Head of Adults & Health Strategy

Salary: £70,422 - £84,394 (depending on skills and experience)

Grade: Zone 6, Level 1

Location: 5 Pancras Square N1C 4AG

Contract: Permanent

Reports to: Director of Strategy, Design & Insight

Closing date: Tuesday 14th October 2025; 23:55

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.

What You’ll Be Doing

We’re seeking a strategic, compassionate, and creative leader to head our Adults & Health Strategy Team. This pivotal role sits at the heart of Camden’s mission to improve health outcomes, reduce inequality, and ensure adult social care supports dignity and independence. You’ll lead a diverse team to shape and deliver forward-thinking strategies focused on health equity, integration, prevention, and neighbourhood-based care. Partnering closely with senior leaders, elected members, and health partners, you’ll drive transformation through human-centred, design-led approaches that embed co-production, participation, and relational practice.

Reporting to the Director of Strategy, Design & Insight and accountable to the Executive Director for Adults and Health, you’ll influence policy and service change across Adult Social Care, Public Health, and Health and Well-Being, helping turn Camden’s ambitious Missions into meaningful action on the ground. Your leadership will foster a culture of trust, innovation, and continuous learning—ensuring the team thrives while delivering impactful, evidence-based change that puts people first.

All About You

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'.

About you

You combine vision with pragmatism, expertly balancing big-picture thinking with practical delivery. With strong senior experience in strategy, policy, or transformation, you’ve led change in complex systems—especially in adult social care, health, or local government. You thrive in tackling tough, ambiguous challenges through creative, evidence based, and design-led approaches, always curious about evolving public services to better serve people. A committed learner and problem solver, you build psychological safety and wellbeing within teams, championing equality and anti-racist leadership at every step.

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/11197610/file/documen…

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 Diversity

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit https://www.camdenjobs.co.uk/inclusion-and-diversity 

Asking for Adjustments

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.

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.

Optional

Join us at our Open Session online on Wednesday 8th October 6.30pm - 7.30pm - Open House Session - Head of Adults and Strategy Role. This is an opportunity to find out more about our role, meet the team and get to know some of the work we are currently doing. The link for the sessions is here: Join the meeting now