Jewish Health Equity Partnership – Programme Director

About this role

Project Context: The Jewish Health Equity Partnership (“JHEP”) is a joint project of the Board of Deputies of British Jews and the London Jewish Forum (LJF), to tackle health inequalities impacting the Jewish community. JHEP is a partner of the Health Inequities Partnership, a National Lottery Community Fund (“NLCF”) project to tackle health inequalities caused by structural racism and discrimination.

JHEP will build systems partnerships within the Jewish community; undertake advocacy across the health sector; deliver training; commission research; embed sustainability, and undertake collective work within the Health Inequities Partnership. The Programme Director will work with a professional team, lay leadership and communal partners to deliver these workstreams. Purpose of the role To lead delivery of the Jewish Health Equity Partnership Programme, delivering systems partnerships within the Jewish community, influencing policy and practice across the health sector, and ensuring successful delivery of the programme’s workstreams in collaboration with partners.

The Programme Director will lead JHEP’s operational relationships with partners across the Jewish community and the health sector, building relationships to bring about structural change. The postholder will have political acumen and bring experience of project delivery and stakeholder management ideally within the health sector. This would ideally include familiarity with NHS, ICBs, NHS providers, public health, commissioning, workforce and/or health equity settings, together with a strong understanding of how antisemitism and structural discrimination affect Jewish communities and wider health outcomes.

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