Head of Communities and Young People

3 weeks ago


Southwark, United Kingdom Reed Secure Full time

**Reed Secure **are proud to partner with **MOPAC**, supporting with a permanent **Head of Communities and Young People **vacancy based in **Southwark**.
- £69,991 - £78,569 per annum (based on experience) + contributory pension scheme
- Core hours - Monday to Friday (2 days office based per week)
- Strict police vetting will be conducted
- Reports to: Director of Strategy and Operations - VRU

**Background and Job Purpose**:
The post holder will lead on developing new policies and programmes for young Londoners. This includes a mixed portfolio including parenting, early years and early adverse behaviours in childhood, education - schools and colleges, health, and youth work.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Senior lead for creating innovative and impactful strategy and policy on young people from parenting through to employment and including schools and youth work. They will inspire and encourage the team to contribute and implement these strategies, and ensurethey are providing value for money.
- Senior lead for driving forward a mayoral priority on all areas of young people policy including parenting, health, and youth work. it will involve substantial stakeholder engagement, developing new and creative policies and practices.
- Senior lead for ensuring innovative community and young people engagement and participation, that is now a well-recognised and integral part of VRU’s work is even more impactful, expansive and promoted.
- Senior lead for driving forward a campaign for a London schools inclusion charter to be adopted by London schools and boroughs that is based on our Inclusive schools programme. It will include developing and managing key relationships with the Departmentfor Education, schools, local authorities and will include knowledge sharing, monitoring and financial oversight.
- Developing an integrated and sustainable commissioning strategy which delivers against priorities for young people and achieves value for money as well as provides commercial leadership.

**What are we looking for? The successful applicant will have**:

- Significant senior experience of leading on major policy initiatives and implementing change ideally within the public sector.
- A strong understanding and knowledge of current central, local and regional policy and processes particularly of communities, and young people including education, health.
- Strong ability to build relationships, influence and negotiate with prospective providers of commissioned services, stakeholders and partners.Experience of working within strategic and operational public sector roles, to reduce violence. Including anunderstanding of education settings, youth participation and community capacity building within London.
- Experience of strategic partnership working within local partnership arrangements.
- Significant management experience of commissioning. A proven track record of successful commissioning and involvement throughout the commissioning cycle.
- Ability to galvanise rapid action across a broad programme, with demonstrable experience of delivery in a pressured environment and delivering priorities at pace.
- Proven expertise in handling crisis / issues real time within a public sector and political environment.



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