Head of Development (Place Universal Offer)

Head of Development (Place Universal Offer)

Hybrid (Lincoln office + home working) Travel across Lincolnshire will be required

Full time

Fixed Term Contract

About Active Lincolnshire

Active Lincolnshire is a values-driven organisation working with partners and communities so that more people have the opportunity to be active, more often. We focus on tackling inequalities in access to sport and physical activity, using insight, collaboration and learning to create lasting change.

About the role

The Head of Development – Place Universal Offer (PUO) is a new, county-wide strategic role designed to ensure that investment in physical activity across Lincolnshire is joined-up, evidence-led, and reaches those who need it most. Working across four districts; City of Lincoln, South Kesteven, North Kesteven, and West Lindsey, this role sits at the heart of Active Lincolnshire's place-based approach.

This is not a local delivery role, it is a system-enabler role. The Head of Development PUO works county-wide to build the shared infrastructure, frameworks, and community connections that allow all place partnerships, to be more effective and sustainable.

This role is responsible for developing and leading Active Lincolnshire’s county-wide Universal Offer by creating the conditions, resources, partnerships and infrastructure that support place leaders to succeed.

What you’ll be doing

• Build and maintain county-wide partnerships across local authorities, health, VCSE and leisure to align leadership and resources behind shared goals.
• Establish a shared data and insight hub, standardised place profiles and a common Monitoring Evaluation and Learning (MEL) framework to reduce duplication and enable evidence-based decisions.
• Test rural access models and work to remove transport and distance barriers to activity in rural and isolated communities.
• Support the embedding of physical activity within health and prevention strategies across the county.

What we’re looking for

• Experience of managing large-scale funded programmes, with strong delivery and performance management.
• Ability to connect, collaborate and influence local district partners to embed physical activity in community policies and ways of working.
• Committed to tackling inequalities and working inclusively, with a focus on communities with the greatest opportunity for change.
• Strong organisational, communication and stakeholder management skills; confident providing insight and updates to senior audiences.
• Willingness to spend in-person time in Boston and travel across Lincolnshire as required.

You do not need to have worked in sport or physical activity before. We are interested in people who can build trust, listen, connect people and turn local insight into action. You might come from community development, health, education, youth work, the voluntary sector, local government, arts, culture, housing or another role where you have helped people work together to create change.

Our values

We expect everyone to role-model our values of integrity, collaboration, inclusivity, innovation and learning.

Inclusive recruitment

We want our workforce to reflect the communities we serve. We use inclusive language and aim to remove barriers in recruitment. If you require any adjustments to take part in the recruitment process or need information in an alternative format, please contact: hr@activelincolnshire.com. We also welcome candidates sharing any language preferences.

While candidates are typically expected to cover their own interview travel expenses, we do not want cost to be a barrier to your application. If you require support with public transport costs or mileage reimbursement to attend your interview, please contact hr@activelincolnshire.com to discuss arrangements.

Hours

37 hours per week (flexible hours considered)

25 days annual leave, plus all bank holidays and 3 days during the Christmas week. ‘Celebration day’; additional day for an occasion / birthday / event (subject to annual review). Westfield Health private healthcare. Cycle to work scheme. Flexible working approach. Time to be active in the working week. Team away days. Personal development and training opportunities. Time in the working week to volunteer. Employer contribution pension scheme. Employee wellbeing policy. Contribution to making a difference to the lives of people in Lincolnshire.

£40,000 - £49,999 pa (dependent on skills and experience)