Head of Prevention (Stroke Charity) 

Stroke Association. Rebuilding lives after stroke. 

When stroke strikes, part of your brain shuts down. And so does a part of you. That’s because a stroke happens in the brain, the control centre for who we are and what we can do. It happens every five minutes in the UK and changes lives instantly. Recovery is tough, but with the right specialist support and a ton of courage and determination, the brain can adapt. 

We believe everyone deserves to live the best life they can after stroke. And it’s a team effort to get there. 

We provide specialist support, fund critical research and campaign to make sure people affected by stroke get the very best care and support to rebuild their lives. 

Every five minutes, stroke destroys lives. Help us rebuild them and join our team. 

Position: Head of Prevention 
Location: Flexible – the role can be based in our London, Nottingham, Bromsgrove or Salford offices 
Job type: Full Time, Permanent 
Hours: 35 hours per week 
Salary: £40, 600 per annum (national), Circa £43,900 per annum (including £3,299 inner London weighting) 

Closing Date: 7 May 2019 
Interview Date: 17 May 2019 in our London office 

About the role: 

We’re looking for an experienced and strategic individual to lead the organisation’s work to prevent strokes. 

Reporting to the Deputy Directory – Policy & Influencing the post holder will lead the implementation of the organisation’s prevent strategy, ensuring the organisation has a clear vision for its prevention work, and that colleagues at all levels are supported to engage in impactful stroke prevention activity nationally and locally. 

They’ll work closely with colleagues to ensure we have clear and consistent prevention messages and that we build our ability to influence prevention policy and practice at local and national levels across the UK. 

About you: 

The successful candidate will have significant experience of developing and implementing prevention programmes at a strategic level in the NHS or voluntary sector. 

They’ll have stroke knowledge of influencing health policy locally and national and will have demonstrable experience shaping and leading large programmes of organisational change. 

You may have experience of the following: Head of Prevention, Head of Stroke Prevention, Policy Manager, Head of Policy, Stroke Prevention, Project Manager, Project Management, Programme Manager, Programme Management, Charity, Third Sector, NFP, etc.