Health & Inclusion Lead

Organisation: parkrun Global Limited
Salary: £50,000 - £65,000
Location: Leeds or Richmond (London)
Contract type: Permanent (Full time)
Closing date: 22 June 2025
Job Description: Brief role description:
This role exists to drive the growth and impact of parkrun by developing and delivering strategies that increase and sustain participation, particularly among those who are currently underrepresented in physical activity and experience lower levels of health & wellbeing. The role holder will lead our global DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) strategy –with a strong focus on inclusive outreach and community engagement–and shape our UK health and wellbeing focus areas, ensuring our approach is inclusive, evidence-based, and aligned with our charitable objectives.

Main responsibilities:

Shape and deliver strategic initiatives that diversify participation and maximise the health and wellbeing impact of parkrun in the UK, with a focus on underrepresented communities.
Lead the development and implementation of parkrun’s global DEI strategy and Diversity & Inclusion Action Plan (DIAP), ensuring alignment with organisational goals and values, focusing on addressing disparities in physical activity across communities
Launch and support initiatives that enable parkrun events to attract, welcome, and retain participants from diverse and underrepresented groups as identified in our strategy.
Define and oversee parkrun’s UK Health & Wellbeing priorities, including identifying strategic focus areas and developing targeted partnerships and programmes to increase impact.
Lead a team supporting key Health & Wellbeing initiatives such as social prescribing of parkrun and custodial events.
Embed inclusive practices across parkrun’s workforce and volunteer network, ensuring a diverse, equitable, and welcoming culture for staff, Board members, ambassadors, delivery teams, and event participants.
Provide expert advice and guidance to teams across the organisation (e.g. Communications, Operations, Commercial) to support the effective integration of DEI principles into all aspects of our work.
Design and deliver DEI learning and development opportunities for staff and volunteers, including training, resources, and tailored support.
Maintain and strengthen parkrun’s strategic relationship with Sport England, including responsibility for reporting on progress against agreed commitments and outcomes.

Expectations of line managers at parkrun:
Will have regular 1:1s with direct reports.
Will set objectives for direct reports / team.
Will provide regular feedback and developmental guidance.
Will plan teams’ workload and availability.
Will play a role in recruitment and selection and work with the People & Culture team to understand the roles required.
Will cascade messages to the team as appropriate.
Will be able to assign responsibilities and authority to the right employees, taking their interests, ambitions, development and competency into account.
Will deliver any disciplinary sanctions in line with our policies and processes.
Will provide support for team members and promote health and wellbeing at work.

Essential experience requirements:
Proven experience in developing or delivering health and wellbeing programmes, ideally with a focus on increasing physical activity among inactive or at-risk populations.
Proven track record of developing and implementing successful outreach and/or DEI strategies.
Strong stakeholder and partnership management skills, with a track record of building and sustaining cross-sector relationships — particularly in education, sport, physical activity, and health — to drive shared impact.
Well-versed in UK public health policy, priorities, and structures, with experience collaborating with relevant partners and stakeholders
Experience in designing and delivering targeted outreach programmes that engage underrepresented groups and address barriers to participation & measuring impact of such success through clear qualitative and quantitative indicators
Knowledge of DEI best practice and how to embed inclusive approaches into strategy, operations, and organisational culture.
Strong analytical skills, with the ability to gather, interpret and monitor data, generate insights, and develop evidence-based recommendations for action.
Strong project management capabilities, including experience in coordinating cross-functional teams, managing complex, multi-year projects, and tracking progress against strategic objectives, and reporting to stakeholders.
Confident communicator with experience delivering presentations at meetings, events, and conferences, and acting as a spokesperson on areas of expertise.
Ability to influence and engage people throughout the organisation with whom you don't have a direct reporting relationship in order to embed initiatives & gain support across the organisation.

Desirable experience requirements:
Broad and well-established network, alongside demonstrable expertise in the fields of Health & Wellbeing.
Knowledge of relevant UK legislation & regulation, and best practice related to DEI internationally.
Experience in developing and delivering effective training programmes, ideally in areas relating to DEI or health and wellbeing.
Experienced in leading consultations, workshops, and focus groups to ensure diverse perspectives are meaningfully heard and acted upon; skilled in convening and chairing meetings, and in fostering collaborative working across varied teams and stakeholders.
Experience working in an organisation with a large-scale volunteer base, and understanding of the opportunities and challenges this presents.
Experience managing both staff and volunteers.
Experience managing relationships with funders, including monitoring, reporting, and alignment with grant or partnership objectives.
Demonstrated cultural intelligence and experience working in multicultural or international environments, with the ability to challenge dominant norms and bring inclusive, globally-informed perspectives.

Professional certification requirements:
N/A

Most relevant skills:
Accountability: Will be accountable and pass on accountability for one’s own actions and those of colleagues and the organisation.
Communication: Able to talk and work with people at all levels in a professional and mature manner across the whole parkrun network.
Initiative: Able to be proactive, take initiative and take steps to improve ways of working seeking support where necessary.
Organisation: Able to determine goals and priorities and to accurately assess the actions, time and resources needed to achieve those goals.
Presentation: Able to deliver engaging and informative presentations with excellent public speaking skills.
Priority Management: Able to manage competing priorities with resilience and thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Problem Solving: Able to detect problems, recognise important information and link various data; to trace potential causes and look for relevant details.
Teamwork: Accountable for team and individual responsibilities and deliverables.
Resilience: Demonstrates the ability to remain focused, composed, and effective in the face of challenges, setbacks, or ambiguity and public scrutiny.
Project Management and associated supporting tools.
Able to use a variety of IT systems and tools, such as google workspace.
Demonstrates high levels of discretion and confidentiality.
Demonstrates a growth mindset, with a desire to improve and learn new skills.
How to apply: https://blog.parkrun.com/uk/2025/06/09/join-us-as-a-health-inclusion-lead/