# Head of Place-Based Partnerships > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-place-based-partnerships/a4e83713-1fa0-45c2-8409-f3d38bbcfecc - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/head-of-place-based-partnerships/a4e83713-1fa0-45c2-8409-f3d38bbcfecc.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Royal Berkshire Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Head of service - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £66,582 - £77,368 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Part time hours considered (30 minimum)) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-21T15:10:27.666Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Berkshire/Reading/Royal_Berkshire_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Strategy_Team/Strategy_Team-v8351971 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8351971?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Due to the promotion of our current post-holder, an exciting and rare opportunity has arisen to join the Strategy and Partnerships Team at Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust. As our Head of Place-Based Partnerships, you will play a pivotal role in driving collaboration across Berkshire West, working with partners across the NHS, local government, voluntary sector and wider community to deliver meaningful improvements for patients, populations and staff. This is a high-profile leadership role at the heart of system working, offering the opportunity to influence strategic priorities, develop innovative partnerships and help shape the future of integrated health and care services across the region. If you are looking for a role where you can influence at scale, work with inspiring partners and help shape the future of healthcare across Berkshire West, we would love to hear from you. Interview date: Thursday 19 November 2026. ### Main duties of the job Please see the full Job Description for the main duties of the role. The successful candidate will: - Lead the Trust's approach to place-based partnership working, driving delivery of our strategic priorities in collaboration with colleagues and partners across Berkshire West. - Develop and deliver ambitious cross-organisational programmes that improve population health outcomes, tackle health inequalities and support the delivery of the Trust's Strategy, Strategic Transformation Programmes and Berkshire West Integrated Care Partnership priorities. - Build and strengthen influential relationships across organisational boundaries, providing visible leadership and becoming a trusted partner within the wider health and care system. - Champion collaboration and innovation, bringing people together around shared goals and translating strategic ambition into tangible outcomes for local communities. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the full Job Description document attached for the main duties of the role. ### Applicant requirements The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - - Proven experience working across health and care sectors to deliver integrated programmes and place-based solutions and implement policy across whole organisations and across organisational boundaries. - - Experience leading transformation programmes or system change in partnership settings. - - Experience engaging with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders to shape and deliver strategic priorities. - - Experience using data and population health insights to drive transformation and reduce inequalities. - - Experience of involving service users, residents or communities in design and decision-making. ### Skills, knowledge & abilities **Essential** - - Understanding of Integrated Care Systems (ICS), Place-Based Partnerships (PBP), and relevant national NHS policies. - - Excellent interpersonal skills – able to influence, negotiate, and communicate (written and oral) across diverse audiences and stakeholders. - - Skilled in stakeholder engagement, co-production, and relationship-building across organisational boundaries. - - Respects diversity, values the contributions of others, and demonstrates cultural competence in multi-agency settings. ### Education, qualifications & training **Essential** - - Educated to degree level or equivalent. - - Senior level experience acquired through training to Masters (postgraduate) level or equivalent experience **Desirable** - - Postgraduate qualification to be in public sector leadership, system transformation, or health management. - - Professional Programme/Project Management qualification (e.g., PRINCE2, MSP). ## Documents - [staff benefits (pdf, 139.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=603) - [relocation policy (pdf, 572.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1764) - [behaviours framework 2022 (pdf, 2.9mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2970) - [probation policy & procedure (pdf, 559.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1640) - [leadership behaviours framework (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2718) - [head of place-based partnerships jd and ps (pdf, 176.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10678678) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.