience.
We reserve the right to reject an application where we reasonably believe AI has been used to generate or materially contribute to its content.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications.
For an informal chat or to arrange a visit, please contact:
Name: Shezana Malik/Irvine Muronzi
Job title: Deputy Director/ ICD Havering
Contact Number: 0300 555 1201
Email: Shezana.Malik@nhs.net/Irvine.Muronzi.nhs.net
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