Programme Development Manager
- Posted by Bhip - Bradford Health Inequities Programme on 21st August 2026
- £45,000 per annum
- Full time
- Bradford, United Kingdom
Bradford Health Inequities Programme (Bhip)
About You
You will be a highly organised, proactive and values-led programme professional with experience of coordinating and delivering complex programmes, partnerships or community-based work involving multiple organisations, communities and stakeholders.
You will be confident turning plans into practical action, coordinating people, workstreams, developing and delivering training, community leadership, networks and system-facing activity, and ensuring commitments are delivered and followed through.
You will understand REN’s anti-racist purpose, Happy Healthy You’s work and remit as programme partners and Bhip’s approach to turning lived experience and community insight into action and system change, with experience of working alongside Global Majority communities, VCSE organisations, community leaders and system partners.
You will understand the importance of data, evidence and evaluation in demonstrating impact and be committed to embedding consistent use of agreed programme systems and ways of working across REN’s delivery.
As a key member of the Bhip team, you will work with the Programme Lead and closely with the HHU Programme Manager to ensure REN and HHU delivery is joined up and complementary, sharing learning, coordinating interdependent activity and working together to contribute to Bhip’s outcomes.
You will be a practical, people-focused team player who builds strong working relationships and a positive, collaborative team culture. You will bring resilience, adaptability and strong problem-solving skills, with the confidence to get involved, make things happen and respond constructively as the programme develops and evolves.
Role Description
The Opportunity
This is an opportunity to take a hands-on role at the heart of Bhip, helping turn an ambitious five-year programme into practical activity across communities, organisations and systems in Bradford.
You will coordinate and deliver a diverse portfolio of REN-led work that will evolve, innovate and create meaningful change, from developing and delivering anti-racism and structural discrimination training, supporting community leaders and mobilising REN’s VCSE network, to strengthening the Health Policy Forum and supporting wider influencing activity.
Working alongside the Programme Lead and wider Bhip team, you will help support and build a genuinely joined-up programme, with scope to shape new approaches and contribute learning that helps change how health and care services, organisations and systems respond to structural racism, discrimination and health inequity, locally and nationally.
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: 37 hours per week
- Closing Date: 20/09/2026
- Payment Schedule: Monthly
- Job Salary: £45,000 per annum
- Contact Name: Kerry Page
- Contact Email: kerry@bhip.org.uk
- Phone Number: +44 7598 644388
- Interview Date: 06/08/2026
Supporting Documents
About Bhip - Bradford Health Inequities Programme
About Race Equality Network (REN)
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.
Race Equality Network (REN) is a Bradford-based registered charity with over 25 years’ experience advancing race equity across Bradford and West Yorkshire, with local, national and international influence. As a race equity infrastructure organisation, REN supports more than 80 Global Majority-led organisations, Community Champions and Community Research Champions. It works alongside communities, VCSE organisations and public institutions to identify and challenge structural racism and discrimination, strengthen community leadership and influence, and translate lived experience into action. REN brings established expertise in anti-racist practice, policy, commissioning, system influence and accountability, helping organisations move from commitment to measurable change.
The Bradford Health Inequities Programme (Bhip)
The Bradford Health Inequities Programme (Bhip) is a five-year programme funded by the National Lottery Community Fund and delivered jointly in partnership by Race Equality Network (REN) and Happy Healthy You (HHU). 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 National Lottery Community Fund’s National Collective.
As an innovative five-year programme, Bhip is expected 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
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