Communities Manager - Partnerships

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Job Description

• East Suffolk Council, Lowestoft and Melton
• £47,754 - £51,804 (Band 9) with the potential to rise to £51,515 - £55,595 (Band 10)
• 37 hours per week
• Permanent

East Suffolk Council is an exciting place to work, delivering essential local services and making a real difference to a quarter of a million people across East Suffolk.

We currently have an opportunity to join East Suffolk Council's Communities Team as a Communities Manager - Partnerships.

Your role:

You will provide strategic support for some of our key partnerships, including the eight East Suffolk Community Partnerships and Community Partnership Board, lead delivery of the Community Partnership Annual Forum, manage Service Level Agreements with key VCFSE organisations and oversee the East Suffolk 'Community Hubs' programme, as well as managing some of the Communities Officers in the team and monitoring, evaluating and optimising team performance.

What you will need:

The successful candidate will have significant experience managing effective and high impact partnership working in the public, VCFSE sector and/or private sector. The candidate will also have experience of effectively leading and managing dispersed teams of people and working with and advising elected members. You will be collaborative, organised, an excellent communicator, problem solver and able to evidence your role in leading change.

Why work for us?

East Suffolk Council is a great place to work and there are lots of benefits our employees can access. To find out more about why we are so proud of East Suffolk Council, take a look at our video and hear why our employees think it is such a great place to work (YouTube).

Here are some of the main benefits:

• Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 25 days a year, increasing to 31 days after 5 years' service, plus bank holidays)
• Local government pension scheme
• Flexible working arrangements
• Learning and development tailored to your role
• A wide variety of staff support networks including access to health and wellbeing initiatives and programmes.
• Discounts on mobile phones, computers, holiday and travel, fashion and clothing, health and beauty and many other products and services.

Find more information about what we offer in our benefits brochure (pdf).

The majority of our teams are working in an agile way, with a mixture of home and office working, depending on individual preferences and service requirements. If you wish to discuss how that might impact your working arrangements if you were the successful candidate, please contact the recruiting manager listed at the bottom of this advert.

For more information

For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Nicole Rickard, Head of Communities and Leisure, on 07766998074

Closing date: 9 December 2024

Interview date: Wk commencing 6 January 2025

How to apply

Step 1 - Read the advert and theJob Description and Person Specification.

Step 2 - Complete the Supporting Statement template (docx). Your statement needs to indicate how you meet each of the criteria contained within the Person Specification. Please use the template provided (other formats will not be accepted).

Step 3 - Complete the online application and upload your statement. Please note, CVs are not accepted.

For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site (URL).