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Senior Healthwatch Manager

The Advocacy Project

Greater London (Hybrid)

London, Greater London

Westminster, Greater London

£38,950 per annum pro rata

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Job description

Healthwatch Brent, Westminster and RBKC

Healthwatch was set up in 2013 to champion the rights of health and social care users, and hold the health and social care system to account for how well it engages with the public. During 2026/27 these services are preparing for transition while continuing to build on their legacy.

Healthwatch’s remit covers all publicly funded health and social care services for adults and children.

Healthwatch Brent, Healthwatch Westminster and Healthwatch Kensington & Chelsea are three of 152 local Healthwatch organisations. The Advocacy Project Hosts three services. We’re building on the important work that’s been done to date, planning for the future while bringing new insights from the voices of seldom heard and hard to hear groups.

About the role

Are you an accomplished Health and Social care manager looking for a new exciting challenge? Are you adept at managing teams and services through change? Passionate about the role of independent voice and the value of lived experience in the NHS? The Healthwatch senior manager role is for you.

As Healthwatch senior manager for The Advocacy Project you will play a central role in shaping the strategic and operational management of our Healthwatch services. This includes direct support to Healthwatch managers in Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea, and Brent, ensuring that the services are inclusive, effective, and of high quality.

Key responsibilities

To Provide strategic management for effective, inclusive and high quality local Healthwatch.
Supporting the 3 advisory boards to be at their most effective during this period.
Working with the CEO to engage with the ICB and other stakeholders to plan for next steps
Make sure the work of HW Westminster (HWW), HW Kensington & Chelsea (HWRBKC) and HW Brent (HWB) conforms to all required principles, objectives and statutory obligations, and meets all contractual requirements between The Advocacy Project (as host organisation) and the local authorities.
Line management of HW managers in each borough.
Provide leadership to make sure the patient and public voice is heard across health, social care, in a continuously changing external environment.
Working with managers in each borough, make sure HWB, HWW and HWRBKC involve the local community, particularly seldom heard groups, in influencing local and national policy and are responsive and sensitive to the needs of community groups with protected characteristics.
Be available to represent The Advocacy project, HWB, HWW and HWRBKC at all strategic governance and external meetings with key stakeholders, liaising with nominated Board leads regularly.
Support local managers to develop the services to respond to emerging trends and needs, while keeping abreast of Healthwatch England best practice to continually enhance the quality of the service.
Develop effective partnerships with key staff in health and social care services.
Work with local managers in each borough to ensure all projects are informed and influenced by local communities and strategic partners.
Support the effective planning and resourcing of project work, working to Healthwatch England best practice guidance.
Ensure that project plans and intended outcomes are clearly communicated to key stakeholders.
Work with the shared Insight and Outcomes Analyst to make sure quality systems are effective and used to demonstrate the Healthwatch service is achieving outcomes and impact,and meeting key performance indicators.
Ensure that lived experience and service user involvement is embedded in all evaluation.
Provide reports to key stakeholders, including The Advocacy Project Trustees, Commissioners, Advisory Boards, Health and Wellbeing Boards and Healthwatch England demonstrating our impact.
dentify funding opportunities and work with The Head of Business Development to support funding bids.
Work with the borough Communications leads to make sure all relevant internal and external stakeholders receive relevant, timely and up-to-date communication about all Healthwatch projects.
Keep up to date with current trends in health policy, service provision, current practice and matters concerning people as citizens, by reading, attending courses and networking.

General responsibilities

Participate in team meetings, training and organisational development.
Contribute to monitoring reports.
Keep to our policies, including health & safety, safeguarding and risk regulations.
Work to our mission, vision, and values.
Work flexibly to meet the needs of the service, in line with the changing local and national landscape and carry out other projects and tasks as needed.

Person specification

Essential

Excellent knowledge of and experience of working at a high strategic level with the health and social care system and the voluntary and community sector, in particular Healthwatch.
Thorough understanding of user engagement, community development, user involvement, and co-production principles and practice.
Comfortable and capable of engaging with senior leaders in Health and Social Care both on a one-to-one basis and at strategic meetings such as scrutiny boards.
Experience of managing through periods of change and uncertainty
Experience working with diverse communities and tackling discrimination and inequality.
Relevant experience in project delivery and evaluation, including data gathering and analysis, or training in research methods, statistics, or data analysis.
Significant leadership or line Management experience including managing, developing and motivating a staff team.
Experience in contract management and compliance.
Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills. Effective in working with a wide variety of stakeholders ranging from trustees, commissioners, partners, colleagues, and local residents.
Excellent organizational skills; ability to work on own initiative and plan and prioritize own workload.
Experience managing a budget.
Commitment to working within The Advocacy Project and Healthwatch code of conduct, equality and safeguarding policies.
Willingness to attend further training as appropriate and to adopt new procedures.
Willingness to promote Healthwatch and The Advocacy Project in line with our mission, vision and values.

Desirable

Experience working with volunteer boards and high caliber volunteers.
Evidence of ongoing personal development and training related to the role.
Detailed knowledge of NHS systems
Understanding the public health challenges in Westminster, RBKC, and Brent.
Experience working with senior managers in public sector bodies.

Benefits of working for us

We’re committed to providing an empowering, flexible and supportive working environment for all our staff.

Our employee benefits include 30 days annual leave (including up to 3 days between Christmas and New Year), participation in a pension scheme with 6% employer contribution, access to a free confidential counselling service, and an interest-free travel/bike loan.

All our staff are supported to learn and develop in a variety of ways, including a monthly lecture series where we invite sector experts to talk to our staff on topical issues.

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We help people speak up and make decisions about their health, wellbeing and social care.

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Refreshed on: 20 March 2026

Closing date: 10 April 2026 at 12:00

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Assistant Producer

Comic Relief

Whitechapel, Greater London (Hybrid)

London, Greater London

£35,242 - £36,959 per year

Full-time

Contract (12 Month Fixed Term Contract)

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Assistant Producer

12 Month Fixed Term Contract

£35,242 - £36,959 pa

City of London E1 8QS and we are a hybrid working organisation

Please note this is a hybrid role based on the successful candidate working at least two days a week in our London office. Remote contracts would not be considered for this role.

Purpose of Role

As an Assistant Producer at Comic Relief, you’ll help bring bold stories and creative ideas to life across various platforms and outputs. With a background in celebrity, comedy or branded content, you’ll help captivate audiences and drive engagement, largely focusing on the entertainment portion of our brand, but with opportunities in factual storytelling.

With a hands-on approach and sitting at the heart of our Creative Services team, you’ll transform briefs into reality, producing high impact, engaging content that resonates with our audiences. One week you might be developing a social-first YouTube format or editing social video content, the next, supporting on a livestream, producing corporate partner communications, or helping to plan a photoshoot.

You will combine creativity with smart production processes, sparking original ideas and new approaches to how we work. By championing inclusive storytelling and amplifying diverse voices both in front of and behind the camera, you’ll help ensure Comic Relief stays bold, relevant, and truly reflective of the audiences we serve.

Key responsibilities:

· Creative innovation – strategically respond to briefs with creativity, drawing on expertise, industry and pop culture knowledge to develop bold ideas that resonate with intended audiences, drive engagement and generate income.

· Sell the vision – craft treatments, pitch decks, and creative documents to bring ideas to life and secure buy-in from stakeholders across the organisation.

· Run productions end-to-end – from research and creative ideation to shoot production, post-production, and delivery. Create schedules, manage budgets, and keep projects moving by facilitating key meetings and aligning stakeholders.

· Collaborate creatively – work closely with a diverse range of producers, writers, designers, editors, and other partners (internal and external) to develop and deliver content that meets strategic briefs.

· Support on shoots with confidence – assisting with the set up and management of production days, briefing teams and freelancers, and when necessary, camera operating and directing talent/contributors to capture the best possible content.

· Champion best practice – work with Production Management to ensure productions meet safeguarding, consent, health & safety, risk management, and legal requirements, in partnership with Production Management colleagues.

· Drive efficiency – follow operational processes to make sure resources are used smartly and projects are delivered on time and within budget.

· Champion inclusive creativity – ensure diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are at the heart of our work, both in front of and behind the lens.

· Stay culture-savvy – keep up to date on trends, platforms, and production best practice, sharing expertise across the team.

Person specification

Essential criteria

· Creative experience – you’ve helped produce entertainment or branded content for established brands, charities, or channels.

· Video production skills – confident ideating and creating engaging, relevant short-form video content from planning through to delivery.

· Shooting experience – used to arranging and contributing on shoots, including camera operating, interviewing, and supporting senior creatives.

· Editing experience – Adobe Premiere editing skills and experience edit-producing, leading video post-production for a range of outlets, particularly social media.

· Social media knowledge – experience across major platforms with an understanding of best practice, and curiosity for new trends and audience habits.

· Production know-how – attention to detail, strong editorial judgement, and ability to follow established processes and workflows.

· Multi-tasking – proven ability to manage multiple projects in dynamic environments, keeping organised and making clear editorial decisions.

· Communication skills – you can express your ideas clearly and confidently to gain stakeholder buy-in on suggested creative approaches.

Desirable criteria

· Fundraising campaign experience – you know the difference between fundraising content and awareness content, and how to approach each.

· Innovation mindset – interest in experimenting with new creative formats, platforms, or technologies.

· Income generation – experience in creating content that has a proven ability to generate income or creates new revenue streams.

· Motion graphics – ability to create own graphic elements, such as animated logos, endboards, lower-thirds, in Adobe After Effects a plus.

· Relationship building – evidence of maintaining strong partnerships with stakeholders, freelancers, and external partners.

Perks and benefits:

· Flexible working hours

· Work from home option

· Life Insurance

· Wellness programs

· Employee Assistance Programme

· Enhanced maternity and paternity leave

· Paid emergency leave

· Sabbatical Opportunities

· Professional development

· Mentoring/coaching

· Paid volunteer days

· Payroll giving

· Salary sacrifice

· Team social events

· Extracurricular clubs

· Cycle to work scheme

· Free fruit

To apply please visit our website via the link and apply online.

Comic Relief reserves the right to close the role early if a large number of applications are received.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Comic Relief we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Why work at Comic Relief

There are lots of good reasons to join us at Comic Relief. You can read more about our employee benefits, such as our commitment to flexible and hybrid working. We ask staff to come to the office twice a week, normally on agreed team days, so that we can do all those things that are difficult to do online. Our office is based in Whitechapel, London,

There are lots of opportunities to develop your skills and experience at Comic Relief, including opportunities to become a Mental Health First Aider or to participate in our Employee Network Groups that focus on making Comic Relief a more inclusive place to work.

Disability Confident Employer

As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we take positive action by providing first-round interviews to candidates who have a registered disability, provided they meet the minimum criteria for the role, as demonstrated on their CV and application questions.

We ask that candidates that wish to be considered for this scheme email us via our website to discuss further. Please do not email CV's/cover letters.

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