Job summary You will lead the Integrated Service across Oldham and Stockport and the day-to-day operations to provide an outstanding service to people who wish to lose weight, move more, drink less alcohol, or stop smoking. The services will be easily accessible and provide high-quality and evidence-based support and advice to individuals. Engagement with the local community leaders, health professionals, and key stakeholders will form a significant part of the role, enabling the health inequality messages to be heard and allowing priority groups to benefit from the service. The successful candidate will work alongside the Obesity Professional Lead, Weight Management, and Wellbeing Services Quality and Improvement Lead, and be directly line managed by the Divisional Operations Leads You will be a motivated, passionate, organized, and proactive leader with significant experience in weight management, public health, and managing delivery teams. ABL takes a strength-focused asset-based approach to community delivery, looking to innovate, partner, and enhance local delivery. The role will require dynamic leadership which embraces the vision and values we wish to establish for each Service around community engagement, behaviour change, and reducing health inequalities. Main duties of the job You will lead the day-to-day operations ensuring each service meets its expected KPIs. You will lead the various teams, and nurture and upskill each individual while also setting service direction through service development plans. You will be required to embed robust governance, health and safety, and administration procedures whilst ensuring each service has the resource to fulfil its contractual obligations. This will require working closely with the Divisional Operations Lead and managing each contract with commissioners. You will ensure each service remains people-powered keeping the patient voice at the heart of everything that we do. About us ABL is an exciting fast-paced, growing community health organization. As an experienced, CQC registered, provider of community health services, we are passionate about delivering evidence-based, innovative, effective, and relevant health care services in partnership with individuals, communities, and stakeholders Date posted 17 March 2025 Pay scheme Very senior manager (VSM) Salary £40,000 to £45,000 a year Contract Fixed term Duration 15 months Working pattern Full-time Reference number E0343-25-0010abl734 Job locations Room 417, 2nd Floor Chambers Business Centre Chapel Road Oldham OL8 4QQ Job description Job responsibilities Role Purpose You will lead the Integrated Service across Oldham and Stockport and the day-to-day operations to provide an outstanding service to people who wish to lose weight, move more, drink less alcohol, or stop smoking. The services will be easily accessible and provide high-quality and evidence-based support and advice to individuals. Engagement with the local community leaders, health professionals, and key stakeholders will form a significant part of the role, enabling the health inequality messages to be heard and allowing priority groups to benefit from the service. The successful candidate will work alongside the Obesity Professional Lead, Weight Management, and Wellbeing Services Quality and Improvement Lead, and be directly line managed by the Divisional Operations Leads You will be a motivated, passionate, organized, and proactive leader with significant experience in weight management, public health, and managing delivery teams. ABL takes a strength-focused asset-based approach to community delivery, looking to innovate, partner, and enhance local delivery. The role will require dynamic leadership which embraces the vision and values we wish to establish for each Service around community engagement, behaviour change, and reducing health inequalities. This is a demanding job, but you will not be on your own. ABLs highly experienced, friendly multi-disciplinary team of Health and Social Care Professionals, Business Intelligence, Service Development, Governance, Finance, and Business development, as well as existing experienced delivery teams, will be available to support you to drive the Service forward. Your key responsibilities will be You will lead the day-to-day operations ensuring each service meets its expected KPIs. You will lead the various teams, and nurture and upskill each individual while also setting service direction through service development plans. You will be required to embed robust governance, health and safety, and administration procedures whilst ensuring each service has the resource to fulfil its contractual obligations. This will require working closely with the Divisional Operations Lead and managing each contract with commissioners. You will ensure each service remains people-powered keeping the patient voice at the heart of everything that we do. As Oldham and Stockport Integrated Lifestyle Services (Maternity Cover) your key responsibilities include: Senior and operational leadership of the Oldham and Stockport. Manage the Project Leads and contracts across the above services. Driving the vision of each service with staff, partners, stakeholders, and commissioners. Working closely with the Weight Management Quality and Improvement lead to drive the outcomes-based service delivery model and achieve KPIs. Leading and ensuring active stakeholder engagement to develop an awareness of the service, ensuring that partners develop effective referral pathways. Analyse Internal, local, and national data to impact and direct service outcomes and develop service plans. Foster and encourage innovation with the staff team and partners to ensure the service engages with priority groups and priority wards/areas. Performance management of the service, ensuring the safe and effective delivery of all service delivery in line with ABLs integrated governance framework. Developing service reports of excellent quality, including contract management and performance reports. Representing the organization and service at local and regional stakeholder and networking events. Driving service innovation utilizing ABLs s continuous improvement system, which includes delivery staff in leading innovation and service development supported by specialist leads. Working with clinical, community, social care, educational, and statutory stakeholders to deliver safe, effective, person-centred care pathways. Work with ABL engagement and communications team to implement and continuously develop the communications and marketing strategy and service promotion. Building strategic relationships across the North of England, developing opportunities to expand the work that ABL does across this geography Skills and Competencies Required An experienced senior leader with experience in delivering excellent weight management services. Skilled in project management accustomed to using tools and processes to identify project goals, set and manage the schedule, anticipate, and identify issues, remove obstacles, delineate responsibility, track task completion, and communicate progress Experience in evolving and developing services within a complex health system. A positive and proactive leader with the ability to motivate, engage and support teams to achieve the highest standards and outcomes. A strategic thinker, able to foresee and take action to deal with problems and opportunities. An adept communicator who adapts the message to fit the needs of the audience Results orientated and naturally seek quantitative goals and actively seek to outperform them. Job description Job responsibilities Role Purpose You will lead the Integrated Service across Oldham and Stockport and the day-to-day operations to provide an outstanding service to people who wish to lose weight, move more, drink less alcohol, or stop smoking. The services will be easily accessible and provide high-quality and evidence-based support and advice to individuals. Engagement with the local community leaders, health professionals, and key stakeholders will form a significant part of the role, enabling the health inequality messages to be heard and allowing priority groups to benefit from the service. The successful candidate will work alongside the Obesity Professional Lead, Weight Management, and Wellbeing Services Quality and Improvement Lead, and be directly line managed by the Divisional Operations Leads You will be a motivated, passionate, organized, and proactive leader with significant experience in weight management, public health, and managing delivery teams. ABL takes a strength-focused asset-based approach to community delivery, looking to innovate, partner, and enhance local delivery. The role will require dynamic leadership which embraces the vision and values we wish to establish for each Service around community engagement, behaviour change, and reducing health inequalities. This is a demanding job, but you will not be on your own. ABLs highly experienced, friendly multi-disciplinary team of Health and Social Care Professionals, Business Intelligence, Service Development, Governance, Finance, and Business development, as well as existing experienced delivery teams, will be available to support you to drive the Service forward. Your key responsibilities will be You will lead the day-to-day operations ensuring each service meets its expected KPIs. You will lead the various teams, and nurture and upskill each individual while also setting service direction through service development plans. You will be required to embed robust governance, health and safety, and administration procedures whilst ensuring each service has the resource to fulfil its contractual obligations. This will require working closely with the Divisional Operations Lead and managing each contract with commissioners. You will ensure each service remains people-powered keeping the patient voice at the heart of everything that we do. As Oldham and Stockport Integrated Lifestyle Services (Maternity Cover) your key responsibilities include: Senior and operational leadership of the Oldham and Stockport. Manage the Project Leads and contracts across the above services. Driving the vision of each service with staff, partners, stakeholders, and commissioners. Working closely with the Weight Management Quality and Improvement lead to drive the outcomes-based service delivery model and achieve KPIs. Leading and ensuring active stakeholder engagement to develop an awareness of the service, ensuring that partners develop effective referral pathways. Analyse Internal, local, and national data to impact and direct service outcomes and develop service plans. Foster and encourage innovation with the staff team and partners to ensure the service engages with priority groups and priority wards/areas. Performance management of the service, ensuring the safe and effective delivery of all service delivery in line with ABLs integrated governance framework. Developing service reports of excellent quality, including contract management and performance reports. Representing the organization and service at local and regional stakeholder and networking events. Driving service innovation utilizing ABLs s continuous improvement system, which includes delivery staff in leading innovation and service development supported by specialist leads. Working with clinical, community, social care, educational, and statutory stakeholders to deliver safe, effective, person-centred care pathways. Work with ABL engagement and communications team to implement and continuously develop the communications and marketing strategy and service promotion. Building strategic relationships across the North of England, developing opportunities to expand the work that ABL does across this geography Skills and Competencies Required An experienced senior leader with experience in delivering excellent weight management services. Skilled in project management accustomed to using tools and processes to identify project goals, set and manage the schedule, anticipate, and identify issues, remove obstacles, delineate responsibility, track task completion, and communicate progress Experience in evolving and developing services within a complex health system. A positive and proactive leader with the ability to motivate, engage and support teams to achieve the highest standards and outcomes. A strategic thinker, able to foresee and take action to deal with problems and opportunities. An adept communicator who adapts the message to fit the needs of the audience Results orientated and naturally seek quantitative goals and actively seek to outperform them. Person Specification Experience Essential Delivery/management experience e.g., weight management, behaviour change. Experience in managing and inspiring large teams Demonstrable experience in working with external boards, and steering groups to improve weight management outcomes for the population Experience in contract and performance management Demonstrable experience with service improvement measures Experience in using data to inform service development to improve outcomes Experience in working with commissioners. Desirable Knowledge of quality improvement models and approaches Knowledge of innovation tools and techniques Knowledge of safeguarding in a community health setting Strong IT skills, particularly with the use of Microsoft Office packages and databases Qualifications Essential Degree (or equivalent experience) in the health-related field: Nutrition, Dietetics, Nursing, Public Health Desirable Masters Qualification or equivalent Quality improvement certification or equivalent Person Specification Experience Essential Delivery/management experience e.g., weight management, behaviour change. Experience in managing and inspiring large teams Demonstrable experience in working with external boards, and steering groups to improve weight management outcomes for the population Experience in contract and performance management Demonstrable experience with service improvement measures Experience in using data to inform service development to improve outcomes Experience in working with commissioners. Desirable Knowledge of quality improvement models and approaches Knowledge of innovation tools and techniques Knowledge of safeguarding in a community health setting Strong IT skills, particularly with the use of Microsoft Office packages and databases Qualifications Essential Degree (or equivalent experience) in the health-related field: Nutrition, Dietetics, Nursing, Public Health Desirable Masters Qualification or equivalent Quality improvement certification or equivalent Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Employer details Employer name ABL Health Ltd Address Room 417, 2nd Floor Chambers Business Centre Chapel Road Oldham OL8 4QQ Employer's website https://www.ablhealth.co.uk/work-for-us/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)