Touchstone is a multi-award-winning mental health and wellbeing charity operating in communities across Yorkshire. Touchstone understands that they can only deliver excellence to the people they serve if the people they recruit are happy, empowered, supported to reach their potential and trusted to lead.
Join the Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service (LMWS) and play a key role in reducing health inequalities and improving accessibility for all.
You will lead equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives across the partnership, support colleagues delivering health equity objectives, analyse and report on workforce and service data, and provide operational leadership.
Acting as deputy to the Head of Health Equity when required, you will help drive meaningful change and ensure equitable opportunities for service users, staff and stakeholders
Information Session via MS Teams on Tuesday 22nd September at 5:30pm. Please email lmwsadmin@touchstonesupport.org.uk for a link to join.
Closing Date: Sunday 11 October 2026
Interviews will be held on: Wednesday 21st & Thursday 22nd October 2026
For any queries, please contact: helent@touchstonesupport.org.uk (Head of Health Equity)
As an employee of Touchstone you will benefit from the following:
- Working for a diverse and inclusive organisation e.g. 36% *BME staff, 25% *LGBTQ+ staff, 16% *staff with a disability. Staff and peer support networks (*as above and many more)
- 28 days annual leave (rising to 31 after 2 years) + 8 bank holidays (pro-rata)
- Flexible working opportunities
- Personal wellbeing budget. Access to counselling and 24/7 confidential staff helpline.
- Health and wellbeing activities and fun staff team away days
- Inclusive maternity and parental policies and pay
- Additional day of leave as a celebration day or health and wellbeing
- Learning and personal development opportunities
Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation, an equal rights employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly, BME and LGB and Trans communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone. All applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria will be interviewed. Additional information can be obtained from their equal opportunities policy. Please note that Touchstone do not hold a sponsor licence and they do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role, if appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you. Please note that feedback is not provided to applicants who have not been shortlisted. Touchstone reserve the right to close this vacancy early if they receive sufficient applications for the role.
Registered charity no: 1143640 | Company no: 07183132
Registered office: Nova Wakefield District Limited, 11 Upper York Street, Wakefield WF1 3LQ
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Health Equity Manager in Leeds employer: Nova Wakefield District Limited
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Nova Wakefield District Limited Recruitment Team
