National Partnerships Lead

2 weeks ago


Loughborough, United Kingdom Sport England Full time

This is an exciting opportunity to join an ambitious health team. In this unique role you’ll use your physical activity and health expertise 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.

The post-holder will lead action designed to successfully influence public bodies and charities across health and social care to recognise and act on the value of physical activity and sport, including increased collaboration with the sport and physical activity sector. You will therefore have significant experience of achieving positive change through collaboration, at a senior level and have _a_ significant experience of working in physical activity and health with an understanding of the challenges and opportunities in this field.

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.

**Interviews will take place the weeks commencing 24th July and 31st July at our London office.**

**Role Purpose**:
The post-holder will lead action designed to successfully influence public bodies and charities across health and social care to recognise and act on the value of physical activity and sport, including increased collaboration with the sport and physical activity sector.

**Skills & Experience**:
**Essential**
- Significant experience of working in physical activity and health and an understanding of the challenges and opportunities in this field.
- Significant experience of developing relationships with partners to achieve change, at a senior level, providing advice and building effective relationships to realise mutually beneficial opportunities and deliver strategic outcomes of the health agenda.
- Developed networking and influencing skills at a senior level and a proven ability to influence the decision making of partner organisations.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex messages and to successful influence.
- Experience enhancing partner delivery by providing effective physical activity and health advice and tracking and monitoring the effectiveness and progress of partnerships and projects.
- Experience of financial management.
- Practical working knowledge of the health sector and public health.
- Proven ability to influence and persuade internal and external stakeholders, particularly influencing at a senior level to drive change and influence the delivery of services.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent vocational qualification in health or demonstration of a strong record of personal achievement in a relevant field.

**Desirable**
- Formal project management qualification.
- Experience of working with customers / participants who are inactive.
- Experience of working in a senior health policy role



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