Village Agent Programme Manager

3 weeks ago

Taunton, United Kingdom Community Council for Somerset Full time

This is an important strategic role within our organisation. You will lead and manage the delivery of our Village Agent Programme which helps vulnerable people within Somerset, improving health and wellbeing, and supporting communities to thrive together.

You will work with the Head of Programmes and other members of the Senior Leadership Team to ensure that the programme delivers our strategic goals and that we are collaborating effectively within the Health & Wellbeing system of Somerset, and the VCFSE sector as a whole.

You will be a key member of the Programmes Team, and will work with colleagues to ensure that all of our community development work is well integrated; and we are making the most of opportunities, internal and external that will help to improve quality of life for individuals and communities in Somerset.

What you'll be doing

Thrive together

Be accountable for the delivery of high-quality Village Agent Services in Somerset, promoting a learning culture, and driving growth through role modelling. Lead all managers and operational employees within the Village Agent Programme to deliver our strategic goals. To coach and lead the Agent Locality Managers to enhance overall performance and continuous professional and personal development. Demonstrate active leadership skills and support your team to resolve challenges and respond to opportunities. Utilise high levels of emotional intelligence and strong communication skills internally and externally to ensure the delivery of a high-quality service.

Enable Change

Ensure that the impact of the Village Agent services is demonstrated and articulated to internal and external audiences, including contributions to fundraising and advocacy campaigns and materials and representing the service to external audiences. Look for opportunities to innovate and work with internal and external colleagues to develop new programmes of work to meet community need; implementing and evaluating pilot projects and, if successful, embedding them within the central service. Analyse performance data to evaluate service design, developing new or improved processes and procedures to ensure we are effective, efficient and focused on client outcomes. Be responsible for leading service development annually, responding to evidence of need and seeking to implement community solutions; whilst identifying and mitigating risk. Drive community development through the Village Agent service, supporting the team to identify gaps and implement sustainable community solutions. Take responsibility for collating quarterly, annual and ad hoc reports internally for the Senior Leadership Team and Trustees and externally for funders as required. Act as the Safeguarding Lead Officer for Client Services, and work closely with the CCS Safeguarding Lead. Contribute to the development of quality assurance systems. Assist in managing the organisation’s day-to-day operations and its resources in accordance with CCS policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and good practice in all aspects of the charity’s work. Keep abreast of national, regional, and local policy that impacts on our work to bring a wider perspective, and ensure our work is well informed.

Build Connections

Build and maintain positive working relationships with our collaborators, including commissioners, public sector officers and senior operational managers across a range of sectors and organisations. Show generous leadership and actively promote CCS values at all times. Attend relevant partnership and operational meetings for Village Agent services. When appropriate, represent CCS externally at events and meetings locally, regionally and nationally.

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