We want to recruit a Head of Programmes with excellent project management skills, strong analytical ability and good written skills.

The successful candidate will have a passion for, and understanding of, public policy, as well as a desire to influence change.

The Head of Programmes will be a member of the ILC Senior Management team and responsible for:

• Ensuring all projects are effectively delivered
• Developing ILC and introducing new and innovative programmes and projects
• Driving policy and practice change through the effective programmes

This is a critical role, working across the organisation to maintain our reputation for quality whilst also ensuring that the work we do is relevant to and influences Government, academia, business and the voluntary sector.

The context is a challenging one.

In the UK over the past quarter of a century:

• Inequalities in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy have grown.
• While more of us are working longer into our lives, 50–64-year-olds are still less likely to be in employment than people aged 25-49. Opportunities to learn to support longer working lives are limited.
• The public sector has built very few new homes and the private sector hasn’t been able to fill the gap for first- or last-time buyers.

And globally:

• Almost 60 million children of primary school age are not in school,
• Only 20% of older people in low-income countries receive a pension,
• Climate Change and antimicrobial resistance threatens progress made over the past 25 years.

Yet there are plenty of opportunities to help deliver our ambitious plans:

• The UN and WHO are leading the Decade of Healthy Ageing,
• The Westminster Government has committed to supporting 5 years of extra “healthy years”.

We want you to help us convince businesses and policymakers to adapt to longer lives.

We want you to lead our projects and programmes of work with a view of provoking conversations and discussions about the impact of longevity on society, and what happens next.

For the full job description and details of how to apply for this post, download the Head of Programmes recruitment pack below. The deadline for applications is 9am on Wednesday 21 June 2023.

ILC Recruitment Pack – Head of Programmes