Job Description: Job Title: Head Of Activities Location: Richmond Village Northampton, Bridge Meadow Way, NN4 5EB Salary: £28,700pa & Excellent Benefits Contract: Permanent Shift Pattern: 40 hours per week We make health happen. At Bupa, we support people when they need it most. Through our Richmond Villages, we provide exceptional retirement living where independence, dignity, and wellbeing are at the core of everything we do. We’re now looking for a passionate and proactive Head Of Activities to join our team at Northampton. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of our residents—helping them live life to the fullest through meaningful, engaging, and person-centred activities. As Head Of Activities, you will be: Leading and inspiring the activities team, including appraisals and day-to-day support. Designing and delivering a varied programme of social, recreational, and wellbeing activities tailored to residents’ interests and needs. Building strong links with local organisations, volunteers, and community groups to enhance resident engagement. Collaborating with care teams to align activities with individual care plans. Managing the activities budget and sourcing resources creatively and cost-effectively. Producing weekly programmes and monthly newsletters to promote participation. Maintaining accurate records, risk assessments, and health & safety standards. Promoting activities through the Richmond website and social media channels. Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role: You have a full, clean driving licence, GSCE or equivalent in English and Maths and an NVQ in Health and Social Care with activity units. Previous experience of managing a team is essential and current involvement in community groups would be advantageous. With a positive attitude, you have the ability to motivate residents using your energy and great sense of humour. A creative approach to ideas and an ability to communicate with residents using a person-centred approach. Empathetic and friendly, you’ll have no problem building long lasting professional relationships with colleagues, residents, their families and members of the local community. Because we care for vulnerable people, we’ll need you to complete a DBS check as part of the recruitment process. Bupa will cover the cost of this (£40). Benefits Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits. Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more: My Healthcare - Quick, easy access to support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP, physiotherapy, and mental health support – all available from one phone number 24/7. We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences. Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350 Free meal with every shift Holidays - 20 days Bank Holidays Long Service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money! Interest- free annual travel Loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets. Wagestream - Have early access up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes. We offer a range of Bupa pension plans – Find out more on our career site Parental Leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents - Find out more on our career site Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health. Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK Why Bupa? We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do. We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them. Time Type: Full time Job Area: Care Home - Management Locations: Richmond Northampton Village Be at the heart of helping people live longer healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We employ more than 80,000 people globally who are making this a reality. If you've got the belief, the drive and the talent to help us in our ambition then we’d like to hear from you. Wherever you work, one thing stands out about Bupa people. Our customers are our passion – they’re at the heart of our positively different culture of care. At Bupa you’ll be challenged, you’ll be encouraged to innovate, and collaborate with colleagues who are committed to delivering exceptional experiences. We trust, respect and consider everyone, knowing your difference will make the difference.