Closing Date: Wednesday 25 March 2026

Interviews: Week commencing 31 March 2026

Hours of work: 28 to 35 hours per week Monday to Friday between 08:30 and 18:00 (excluding a lunch break) but with some flexibility. (Preferred working days Monday and Friday, open to discussion)

Salary: £37,280- 39,152 (35 hours FTE) pro rata

Based: Keighley Healthy Living, 13 Scott Street, Keighley, BD21 2JH

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Keighley Healthy Living is a charity based in the centre of Keighley dedicated to supporting the local community, to improve their health and wellbeing.

Job Purpose:

Rethinking Pain is a community-based service for adults living with long-term pain, enabling people in the Bradford and Craven area to better manage pain through understanding exercise, sleep, diet and more. After three years of proven success, this project is now entering a new, exciting phase of optimisation.

About the role:

We are seeking a Project Manager to lead the development, implementation, coordination and management of the Rethinking Pain Programme. Oversee the project monitoring systems to measure outcomes and evaluate project impact. In a small, dynamic team, your purpose is to provide the structure and discipline needed to turn strategic goals into tangible community impact.

Key Objectives of the Post:

1. To oversee service delivery and management of the Rethinking Pain programme across Bradford and Craven.
2. To work professionally with key partners, and other organisations, to develop and maintain strong partnerships and referral pathways, promoting the benefits of joint working practices and where appropriate embedding some programmes sustainably.
3. To play an active role in horizon scanning to identify and secure additional funding for Rethinking Pain activities to support and stabilise the programme.
4. To represent KHL and Rethinking Pain programme on relevant health boards and at meetings.
5. To implement and develop robust monitoring tools to ensure outcomes, impact and learning can be collated, reported and shared.
6. To work proactively to ensure that KHL’s ways of working and the Rethinking Pain programme are accessible and that diversity and inclusion practices are considered and implemented throughout.

Project Management

1. To enhance the KHL vision, aims and objectives with strategic oversight, alongside the CEO.
2. To enhance systems and processes alongside the Rethinking Pain team.
3. To support budget management alongside the CEO and Finance Manager.
4. To maintain effective relationships with key Commissioners, funders and key partners
5. To work with the Communications Officer to promote resources and impact of the Rethinking Pain programme on the website.
6. To develop high level/quality presentations and present these at local events as and when required.
7. To ensure all projects are delivered in line with local and national guidance and local need, and meet Rethinking Pain outcomes, supported by the RP clinical team.
8. To have oversight of all Rethinking Pain associated partner projects, implement service levels agreements and ensure SLA requirements are being met.
9. To manage the partnerships with GPs, primary care and the RP clinical teams, managing the relationship with the PCNs, including clinical directors when appropriate.
10. To ensure all communications, design and resources are in line with KHL branding guidelines.

Monitoring, Evaluation and Funding

1. To oversee the monitoring process for the Rethinking Pain programme.
2. To implement evaluation processes for each project to measure impact and effectiveness.
3. To bring co-design practices into our evaluation methods, to be inventive and current in identifying accessible ways of demonstrating impact for the individual and groups we work with.
4. To identify, input and support Rethinking Pain funding applications, identified by KHL CEO, as appropriate.

Partnerships

1. To work with key KHL partners such as HALE as part of the Rethinking Pain Programme.
2. To work with commissioners, funders, key organisations and academic partners, such as Leeds Beckett University, to manage workstreams, ensure project requirements are met and build strong relationships for future funding/development.
3. To build and maintain partnerships both locally and district wide, supporting system change between the VCS and statutory health.
4. To convene and Chair the Rethinking Pain steering group and attend appropriate partnership meetings to represent the Rethinking Pain programme.
5. To be proactive in developing relationships and partnerships that meet KHL’s strategic objectives.
6. To be inclusive and embrace the diversity of our community.
7. To work in partnership and collaboratively with other teams in KHL and where relevant align projects and workstreams.

Line Management

1. Responsible for leading and supporting a team of Health Coaches to deliver high quality efficient coaching
2. To line manage agreed KHL staff and freelance workers.
3. To attend KHL staff meetings, 1:1’s, project planning meetings and support the wider KHL team management meetings.
4. Ensure staff policies and procedures are adhered to
5. Manage volunteers, students, sessional staff and apprentices
6. Support recruitment of new employees/sessional staff
7. Have oversight of communications and marketing materials, including filming and case studies
8. Meet staff and leadership team regularly to ensure all systems are co-ordinated and joined up to work efficiently
9. Be responsible for the training needs of the Rethinking Pain team.

Additional:

1. To promote the positive and professional ethos of KHL both internally and externally.
2. To generate and share ideas to develop and improve projects and administrative systems.
3. To occasionally work unsocial hours, evening and weekends.
4. To carry out any additional duties as required or appropriate to the post and grade.
5. To undertake relevant training to maintain and update your skills and knowledge within your job role and to keep a record of training undertaken as agreed with your line manager.