Interim Strategic Lead e and Strong Communities

1 month ago

BarrowInFurness, United Kingdom Westmorland & Furness Council Full time

Job profile- The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.**Job details**:
**Job reference**

REQ00000015441

**Date posted**

11/07/2023

**Application closing date**

30/07/2023

**Location**

**Salary**

51766.00 - 53873.00

**Package**

**Contractual hours**

37

**Basis**

Full time

**Job category/type**

OTHER

**Attachments**

**Interim Strategic Lead - Safe and Strong Communities WMF335e**:
**Job description**

**Interim Strategic Lead - Safe and Strong Communities**

**Westmorland and Furness Council**
- Location(s): South Lakeland House, Kendal
- Contract: This is a temporary role for 9 months
- Hours: 37
- Salary: 51,766.00 - 53,873.000
- **About this opportunity**
- This is a strategic leadership role, developing and overseeing a number of policy and service areas across Safe and Strong Communities. In particular the role will focus on Inclusion and Diversity. Poverty and Food Inclusion, Social Enterprise, Grants Programmes, Education Engagement and Enforcement, and community resilience.
Working with key internal and external stakeholders including; the Council’s Senior Leadership Team, Elected Members, the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise Sector, Town and Parish Councils, service leaders, and Trade Union colleagues to drive the development of services in line with Council Plan priorities.
This post will be part of the Assistant Director’s Management team and will work closely with service managers within the directorate and across the authority to develop the approach, activity and services relating to Safe and Strong Communities
A key element of the role will be to provide strategic management and technical expertise to ensure services continue to be delivered effectively and remain customer focused, innovative, and efficient. The role must also ensure that allocated statutory responsibilities are properly discharged and ensure that performance and risks are managed in line with statutory responsibilities.
- **Who we are looking for**:

- Develop and manage the Council’s approach to Community Grants programmes, ensuring schemes are developed in line with Council’s governance arrangements and are managed and issued in an appropriate and timely manner.
Working across the organisation, lead the development of the Council’s policy and approach to tackling poverty and food inclusion, including overseeing the management of the Household Support Fund.
Promote the development of partnerships, networks and relationships with stakeholders across Westmorland and Furness and the north west, to deliver value for money and ease of access to services for our communities
Support the Assistant Director and Senior Communities Manager in the development of policy, business and strategic planning activities to develop Safe and Strong Community services, including the development of partnership working
Develop business cases and strategies to shape how the services will delivered by the Council, in line with the vision and objectives of the Council Plan. This will be influenced through engagement with existing and new partners, including those from the private, public and voluntary sector and listening to our existing customers and communities
Act as adviser to the council on policy matters, supporting the Assistant Director Safe and Strong Communities and councillors by developing and implementing plans that result in high quality service delivery.
- *Extensive knowledge of some or all aspects of the service areas, including statutory *responsibilities and the regulatory framework.
Extensive knowledge of local authority and wider public sector strategies and initiatives.
- Strong organisational and political acumen.
- Experience of leading change in a large, complex and diverse organisation.
- Ability to use leadership skills to build and understanding of the agendas and motivations of others in order to keep them positively engaged.
- Highly developed communication, challenge and negotiating skills with the ability to engage with a wide range of audiences.
- Well-developed analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to coach others in these.
- A successful track record in developing effective working alliances together with a proven ability to network.
- Experience developing external partnerships, with other organisations and stakeholders, to deliver key strategies and programmes.
- Experience of customer engagement and advocacy in continually improving services.
- Strong commercial acumen and financial management skills.

**What can we offer you**
- Excellent training and development offers
- Flexible working opportunities
- Opportunity to join the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Boost your pension with Shared Cost Additional Voluntary
- Contributions (facilitated by AVC Wise)
Various perks and discounts schemes, including money off your phone contract and loc

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