Community Engagement Facilitator – (Physical Activity)
- Posted by Bhip - Bradford Health Inequities Programme on 21st August 2026
- £34,000 per annum, pro rata
- Full time
- Bradford, United Kingdom
Bradford Health Inequities Programme (Bhip)
About you
You will be an experienced, confident and highly approachable community-facing professional with a strong background in physical activity, health and wellbeing and community engagement.
You will be skilled at building trust and opening doors with diverse communities, particularly Global Majority communities and people experiencing health inequities, and able to engage people who may not usually access health and wellbeing opportunities.
You will be practical and hands-on, equally comfortable coordinating physical activity, developing new community relationships, facilitating conversations and supporting people to become more involved as volunteers, champions and community leaders.
You will be culturally aware, proactive and creative, bringing new ideas about how physical activity and community engagement can reach different communities and people across the life course.
Role Description
As part of the Bhip Programme, you will use physical activity as a route to open doors into new communities, neighbourhoods and age groups, including younger adults, and build relationships that lead to deeper engagement, insight, co-design and community leadership. Working with the wider Bhip team, you will help turn what communities experience and their insights into practical action and enable wider system change.
How to Apply
Visit our website www.bhip.org.uk to download the Job Description and Application Form.
Once completed, please email your application form as an attachment to: connect@bhip.org.uk
Job Details
- Hours: 1.0 FTE - based on a 37-hour week per week
- Closing Date: 29/09/2026
- Payment Schedule: Monthly
- Job Salary: £34,000 per annum, pro rata
- Contact Name: Kerry Page
- Contact Email: connect@bhip.org.uk
- Phone Number: +44 7598 644388
- Interview Date: 09/10/2026
Supporting Documents
About Bhip - Bradford Health Inequities Programme
About Happy Healthy You
Happy Healthy You delivers a range of health and wellbeing activities and services across Bradford, working closely with Global Majority communities and people experiencing the greatest barriers to good health and health equity. We go to trusted places where people live, work and gather, working alongside communities to deliver culturally grounded activities and support. We listen to and ethically represent lived experience and community insight, while developing local capacity and leadership. We work with communities and partners to turn that insight into practical action, helping to shape services and contribute to lasting system change that improves health, wellbeing, and quality of life.
The Bradford Health Inequities Programme (Bhip)
Bhip is a five-year programme funded by the National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) and delivered jointly in partnership by Happy Healthy You (HHU) and Race Equality Network (REN). As part of the National Lottery Community Fund’s National Collective, Bhip is one of nine health inequities programmes established nationally to address health inequities caused by structural racism and discrimination.
Working alongside Communities, Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations, the NHS, public services, and other partners across Bradford District, Bhip will co-design, test and evaluate community-led approaches that address health inequities driven by structural racism and discrimination, influence policy and practice, drive system change, and generate evidence and learning for Bradford while contributing to the NLCF’s National Collective.
As an innovative five-year programme, Bhip expects to evolve through community engagement, co-design, learning, and evaluation. The Bhip team members should therefore expect their roles to develop over time in response to programme learning, funding, and organisational requirements to achieve its aims.
This appointment is offered on an initial three-year fixed-term contract. While the Bradford Health Inequities Programme (Bhip) is funded for five years, any extension beyond the initial contract period will be subject to continued funding, organisational requirements, programme needs, and satisfactory performance.
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