Head of North Yorkshire Together

Organisation: North Yorkshire Sport Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £44000
Location: Bilton Health and Wellbeing Hub, 69 Bilton Lane, Harrogate, HG13DT
Contract type: Fixed Term (Full time)
Closing date: 12 February 2026
Interview date: 20 February 2026
Job Description: Organisation: North Yorkshire Sport (on behalf of North Yorkshire Together)
Salary: £40k-£44k

Hours: 37 (option for 30 hours with pro-rata salary)

Contract: Fixed term until 31st March 2029

Closing Date: Thursday 12th February 2026

This is an exciting and unique opportunity to lead and develop North Yorkshire Together, which improves the lives of thousands of residents each year.

North Yorkshire Together is a partnership between North Yorkshire Sport, North Yorkshire Youth and Rural Arts. We support communities across the county to feel happy and healthy.

Currently we’re leading programmes to support children on Free School Meals and refugees, and are a partner on Village Green, a North Yorkshire wide community-led climate change initiative.

We’re excited to be recruiting a Head of North Yorkshire Together to lead and develop our partnership into its next chapter. We currently support over 5,000 people each year, and believe our work is needed now more than ever.

We’re looking for a VCSE professional with exceptional leadership and management skills, preferably with a deep existing understanding of North Yorkshire and its community and local government landscape. You will champion partnership working, embrace innovation and increase our profile. You will seek new opportunities for the partnership, extending our impact and visibility, and provide inspiration and direction to staff working on North Yorkshire Together projects across a number of organisations.

As a senior leader, you will provide inspiration and direction to staff working on North Yorkshire Together projects across a number of organisations. You will also increase the profile of North Yorkshire Together and seek new opportunities for the partnership, extending our impact and visibility.

This role blends leadership and organisational development with programme management. As such, you will have strong written, presentational and digital skills. To be successful, you will need to manage competing deadlines and demands, have strong attention to detail and an ability to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders, representing both North Yorkshire Together and its partner organisations.

From a personnel perspective, you will be directly employed by North Yorkshire Sport, however you will engage with team members from across organisations on a daily basis to work cohesively. You will report jointly to the CEOs of North Yorkshire Sport, North Yorkshire Youth and Rural Arts.

For full details including the job description, please download the job information pack here.

To apply

Application can only be made via a completed application form (CV’s are not accepted). Please download the application form template below and complete. To submit your application you need to complete 2 things:

Complete the online equal opportunities monitoring form
Download, complete and save the job application form
Complete the online form and upload the job application form
https://northyorkshiresport.co.uk/latest/vacancies/head-of-north-yorkshire-together/
Closing Date: 12th February 2026

Interview Date: Friday 20th February 2026 @ North Yorkshire Youth, Carlton Lodge, Carlton Miniott, Thirsk YO7 4NJ.

Please do not upload a CV instead of the application form, as your application form will be rejected.
How to apply: Application can only be made via a completed application form (CV’s are not accepted). Please download the application form template below and complete. To submit your application you need to complete 2 things: Complete the online equal opportunities monitoring form Download, complete and save the job application form Complete the online form and upload the job application form https://northyorkshiresport.co.uk/latest/vacancies/head-of-north-yorkshire-together/ Closing Date: 12th February 2026 Interview Date: Friday 20th February 2026 @ North Yorkshire Youth, Carlton Lodge, Carlton Miniott, Thirsk YO7 4NJ. Please do not upload a CV instead of the application form, as your application form will be rejected.