Programme Lead - Health and Wellbeing

Programme Lead - Health and Wellbeing

Home-based in the North or Midlands

The Organisation

Our client is dedicated to helping people in horticulture. They provide free support, information, advice, financial assistance and services for horticulturalists and their loved ones experiencing illness, disability, bereavement, family breakdown and financial difficulties.

They have a real focus on improving the health and wellbeing outcomes of people working in horticulture and have an ambitious preventative strategy to create better futures for people working in horticulture.

They are now looking for aProgramme Lead to join them on a full-time, permanent basis, working 37.5 hours per week, including some weekends and overnight stays. Part-time working arrangements (a minimum of three full days) will also be considered.

The Benefits

- Salary of circa £34,000 per annum (depending on experience)

- 25 days' holiday, plus Bank Holidays

- Pension

- DIS benefit (3x salary)

- Private healthcare coverage

- Sickness pay

- Comprehensive benefits package

- Well-established family-friendly policies, including the ability to have extra unpaid leave

- Time off for dependants

This is a meaningful opportunity for an experienced health promotion or prevention worker with strategic-level expertise and a background in training to join our client's dedicated organisation.

You'll take the lead in shaping a long-term preventative health strategy that genuinely influences lives across the UK and will be given the autonomy and platform to make a genuine impact.

In return, you'll join an organisation that values balance, security and long-term commitment, as well as providing a comprehensive benefits package designed to support you professionally and personally.

So, you're passionate about reducing health inequalities and scaling support where it's needed most, read on and apply today!

The Role

As the Programme Lead, you will shape and deliver a long-term preventative health strategy that raises awareness, reduces health inequalities, and scales support across the horticultural industry.

You will lead the development and delivery of evidence-based health and wellbeing programmes, designing initiatives that respond to sector-specific challenges and behaviours.

Working across a small team and alongside the wider Preventative Services and Development teams, you will analyse research and interpret qualitative and quantitative data. You will translate insights into practical strategies, action plans and annual project and budget roadmaps.

Building influential partnerships will be central to your role, as you will work alongside service users, statutory and voluntary organisations, local and national health partners, and internal teams to strengthen reach and impact.

Additionally, you will:

- Create clear, accessible health promotion messages delivered through various channels

- Develop and supervise a volunteer health champions network

- Identify and explore new health initiatives and partnership opportunities within horticulture

- Plan and deliver training for professionals and develop appropriate resources

- Promote health services and raise awareness of key health issues

- Deliver information digitally and at industry events across the UK

About You

To be considered as a Programme Lead, you will need:

- Experience in health promotion/prevention work, ideally in a mixed audience setting

- Experience working to strategic plans and overseeing the successful implementation of said plans over a long-term period

- Experience designing, developing, delivering and evaluating training in relation to health and wellbeing initiatives

- Experience developing successful, effective partnerships

- Experience giving oral presentations digitally and/or in-person

- A general interest in both physical and mental wellbeing and knowledge of current key issues, with a desire to help manage these issues

- An understanding of safeguarding principles and practices

- Excellent project skills

Closing date: 13th March 2026

Interview date: 18th March 2026

Other organisations may call this role Health and Wellbeing Lead, Public Health Programme Lead, Health Promotion Lead, or Wellbeing Strategy Lead.

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