Health & Care Portfolio Lead - North London Councils
Posted Today by London Borough of Camden
£61,672 Per year
Undetermined
Undetermined
London Area, United Kingdom
Summary: The Health and Care Portfolio Lead will drive strategic progress across the Integrated Care System (ICS) sub-regional footprint, focusing on collaborative service improvement and building relationships across local government, NHS, and community sectors. This role requires an experienced system leader adept at navigating complex environments and fostering alignment among diverse stakeholders. The position emphasizes delivering better outcomes for residents through effective partnership strategies. The role is based in Camden, London, and is offered on a fixed-term basis for 12 months.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the Health and Care portfolio to translate partnership priorities into actionable plans.
- Build consensus and create momentum among stakeholders across various sectors.
- Shape strategy and drive collaborative service improvements across boroughs.
- Develop trusted relationships with Directors of Adults, Children’s Services, Commissioning, and Public Health.
- Guide senior leaders through complex challenges and competing priorities.
- Utilize frameworks to adapt to different stages of program maturity.
- Negotiate and handle tensions among diverse perspectives to achieve shared outcomes.
- Provide clear, evidence-driven advice to improve resident outcomes.
Key Skills:
- Proven experience in system leadership and strategic development.
- Ability to operate in complex, politically aware environments.
- Strong influence, credibility, and sound judgment.
- Skilled in building alignment without a single line of authority.
- Pragmatic and adaptable approach to program management.
- Excellent negotiation and conflict resolution skills.
- Curiosity and reflective thinking with a focus on evidence-driven outcomes.
Salary (Rate): £61,672 yearly
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Salary: £61,672 Grade: Level 5 Zone 2 Location: 5 Pancras Square N1C 4AG Contract Type: Secondment/Fixed Term – 12 months Hours: Full Time (36 hours) Closing Date: Tuesday 10th March 2026; 23:59 Interview Date: 18th and 19th March
About Camden
Camden is changing on the inside to make life better for everyone. Our residents and communities are at the heart of everything we do. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today and we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all.
About the North London Councils Partnership
Following the merger of the North West London and North Central London Integrated Care Boards, the West and North London Councils have agreed to work together to strengthen their collective influence, align priorities across health and care, and shape a coherent local government response to complex system-wide challenges.
What You’ll Be Doing
As Health and Care Portfolio Lead, you’ll turn shared ambition into tangible progress across the ICS sub-regional footprint. Leading a diverse strategic portfolio, you’ll build consensus, create momentum and translate partnership priorities into clear plans that deliver better outcomes for residents. Working closely with networks of Directors of Adults, Children’s Services, Commissioning and Public Health, you’ll shape strategy across boroughs, drive collaborative service improvement, and build trusted relationships across local government, the NHS and the voluntary and community sector — ensuring collective action leads to real impact.
All About You
We’re looking for an experienced system leader with a track record of shaping strategy and delivering progress across organisational boundaries. Comfortable operating in complex, politically aware environments, you lead through influence, credibility and sound judgement — not hierarchy. You know how to build alignment where there’s no single line of authority, and you balance pace with inclusion to help senior leaders navigate ambiguity, reform and competing priorities. You bring a pragmatic, adaptable approach to programmes and partnerships at different stages of maturity, using frameworks thoughtfully rather than rigidly. Skilled at handling tension and negotiating across perspectives, you unite people around shared outcomes. Curious, reflective and evidence-driven, you translate complexity into clear advice — motivated above all by improving outcomes for residents through collaborative, purposeful system leadership.
To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by visiting 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/our-stories'.
How To Apply
To apply for this job please follow the "Apply" link. In the ‘Why you?’ section of the application you will be required to demonstrate how you meet the role criteria noted in the Job Profile under the “About You” section. To view the Job Profile, please copy and paste the below URL into your browser: http://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/HPRMWebDrawer/Record/11627534/file/document?inline
What We Offer
At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits. From flexible working to 27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays!). We also know that a work life balance is extremely important so we also offer family leave, loan schemes and access to our incredible staff networks. We also have an incredible pensions scheme. Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.
Inclusion and Belonging
At Camden, we want every colleague to feel they belong and can thrive. We welcome applications from all parts of our community, and particularly encourage people from Black, Asian and Other Ethnic Heritage communities, LGBTQ+ people, disabled and neurodiverse people, survivors of domestic abuse, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds or with care experience. We know that different voices and perspectives make us stronger, and we are committed to providing the support, adjustments and flexibility people need to succeed. Please visit www.camdenjobs.co.uk/inclusion-and-diversity for more information on our commitment.
Asking for Adjustments
At Camden, we are committed to making our recruitment process barrier-free and accessible for everyone. If you need us to do something differently during the application, interview or assessment process, just let us know and we will support you. This could include providing information in an alternative format, extra time in assessments, or adjustments for disabled, neurodiverse or long-term health conditions. Please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or by post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG. We’ll work with you to make sure the process works for you.
Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.