Head of Services: Sexual Health

Head of Services: Sexual Health
Manchester (with hybrid working)

Who Are We?

Nationally significant and focused on a fair and equal society, we are the LGBT Foundation, a charity supporting the needs of people who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans.

Serving over 40,000 people each year, we provide information to a further 200,000 individuals online, making us one of the most significant charities of our kind in the UK. We help all LGBT people achieve their full potential and aim to be ‘here if you need us,’ living by our hashtag #EqualityWins.

We are now looking for a Head of Services: Sexual Health to join us on a full-time, permanent basis, working 35 hours per week.

The Benefits

- Salary of £42,607 per annum
- 26 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Staff counselling scheme
- Cycle to Work / Technology Schemes
- Free annual flu jab
- Free VDU eye care test
- Dedicated training budget for each member of staff and support with Personal Development Plans

This is an exceptional opportunity for an accomplished health or public health leader with extensive strategic service management experience to join our nationally significant organisation.

You’ll have the chance to shape the future of sexual health services for LGBTQ+ communities, influencing strategy across multiple regions and national programmes and driving better outcomes for the communities we exist to serve.

What’s more, with hybrid working and dedicated wellbeing support, you’ll benefit from a package designed to give you greater flexibility, security and balance within a highly influential leadership role.

So, if you’re ready to shape services, challenge health inequalities and help create a future where every LGBTQ+ person can access the support they deserve, read on and apply today.

The Role

As Head of Services, you will lead the strategic direction and delivery of our sexual health services, improving health outcomes for LGBTQ+ communities across multiple regions and national programmes.

You will translate ambitious plans into safe, inclusive and high-quality services, maintaining strategic oversight of contracts, budgets, performance, safeguarding, risk and clinical governance.

Acting as the senior representative for sexual health, you will represent us at local, regional and national forums, building influential relationships with commissioners, NHS partners, public health teams and community stakeholders.

Additionally, you will:

- Lead and develop programme teams
- Use data, community need and emerging policy developments to shape multi-year plans
- Lead commissioner relationships, contract reviews and service mobilisation
- Monitor KPIs, outcomes and value for money
- Develop funding opportunities, bids, proposals and business cases
- Promote inclusive, trauma-informed and culturally competent service development

About You

To be considered as the Head of Services, you will need:

- Significant experience of managing and developing health, public health or community-based services
- Experience providing strategic leadership within a complex service environment
- Experience leading service development, transformation or improvement initiatives
- Experience leading and managing managers and multidisciplinary teams
- Experience managing contracts, service performance, budgets, quality standards, risk, compliance requirements and associated KPIs
- Experience developing and maintaining relationships with commissioners, funders and strategic partners
- Experience managing budgets and resources
- Experience representing an organisation externally at local, regional or national partnerships, networks or events
- Knowledge of sexual health, HIV prevention and wider public health systems
- An understanding of the health inequalities experienced by LGBTQ+ communities
- Knowledge of current sexual health policy, commissioning arrangements and public health priorities
- An understanding of safeguarding responsibilities and risk management within health and community services

The closing date for this role is 4th September 2026.
Interviews will be held on 10th September 2026.

Other organisations may call this role Head of Service Delivery, Head of Health Services, Head of Sexual Health Services, Head of Community Services, Head of Health and Wellbeing, Head of Service Development, or Head of Clinical and Community Services.

Webrecruit and the LGBT Foundation are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.

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