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Head of Health and Climate – Maternity Cover
Title: Head of Health and Climate
Hours: Full time (4 day week considered)
Salary: £48k – £52k (depending on experience)
Contract Type: Fixed Term 12-month Maternity Cover Jan to Dec 2025
Annual Leave: 25 days per year + bank holidays
Reports to: Deputy Chief Executive
Location: Hybrid working – home and PDT offices in North Westminster
Deadline: Monday 14th October 2024 at 5:00pm
We are looking for experienced project and people manager to oversee our exciting, community embedded health and climate programme at Paddington Development Trust, a dynamic place-based charity that has been working with communities in North Westminster for over twenty years.
We are looking for someone with a passion for empowering individuals and communities around their health, wellbeing and climate action.
The successful candidate will also have a strategic outlook, excellent organisational skills and experience of managing multiple projects and people.
In line with our Investors in People Gold status, we are looking for someone who has the skills and understanding to empower and enable their staff to take ownership, innovate and feel fulfilled in their roles.
This is an excellent opportunity for a highly skilled project manager to apply their skills and experience to a senior role, including becoming part of PDT’s Senior Management Team.
PDT’s Health and Climate Programme consists of a staff team of 22 covering four Community and Maternity Champions projects in Queens Park, Harrow Road, Westbourne and Church Street, Westminster Maternity Champions, North Paddington Climate Champions and a team of Community Health and Wellbeing Workers in Church Street. The Head of Health and Climate will oversee the delivery of these projects through managing a high performing team of project managers and having oversight of budgeting, monitoring and strategic partnerships for all the projects.
For more information on PDT and our Health and Climate work visit our Community Health and Climate pages in both the services section on the home page or on the website menu.
The closing date for this post is 5:00pm on Monday 14th October 2024. To apply please complete and send the attached application and diversity monitoring forms to lizzie@pdt.org.uk. Please note that CVs will not be accepted.
If you have any questions about the role please contact Lizzie Fletcher on 07593 690 705 or email lizzie@pdt.org.uk.
If shortlisted, interviews will be held on Friday 25th October.
Please feel free to check out our Volunteers page.
Neil Johnston CEO
neil@pdt.org.uk
