National Partnerships Lead (Health and Wellbeing)

We are looking for an exceptional individual to join Sport England’s Health and Wellbeing Team at an exciting and ambitious stage of our work to help deliver the Uniting the Movement strategy. In this unique role, you’ll use your physical activity, health systems and place-based expertise; experience of achieving positive change through collaboration at a senior level; and strong relationship and influencing skills to connect, collaborate with and empower partners in order to nurture changes to in policy and practice.

The Policy and Integrity Directorate provides leadership to our thinking and action in relation to key public policy areas including Health and Wellbeing. Our purpose is to create change in policy and practice, where we know there are big blockers or opportunities and use our advocacy to achieve these changes.

You will join the organisation at an exciting time, as we expand our work through a further 80 –100 places across the next five years. You’ll be part of a team with a broad portfolio of relationships, all connected to the health agenda such as working with health charities, social prescribing or partnering with sport and physical activity providers who provide opportunities and support for those that need it most, to help reduce inequalities.