Mehr Health CIC needs a relationship-builder to open NHS doors and grow our charity partnerships. Use your health sector network to help us reach commissioners, ICBs, and health charities; turning our unique Persian health expertise into real commissions and collaborations.
What difference will you make?
Mehr Health CIC has something rare genuine expertise, a proven platform, and a clearly underserved community. What we lack is the NHS network to convert that into commissions.
Around 350,000 Persian‑speaking individuals live in the UK and Borough Involvement Managers and Place Directors are actively looking for community partners to help them reach these groups. We have written the emails, identified the contacts, and prepared the pitches. We need a Director who can support us in building and maintaining those relationships over time.
This role will directly unlock our primary earned income stream; NHS and health charity commissions for Persian‑language health content, translation, animation, and community education. Without strong relationships, even the best pitch gets lost. With this Director on board, Mehr Health has a credible, senior presence in conversations with NHS commissioners and charity partners.
Specific outcomes this Director will help us achieve
- Securing our first NHS/ICB commission for a Persian-language health awareness campaign
- Building active partnerships with at least three health charities who can commission or co-brand content
- Establishing Mehr Health as a known, trusted partner in the NHS health inequalities ecosystem in the UK
- Raising our public profile through speaking opportunities and media coverage in the health sector
This is a relationship-first, impact-first role. The person who takes it will be the bridge between our expertise and the NHS organisations that need it.
What are we looking for?
- Experience working within or alongside NHS organisations, health charities, or public health bodies, with an existing network in the sector
- Strong relationship-building skills, comfortable initiating contact with senior NHS and charity professionals
- Understanding of NHS and council commissioning structures, including Integrated Care Boards, place-based partnerships, and Core20PLUS5
- Experience in communications, partnerships, or business development in health or social enterprise
- Genuine interest in health inequalities and minority community health
- Ability to work independently and proactively
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What will you be doing?
Mehr Health CIC is the only organisation in the UK providing specialist PIF TICK-aligned health communication in Persian and Dari. We have a proven platform, animated health content watched by 4,000+ subscribers, and a pipeline of NHS targets ready to approach. What we need now is someone who can open the right doors.
- Lead outreach to NHS Integrated Care Boards, Borough Directors, and Involvement Managers; identifying the right contacts, crafting tailored communications, and following up to secure meetings and commissions
- Build and manage relationships with health charities such as cancer organisations, mental health charities, cancer alliances, and community health bodies who may commission or partner with us
- Identify speaking, networking, and profile-raising opportunities such as health inequalities conferences, patient information forums, social enterprise events, and help Mehr Health participate and be seen
- Advise on and support the development of our communications strategy including website messaging, LinkedIn positioning, and how we present ourselves to NHS and charity audiences
- Help develop partnership proposals, service agreements, and co-branded campaigns with NHS and third-sector organisations
- Attend a monthly 30-minute check-in and contribute to board discussions
