Health Inequalities and Workforce Lead Bristol

Are you driven by a passion for equity, inclusion, and meaningful system change? Do you want to shape a workforce and service model that truly meets the needs of diverse and underserved communities? If so, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact.

About the Role

We are seeking the dynamic Health Inequalities & Workforce Lead to champion equitable access, inclusive workforce development, and deprivation-informed service transformation across our NHS Talking Therapies service in Bristol. In this pivotal role, you will bring together strategic workforce planning with targeted health inequalities programmes to ensure our services reach and support those who need them most. You will work closely with local systems, communities, and partners to drive improvements aligned with Core20PLUS5, PCREF, and local ICS priorities. This is a hybrid role with the expectation you will be out in the local community in the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire service area.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of equitable access initiatives that reduce barriers for underserved groups.
• Drive inclusive workforce development, ensuring recruitment, progression and retention practices reflect our commitment to EDI.
• Develop and implement strategic workforce plans that support sustainable, skilled and representative teams.
• Champion staff wellbeing, embedding approaches that improve retention and create psychologically safe working environments.
• Oversee targeted health inequalities programmes, ensuring alignment with national and local frameworks.
• Collaborate with ICPS partners, community organisations and internal teams to embed deprivation-informed service transformation.
• Use data, insight and lived experience to inform decision-making and drive continuous improvement.

What You’ll Bring

Essential Skills and Experience

• Degree-level qualification in a relevant field (e.g. public health, psychology, health & social care, social policy, organisational development).
• Evidence of ongoing professional development in equality, diversity & inclusion, behavioural science, health inequalities or population health.
• Significant (e.g. 3 years+) experience in workforce leadership, EDI or health inequalities.
• Experience collaborating with VCSE partners and co-designing community-led interventions.
• Ability to manage cross-service programmes and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Experience of customer/ICS interaction.
• Understanding of Core20PLUS5, PCREF, deprivation-related drivers of inequality and behavioural frameworks (e.g COM-B).
• Strong analytical capability, including working with IMD, population health and service-level data.
• Microsoft Excel & PowerPoint ability – intermediate level minimum.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• A background of working in the Voluntary Sector would be advantageous.
• Postgraduate qualifications in public health, health inequalities, population health management or related field.
• Demonstrated experience of identifying and leading business changes that span multiple departments within the service.
• Other software skills/knowledge such as Co-Pilot, AI tools or PowerAutomate.
• Strong familiarity with using PowerBi for data analysis.
• Ability to build, check & challenge workforce planning-operational models.
• Behavioural science training.
• Health equity impact assessments training.
• Quality improvement training.
• Project or programme management training.

Equalities, Diversity & Inclusion

• Disability Confident Leader.
• Positive action through Ethnicity and Gender Matters initiatives.
• Employer with Heart and Mindful Employer status.
• Menopause Friendly accreditation.

Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Flexible working options.
• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Continuous career progression and development opportunities including mentoring, secondments, management training and CPD webinars.

Additional Information: All applicants must be legally entitled to work in the UK and be subject to a DBS check at offer stage. Your application data is handled securely in accordance with UK GDPR guidelines. We may close jobs to new applications earlier than the original stated closing date.