Creative Health System Lead (Walsall Together Partnership) - Ref: SS01026 G10: £47,181 - £50,269 per annum. This is a fixed-term, part-time post working 29.6 hours (4 days) per week. The fixed term contract runs for 24 months. You will be employed in the Public Health Department with an honorary NHS contract. As a newly developed role in collaboration with the National Centre for Creative Health, we’re looking for someone with experience in health or social care, with wider public sector and voluntary and community sector knowledge. Significant experience of developing Creative Health, arts for wellbeing, VCSE or community based projects is required, along with strong organisational, communication and administrative skills, and the ability to manage multiple demands. Creative Health is recognised as an opportunity to enhance neighbourhood level care in Walsall. The system is one of 43 national sites developing the National Neighbourhood Health Implementation Programme, aimed at transforming care, tackling health inequalities, and bringing support closer to home. You will play a key role in making neighbourhood health ambitions a reality The post holder will work with partners through the Walsall Together Partnership and cultural compact to develop a creative health system model for effective connections between health, social care and cultural sector. Key to this is to improve partners understanding about the cultural sectors contribution at a neighbourhood, place and system level. Using national evidence and knowledge from local sources an assessment of population needs to facilitate implementation of evidence-based creative health interventions will be undertaken with partners. You will support the health and culture partnerships with c onvening and facilitating local creative health networks as needed. The postholder will focus on relationship-building between cultural organisations, primary care networks, social prescribers, the NHS Trusts and the Council, and assist in organising system-wide or borough-level meetings, workshops and communities of practice. You will develop positive relationships with VCSE, cultural, health and social care partners and work closely with borough-level partners to ensure creative health supports local neighbourhood priorities (e.g. frailty, mental health, long term conditions across the life course). Applicants should hold a relevant degree in psychology, medicine, nursing or a related field with experience in arts, culture and health or social prescribing. View Job Description and Employee Specification Important note: When completing your online application form, you will be asked to enter supporting information. You must enter a detailed supporting information statement describing how your skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria included in the employee specification. If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted. Please also ensure that you complete the work history and qualifications sections of your application form. Please do not add a CV as we do not accept them. Please see our Information for Applicants leaflet for further information. We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not contact us regarding this job vacancy. We are not accepting agency applications or referrals at this time. At Walsall Council, we appreciate that AI can be a useful tool for ideas or guidance. However, we encourage you to make sure your application reflects your own voice and experiences. Over-reliance on AI can make responses feel less personal, and we really want to understand what makes you unique. Your experiences, skills, and perspective are what set you apart, so please ensure your application as a whole - particularly your ‘Supporting Information’ - reflects your own voice. Please note that we are unable to sponsor overseas applicants for this role. Closing Date: 31st May 2026 Interviews will be held face-to-face at the Civic Centre on 23rd June 2026.