Role Profile

Job title:                               Programme Manager (Green Social Prescribing)

Location:                            HEY Smile Foundation, Dock Street, Hull, HU1 3AE 

Reports to (Job Title):            Head of Smile Health

Salary scale:                         £30,000 – £35,000

Working Hours:                     37.5 hrs per week

Contract Duration:                 18 months fixed term with for a potential for extension subject to funding.

Closing date:                        Midnight on Sunday 14^th February 2021

An exciting new position of Programme Manager has been created following the successful national bidding process to become a test and learn site for Green Social Prescribing. Detailed information about the national Green Social Prescribing programme is available here.

The post-holder will be part of a dynamic team, delivering the effective implementation of the Humber, Coast and Vale Green Social Prescribing Programme.  A natural collaborator, the successful candidate will quickly establish credible and professional relationships with colleagues across the Partnership to deliver a project that will form part of national learning on Green Social Prescribing.

You will have strong project management experience, an understanding of and experience working with the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector, ideally in the context of improving health and wellbeing outcomes, and an understanding and knowledge of the workings of the NHS, the challenges it faces and of the reform agenda.

This is a job for someone who wants to see change come to life in communities, help connect charities and community movements and improve the lives of people with physical and mental health needs. This will be a learning platform like no other; from the stunning East Yorkshire coast lines, to the inner city gardens in Hull, from the rolling hills of northern Lincolnshire and historic backdrops of York, here in Humber Coast and Vale.

If you believe you can help our region to be at the forefront of the Green Social Prescribing movement and are passionate about improving lives through connecting people with nature then please apply now. 

Applications for secondments into this role from relevant organisations are welcome. For any informal enquiries about the role, please contact Andy Barber, CEO.

To view the full job description, please click here. 

To apply for the role, please submit your CV and a covering letter setting out how you meet the essential criteria in the person specification and detailing why you would like to take up this role to recruitment@heysmilefoundation.org. Please make sure you put the name of the vacancy you’re applying for in the subject box.