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COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER

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COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS MANAGER

Head Office – Didsbury

£33,650

Full Time, Permanent

Reporting to the Community Investment Manager, the Community and Partnerships Manager will be responsible for developing a comprehensive community investment service offer for customers, including an enhanced offer in anchor neighbourhoods. They will have a clear focus on partnership working, ensuring resources are targeted appropriately and initiatives and projects are evidence led, with outcomes clearly defined and impact measured so we understand the value of our contribution.

They will work with customers from across the Customer Services Directorate, including Independence and Wellbeing and Neighbourhoods, ensuring consistency of offer to anchor and non-anchor neighbourhoods and aligning service delivery with the aims and objectives of the Community Investment and Sustainable Neighbourhoods strategies, as well as the guiding principles stated within the Community Investment model.

What you’ll be doing

To develop our core Community Investment offer to our customers and lead on identifying partnerships, initiatives and projects to increase opportunities for customers, promote awareness, address local and community need, and address broader social issues.

To contract-manage commissioned work with local organisations as well as small, local contracts for delivery of programmes via organisations such as Athena and the DWP.

To work with trusted partners and external organisations to identify projects and monitor and evaluate these to ensure the contribution made is proportionate to percentage of stock and number of customers impacted.

To contract-manage and negotiate the social value offer from contractors, ensuring contributions align with the contract awarded and the offer is maximised for the benefit of Great Places customers and communities, ensuring effective monitoring, impact measurement and related communications.

To identify local and regional funding opportunities working with colleagues or trusted partner agencies where required, and submit funding applications and requests for in-kind investments to support the delivery of projects and initiatives.

To use data and evidence to ensure partnerships, projects, initiatives or events are data lead, outcomes are clearly defined from the beginning and there is an evidenced need from Great Places customers and / or local community.

To evaluate the effectiveness of partnerships, initiatives and projects, undertaken to identify successes and any earning, ensuring this is used to inform decision making in the future and all initiatives are cost effective and deliver successful outcomes for Great Places customers and the communities in which we work.

To monitor Service Level Agreements with partner agencies and where required hold partners to account if expected outcomes or delivery does not meet stated aims and objectives.

To manage effectively any associated budgets to support our customers and communities with identified key themes.

What you’ll need

Experience of developing partnerships to address a range of social issues and for the benefit of communities, including but not limited tackling poverty, welfare reform changes, access to fuel, food and furniture, employment and training, digital, community cohesion, youth agenda, capacity building and the environment

Ability to engage and build relationships with potential or trusted partner agencies or organisations, developing appropriate contacts and future networking opportunities

Experience of contract and / or project management and the production and of monitoring Service Level Agreements and Project Plans to ensure the delivery of services and projects that meet stated objectives

Knowledge of the issues locally, regionally and nationally that impact on people’s lives and their health and wellbeing.

A solution focused attitude and the ability to use coaching techniques to help customers identify actions and solutions for themselves, promoting and maximising independence

Knowledge of community development and community wealth building to create opportunities for people and to enhance their local environment.

Ability to analyse and interpret data and business intelligence to make informed and balanced service delivery decision

Great Places Housing Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expects all our colleagues to share this commitment; this role is subject to a basic DBS check

What we need from you

Attend a number of face to face training sessions as well as virtual sessions and e-learning this part of your role is vital and of equal importance as the day to day aspects.

Passionate about delivering an excellent customer service

Great people skills with an ability to work effectively with stakeholders and colleagues

Commitment to coaching and relationship management

Have a non-judgemental approach, being respectful of others and trustworthy in character

Highly organised with an ability to plan, prioritise and manage deadlines

Committed to working as part of a team as well as on own initiative

Ability to work flexibly and when needed outside normal working hours.

Takes accountability for decisions

What we give you in return for your hard work and commitment

Pension ¦DC Scheme (up to 10% contribution from both colleague and Great Places)

WPA ¦Healthcare auto enrolled at no contribution level with £1250 of savings available- option to increase & add on family members

The Market Place ¦high street, restaurant & supermarket discounts, gym memberships, cycle to work, smart tech loans and much more

Annual Leave ¦Start at 26 days annual leave, increasing up to 30 days + Bank Holidays

Lottery ¦ Monthly draw with 1st @ £250, 2nd @ £75 and 3rd @ £50

Savings Club ¦ You can put aside money each month for 11 months to help you save for that special something (pays out in Novembers salary)

Sharing Greatness ¦ Our colleague incentive scheme where colleagues can earn £300 by helping the business achieve business targets.

Help with transport ¦ We offer season ticket loans, an affordable way to purchase season tickets for public transport at discounted rates .

At Great Places we believe the wellbeing of our colleagues is vital to enable them to deliver to great services, all your benefits can be used inside and outside of work

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