Housing Partnership Manager
Gloucester
This is a Gloucester City Council job.
- Job Title: Housing Partnership Manager
- Job Location: Gloucestershire wide (hosted By Gloucester City Council)
- Salary: £55,653 - £64,239 per annum
- Hours per Week: 37.00
- Contract Type: Fixed Term
- Duration: Two years
- Closing Date: 01/11/2024
- Job Requisition Number: 10151
- This post is open to job share
We are a dynamic local authority providing essential services to the people of Gloucester and we are the host authority for this Gloucestershire wide post. Our main office, based in the Eastgate Centre on Eastgate Street in the heart of the city, is an accessible, modern and light space designed for collaborative working and finding new ways to work. It's all open plan, with a living green wall and other plants without set desks, so you can sit next to someone new every day. We're always looking to improve how we work and we offer flexible and agile working to give our people a great work life balance. You would be welcome to base yourself in the Gloucester Offices whenever needed, but there is a need for you to work from other partner locations across the county.
About the role…
Gloucestershire Housing Partnership Team is a diverse team of dedicated individuals who work across the County to support and manage work around Domestic Abuse, International Resettlement and Rough Sleeping. They work closely with a range of partners and stakeholders to ensure high quality services and contracts that meet the needs of the client group.
Flexible and agile working is available through employment by Gloucester City Council , although you will be working for all of the Gloucestershire Districts, the County Council and other partners such as Health and the OPCC. In order to build strong relationships with all of these partners the post holder will work from a variety of locations across Gloucestershire on a monthly basis.
What we need from you…
We are looking for an experienced and dynamic individual to lead the team. This is challenging but rewarding work due to the variety of work and the involvement of a number of partners from across the public sector.
What we can do for you…
For all your hard work, you will receive the following:
• Flexible, Hybrid/Agile working opportunities
• Generous Annual Leave entitlement 30 days annual leave.
• An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• 2 days paid leave every year to participate in local volunteering activities
• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) & Life Cover of 3 times your salary
• Regular Training, career development and qualification opportunities
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for
employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone, and an in-house Occupational Health service
• Enhanced family friendly leave and pay
• Cycle to Work scheme (Salary Sacrifice -T&C apply)
• Coming Soon - Car Scheme (Salary Sacrifice -T&C apply)
• Employee discount scheme
• Discounted tickets for local events, and reduced rate use of GL1 facilities
• Free Flu-jabs
• Access to employee led networks such as Black Worker’s, Prism (LGBT+), Carers, Disability and the Young
Employees Network, and opportunities to participate in our Equalities Working Group.
How to apply…
If you feel you have the skills, desire, experience and passion to help deliver our ambitious plans for the city then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button.
If you currently work for the City Council and wish to apply for this position on a secondment basis, please obtain approval from your current line manager that you may be released on a secondment before submitting an application form.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Ruth Saunders, Corporate Director via email at ruth.saunders@gloucester.gov.uk
Closing date Friday 1st November 2024
Short-listed candidates will be contacted by e-mail and invited to interview on Friday 22nd November 2024
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Additional Information
To access the Job Profile, please follow the link below:-
Housing Partnership Manager - Job Profile
Gloucester City Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Equality and Diversity
We recognise the positive value of equality and diversity and pride ourselves on growing a high-performing workforce that is diverse, skilled and talented; that represents the community it serves.
We aim to recruit a diverse pool of talent and will recruit the person who is most suited to the job without regard to their race, colour, religion or belief, age, nationality, ethnicity, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, caring responsibilities or disability.
We are a disability confident employer committed to removing barriers to employment to those with disabilities or long-term health conditions. Reasonable adjustments will be made to the recruitment procedure to ensure that no-one is disadvantages because of their disability. Please contact the recruitment team if you require support or reasonable adjustments during the application or recruitment process recruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Further information on our commitment to Equality and Diversity can be found Here
If you wish to apply for this position on a secondment basis, please obtain approval from your current line manager that you may be released on a secondment before submitting an application form.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a 'customer facing role' must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.