Head of mobilisation

Lead change. Build services that make a difference. Shape the future of health and social care.
We are looking for an exceptional Head of mobilisation to join our senior leadership team and play a pivotal role in bringing new and transformed services to life.

This is an exciting opportunity for a strategic and delivery focused leader who thrives on turning ambitious plans into high-quality services that improve people's lives. Working across complex health and social care systems, you'll lead the mobilisation of new services and contracts from concept to implementation, ensuring they are delivered safely, effectively, and sustainably.

As Head of mobilisation, you'll work closely with senior leaders, commissioners, and partners to ensure our services are launched successfully and create lasting impact for the communities we serve.

About the Role
Reporting to the Director of transformation, you will provide strategic leadership across multiple mobilisation programmes, ensuring robust governance, effective stakeholder engagement, and excellence in delivery.

You will oversee the mobilisation journey from planning through to implementation, bringing together operational, clinical, and corporate teams to deliver services on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.

This is a highly visible role requiring strong leadership, collaboration, and the ability to navigate complex environments with confidence and credibility.

Key responsibilities
Leading the mobilisation of new services and contracts across the organisation.
Translating strategic growth ambitions into successful delivery programmes.
Providing oversight of governance, risk management, and assurance processes.
Building trusted relationships with commissioners, partners, and system stakeholders.
Coordinating cross-functional teams including Operations, HR, Finance, IT, Quality, and Communications.
Supporting and developing mobilisation and project teams.
Driving continuous improvement, organisational learning, and mobilisation excellence.
About you
We are interested in hearing from people who bring a combination of strategic thinking, operational delivery expertise, and strong relationship-building skills.

You may have gained your experience in health, social care, local government, the voluntary sector, public services, or other complex regulated environments.

You will have the below experience and attributes:
Significant experience leading large scale mobilisation, transformation, or service implementation programmes.
A proven track record of delivering complex projects successfully.
Experience working with commissioners, system partners, and senior stakeholders.
Strong knowledge of governance, risk management, and programme assurance.
Excellent communication, influencing, and leadership skills.
The ability to inspire teams, build capability, and deliver through collaboration.
Most importantly, you will be passionate about creating high quality services that positively impact people and communities.

About Sense
At Sense, we believe that every disabled person should have the opportunity to connect with others and be included in the world. We use our knowledge and expertise to deliver personalised, creative and flexible support at every stage of life.

We’re proud to be a Disability confident leader and a charity where people can grow their skills and careers in a supportive, flexible environment.

Our values
Our values shape the way we behave and work alongside disabled people with complex needs to break down barriers.

We're creating change
We're always learning
We're better together
To apply
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Please note to avoid disappointment, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close posts at any time.

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Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to a DBS check; level dependent on the nature of the role.

For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. For more information please visit:

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