Partnership Manager

Do you want to work for a Charity that believes in people?

Do you want to be involved in something new that changes lives?

As a part of the Change Grow Live team, you’ll help people get to where they want to be and make a difference.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within Coventry for you to join a dynamic team committed to supporting people with drug and/or alcohol issues on their recovery journey.

We are looking to appoint a dynamic and energetic individual, with excellent communication and organisational skills as Partnership Manager.  the post holder will work with highly skilled colleagues to support Coventry to link strategically with cross-sector initiatives and integrate with wider cross-sector place-based partnerships to ensure the service is able to respond to the development of work-streams addressing multiple and complex disadvantage.

Where: Coventry

Hours: Full time 37.5 hour per week

Salary: £44,471.72 to £46,683.60 per annum Dependent on experience (pro rata for part time)

Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract until end of Jan 2027

Full-time hours at Change Grow Live are 37.5 hours per week. For part-time roles, the salary and payments will be pro rata based on contracted hours.

About the role: 

• Map, monitor and understand the local Integrated Care System (ICS) and related activity.
• Map, monitor and understand the local Combating Drug Partnership (CDP) strategy and outcomes framework.
• Lead and coordinate data analysis to feed into ICS and CDP developments
• Take on project management of any partnership developments including partnership projects funded through additional funding grants December
• Build and sustain healthy relationships with local partners and respond in a solution-focused way to challenges
• Understand local variation in ICS/CDP developments and internal systems to provide local staff/teams with tailored advice and guidance, as needed, and be a single-point-of-contact regarding ICS/CDP.
• Develop relationships with CDP and sub-groups, Primary Care
• Networks including Clinical Directors, local place-based partnerships, Mental Health Transformation, Teams, Acute trusts and VCSE alliance.
• Upskill staff and teams by providing information, advice, and guidance, that unpacks the complexities and enables services to integrate across criminal justice and the health and social care system.
• Monitor, capture and report on all OHID grant funded activity and provide any overview update to Service(s) Manager and commissioner reporting.
• Educate local leaders about the value of the service on a ‘human’ level and to recognise the purpose and benefits of integrated working.

About you:

• Experience of working within substance misuse services
• Experience working with vulnerable adults in a health and social care setting
• Knowledge and understanding of the possible pathways available within the Health, Social Care and Voluntary sector.
• Able to develop, design new methods and approaches to update practises and service delivery
• Key project management skills and ability to set targets and meet key deadlines
• Able to lead and embed a solution-focused approach to dealing with challenge and conflict in integrated working
• Able to use a data driven approach to influence partnership relationships, improve service provision and to tell our story
• Able to communicate (at many levels) performance using variety of data and demonstrate ability to summarise key outputs
• Able to guide and support a culture that facilitates collaboration and learning
• Excellent communicator who is open, listens and collaborates
• Patience and compassion to work through complexity with both individuals/teams
• Comfortable with ambiguity and able to adapt to situations as they occur

What we will give to you: 

• 25 days holiday (+ bank holidays) rising by 1 day for each years’ service “Capped at 30 days” 
• Paid ‘Wellness’ hour each week along with a ‘Wellness’ hub and Employee Assist Programme 
• Contributory pension scheme 
• A great selection of benefits incl. discounts for shopping, cinema, holidays, gym, childcare etc. 
• A friendly and supportive team 
• Training, career development & progression opportunities 
• Refer a friend scheme and receive £250 in vouchers if candidate is successful.