Reference: 99950
Date Added: 7 August 2026
Closing Date: 21 August 2026
Job Title: Jewish Health Equity Partnership – Programme Director, Project Lead
Working For: Board of Deputies and London Jewish Forum
Location: London
Salary: Please see below
Length of Contract: 5 year funding period for both Jobs
Job Details
Job 1- Programme Director
Full time - 5 years Funding Period
Salary £48,000-£50,000
Purpose of the role
To lead delivery of the Jewish Health Equity Partnership, 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 bring experience of project delivery and stakeholder management within the health sector. This would ideally include familiarity with NHS, ICS, health trusts, 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.
Job 2- Project Lead
Part time / 5 year funding period.
Salary £30,000 pa (£75,000 FTE)
To provide senior strategic leadership and oversight for the programme, ensuring strong governance, high-quality delivery and effective alignment between strategy, partnerships, evidence and impact. The Project Lead will act as a senior ambassador for the programme, supporting external credibility, funder confidence and long-term sustainability.
This role sits at the intersection of health inequalities, structural racism, antisemitism and systems change. The postholder will bring senior-level experience of the health sector, ideally including NHS, Integrated Care Systems, public health, commissioning, workforce or health equity settings, together with a strong understanding of how antisemitism and structural discrimination affect Jewish communities and wider health outcomes. This is an opportunity to establish and lead a pioneering national programme that will shape how Jewish health inequalities are understood and addressed across England.
Closing Date: 21 August 2026
Interview/Start Dates
1st Stage Interviews: 25th- 28th August 2026
Application Details
Job 1
Please send a CV and covering letter, each of which should be a maximum of two sides of A4, outlining, with examples, how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification, and where you heard about the job. Please send this to recruitment@londonjewishforum.org.uk with the subject heading ‘JHEP Programme Director’.
Job 2
Please do as above and send to recruitment@londonjewishforum.org.uk with the subject heading ‘JHEP Project Lead’.
Website: https://bod.org.uk/