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Head of Services: Sexual Health
Manchester (with hybrid working)
The Organisation
Our client supports the needs of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans.
They are now looking for a Head of Services: Sexual Health to join them on a full-time, permanent basis, working 35 hours per week.
The Benefits
- Salary of £42,607 per annum
- 26 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Staff counselling scheme
- Cycle to Work / Technology Schemes
- Free annual flu jab
- Free VDU eye care test
- Dedicated training budget for each member of staff and support with Personal Development Plans
This is an exceptional opportunity for an accomplished health or public health leader with extensive strategic service management experience to join our client’s nationally significant organisation.
You’ll have the chance to shape the future of sexual health services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans communities, influencing strategy across multiple regions and national programmes and driving better outcomes for the communities our client exists to serve.
What’s more, with hybrid working and dedicated wellbeing support, you’ll benefit from a package designed to give you greater flexibility, security and balance within a highly influential leadership role.
So, if you’re ready to shape services, challenge health inequalities and help create a future where every lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans person can access the support they deserve, read on and apply today.
The Role
As Head of Services, you will lead the strategic direction and delivery of our client’s sexual health services, improving health outcomes for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans communities across multiple regions and national programmes.
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You will translate ambitious plans into safe, inclusive and high-quality services, maintaining strategic oversight of contracts, budgets, performance, safeguarding, risk and clinical governance.
Acting as the senior representative for sexual health, you will represent the organisation at local, regional and national forums, building influential relationships with commissioners, NHS partners, public health teams and community stakeholders.
Additionally, you will:
- Lead and develop programme teams
- Use data, community need and emerging policy developments to shape multi-year plans
- Lead commissioner relationships, contract reviews and service mobilisation
- Monitor KPIs, outcomes and value for money
- Develop funding opportunities, bids, proposals and business cases
- Promote inclusive, trauma-informed and culturally competent service development
About You
To be considered as the Head of Services, you will need:
- Significant experience of managing and developing health, public health or community-based services
- Experience providing strategic leadership within a complex service environment
- Experience leading service development, transformation or improvement initiatives
- Experience leading and managing managers and multidisciplinary teams
- Experience managing contracts, service performance, budgets, quality standards, risk, compliance requirements and associated KPIs
- Experience developing and maintaining relationships with commissioners, funders and strategic partners
- Experience managing budgets and resources
- Experience representing an organisation externally at local, regional or national partnerships, networks or events
- Knowledge of sexual health, HIV prevention and wider public health systems
- An understanding of the health inequalities experienced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans communities
- Knowledge of current sexual health policy, commissioning arrangements and public health priorities
- An understanding of safeguarding responsibilities and risk management within health and community services
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The closing date for this role is 4th September 2026.
Interviews will be held on 10th September 2026.
Other organisations may call this role Head of Service Delivery, Head of Health Services, Head of Sexual Health Services, Head of Community Services, Head of Health and Wellbeing, Head of Service Development, or Head of Clinical and Community Services.
Webrecruit and our clients are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
So, if you’re looking for a meaningful role as Head of Services, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
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