Job Description:
Job Title: Business Development Lead
Hours: Part-time, 30 hours/week
Location: Shared Health Foundation office, Oldham
Salary: £35,000-£37,000 depending on experience, pro rata.
Reports to: CEO
Responsible for: Operational delivery of projects, internal systems, HR and business development.
Application deadline: 27/02/2026
To apply, send your CV and a cover letter to contact@sharedhealth.org.uk
About Shared Health Foundation
Shared Health Foundation is a not-for-profit organisation based in Greater Manchester that aims to reduce the impact of poverty on health. We are clinically led and evidence based and are passionate about social justice in areas of deprivation. Both our on the ground initiatives and systems change policy and political work are both rooted in people’s lived experience with a solutions focused outcome.
Shared Health train GPs to work in areas of deprivation, the UKs only programme that specifically focuses on poverty, our homeless families support work sees breakthrough each and every day, our policy and political work is being adopted by the UK government and is regularly quoted in Parliament and our infant-parent psychology work is ground breaking and innovative.
We are looking for a Business Development Lead to join our small team to build on the success from the past 10 years. We want to make our support services sustainable and replicable, we want to make a bigger political and policy impact and want to constantly find and fight new inequalities that are seldom heard.
This role is strategic, financial and process driven and yet creative in its solutions. We are looking for a kind leader who wants to change the world and can help us build the infrastructure to do so.
Key Responsibilities
Operational Leadership & Systems Development
● Line manage project leads and monitor success of projects. Build on findings to
make projects sustainable and replicable.
● Work with clinical leads to monitor trends of inequalities, pilot new initiatives and
feedback to the policy team.
● Provide strategic leadership for direction of projects and organisational aims.
● Ensure compliance with relevant regulations (including data protection/GDPR),
companies house governance requirements and internal administrative standards.
● Oversee the development of a simple, practical monitoring, evaluation and reporting
framework to enable accurate tracking of reach, impact and performance across all
projects.
● Support internal reporting to the CEO and Board, and external reporting to funders,
partners and local authorities.
● Lead on HR process, recruitment and retainment.
● Support finance officer with payroll updates, budgeting and forecasting.
Person Specification
We’re looking for someone who:
● Is passionate about reducing health inequalities and has a heart for social justice.
● Has significant relevant experience in operation, leadership or management
generally in the voluntary or healthcare sector.
● Is highly organised, has strong digital literacy and is comfortable in coordinating
multiple projects and stakeholders.
● Understands data protection, compliance and risk.
● Has strong financial literacy and experience with budgets, forecasting and resource
planning.
● Is a leader that is calm, kind and solutions-focused.
● Communicates clearly, constructively and collaboratively.
Application deadline: 27/02/2026
To apply, send your CV and a cover letter to contact@sharedhealth.org.uk
