Age Well - Programme Manager

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About The Role

Are you passionate about people achieving their potential, enjoying quality of life and maintaining good wellbeing as they age? This is a new and exciting opportunity to use your leadership and programme management skills. You will drive collaborative partnerships across local authority, health and community sectors to achieve health and wellbeing outcomes with and for Islington residents.

Context

You will lead workstreams across the council and the wider system to deliver on our strategic commitments to become both an Age Friendly Community and a Dementia inclusive borough.

We want Islington to be recognised by our residents as an age friendly borough, that is a welcoming place to grow old in, enabling people to age well and live a good later life.

We want Islington to be a place where residents are supported on the dementia journey; from prevention to diagnosis through to end of life.

You will make this vision a reality.

To make this happen, you will develop excellent and productive working relationships with residents, carers, partners including departments across the council, providers from the NHS, private, voluntary and community sectors to coproduce our offer.

You will identify creative opportunities for strategic partnerships and collaborations, optimising resources to achieve our aims.

We are looking for a skilled communicator, with the ability to promote our vision across the borough, influence senior stakeholders, garnering commitment, and hold partners to account

Candidates for the role should have relevant programme management experience within a local authority or other relevant environment and possess a strong understanding of Integrated Care Systems.

For an informal discussion please contact Sophia Stevens, email: [email protected].

Working for the team, service and our organisation

Islington is a place rich with diversity and culture. As a council our sense of purpose couldn't be clearer: we serve. It's in the logo. We are committed to challenging inequality in the borough and as one of the largest employers we know that to look after the place and the planet, we have to look after our people. Together we can change the future.

We are determined to create a more equal Islington, where everyone who lives here has an equal chance to thrive.

To do this, everyone who works at Islington Council lives by a set of values which guide us in everything that we do: collaborative, ambitious, resourceful, and empowering. They spell out 'CARE', which is what we think public service is all about.

Our offer to you

We are committed to challenging inequality in the borough and as one of the largest employers we know that to look after the place and the planet, we have to look after our people. Our staff benefits include:

• Up to 31 days leave per year, increasing to 36 days after five years of local government service
• A range of flexible working arrangements to maintain a healthy work-life balance, as well as a 35-hour working week
• Learning and development opportunities to maximise your potential
• Competitive pay and a commitment to paying all staff the London Living Wage at minimum
• Excellent local government pension scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme and discounted gym memberships
• Local discounts from restaurants, shops, health and beauty therapists, and more!

Recruitment information

It is the policy of Islington Council that no user of service, present or future employee or job applicant receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of their sex, perceived or actual sexual orientation, marital status, race, religion or belief, age, creed, colour, nationality, national origin, ethnic origin, or disability, or on the grounds of their association with someone in one of these groups; nor is disadvantaged by any conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justified. We welcome applications from Black and Minority Ethnic candidates and acknowledge our responsibility to mitigate against racial discrimination.

Islington Council operates a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria and we are committed to providing support to applicants who request reasonable adjustments to be made during the recruitment process and throughout their career with us.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expects all staff, and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts are subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

The post is subject to a enhanced DBS check with adult barred list, qualifications check and 3/5 years referencing.

Please note: Priority will be given to those at risk of redundancy within Islington Council. Current employees who are part of the redeployment pool must meet the essential criteria for shortlisting to be prioritised.