Place Programme Manager - Move Together Blackpool

Contract - Temporary until 31st March 2028

Hours - 37hrs

Salary - H1 SCP 27 - 30 £38,220 - £40,777 per annum

Closing Date - 21st June 2026 at 23.59pm

This advert is open to both internal and external applicants however, internal applicants will be considered for this role prior to external candidates.

Move Together Blackpool is taking a bold, brave, and innovative approach to helping people get physically active in Blackpool. Adopting a whole system change approach focusing on improving the health and well-being of people living in Blackpool through sport, exercise, and physical activity. Move Together Blackpool is a multiagency collaborative which brings together the NHS, Active Lancashire, local voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations, and is hosted by Blackpool Council.

Move Together Blackpool is looking for a talented and proactive Place Programme Manager to lead the day-to-day delivery and help us to continue on this exciting journey. You will be an integral part of a committed and enthusiastic team, involving a range of partners. Collaboration is key to the success of the programme.

We are seeking a suitably experienced individual for a role which will involve project and programme management and monitoring, helping to create, develop and support robust systems and procedures, whilst supporting the wider Move Together Blackpool team.

Please note this role offers hybrid working.

For an informal chat, contact Laura Ivinson, Strategic Programme Lead, Move Together Blackpool at Laura.Ivinson@blackpool.gov.uk or on 07835054539.

The role is funded by Sport England.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/vulnerable adults. This post is subject to satisfactory reference history of at least two years, Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check, medical clearance, evidence of any essential qualifications and proof of Right to Work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and amendments to the exemptions order, which mean that certain offences are ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed, guidance on the "filtering" of offences can be found at New filtering rules for DBS certificates (from 28 November 2020 onwards) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)