Health Equity Manager

Job title and organisation: Health Equity Manager - Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service (Touchstone)
Salary: Agenda for Change Band 6 starting at £39,959 pa
Hours: 37
Contract: Permanent
Location: Leeds
Closing Date and Time: Sunday 11th October 2026

Touchstone is a multi-award-winning mental health and wellbeing charity operating in communities across Yorkshire. Touchstone understands that we can only deliver excellence to the people we serve if the people we recruit are happy, empowered, supported to reach their potential and trusted to lead.

Join the Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service (LMWS) and play a key role in reducing health inequalities and improving accessibility for all.

You will lead equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives across the partnership, support colleagues delivering health equity objectives, analyse and report on workforce and service data, and provide operational leadership.

Acting as deputy to the Head of Health Equity when required, you will help drive meaningful change and ensure equitable opportunities for service users, staff and stakeholders.

Information Session via MS Teams on Tuesday 22nd September at 5:30pm. Please email lmwsadmin@touchstonesupport.org.uk for a link to join.

Download an application form here: Vacancy: Health Equity Manager - Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service - Touchstone

Please email completed applications to recruitment@touchstonesupport.org.uk

Closing Date: Sunday 11th October 2026

Interviews will be held on: Wednesday 21st & Thursday 22nd October 2026

For any queries, please contact: helent@touchstonesupport.org.uk (Head of Health Equity)

As an employee of Touchstone you will benefit from the following:

• Working for a diverse and inclusive organisation e.g. 36% *BME staff, 25% *LGBTQ+ staff, 16% *staff with a disability. Staff and peer support networks (*as above and many more)
• 28 days annual leave (rising to 31 after 2 years) + 8 bank holidays (pro-rata)
• Flexible working opportunities
• Personal wellbeing budget. Access to counselling and 24/7 confidential staff helpline.
• Health and wellbeing activities and fun staff team away days
• Inclusive maternity and parental policies and pay
• Additional day of leave as a celebration day or health and wellbeing
• Learning and personal development opportunities

Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation, an equal rights employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly, BME and LGB and Trans communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone. All applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria will be interviewed. Additional information can be obtained from our equal opportunities policy. Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and we do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role, if appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you. Applications can be obtained by visiting www.touchstonesupport.org.uk or by e-mailing recruitment@touchstonesupport.org.uk.

Please note that feedback is not provided to applicants who have not been shortlisted. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
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