VCSE & ASC Partnerships & Prevention Mgr
Gloucester
This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
- Job Title: VCSE & ASC Partnerships & Prevention Mgr
- Job Location: Shire Hall, Gloucester
- Salary: £53,937 - £57,844 per annum
- Hours per Week: 37.00
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Closing Date: 30/07/2025
- Job Requisition Number: 11905
Are you passionate about building strong partnerships that make a real difference in people’s lives?
Do you thrive in a collaborative environment where innovation and community impact are at the heart of everything you do?
If so, we want to hear from you!
About the role
We’re looking for a strategic and dynamic leader to join our Adult Social Care team as the VCSE and ASC Partnerships and Prevention Manager.
In this pivotal role, you’ll lead the development of partnerships between Adult Social Care and the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector, driving forward prevention-focused services that empower people to live independently and improve health and wellbeing outcomes.
The role will involve:
- Leading strategic engagement with the VCSE sector to co-produce community-based preventative services.
- Identifying service gaps and supporting targeted grant funding to improve equity and outcomes.
- Managing funding mechanisms, including the Thriving Communities Grant.
- Supporting and developing the Know Your Patch Networks to amplify community voices.
- Collaborating with commissioning, public health, and integrated care teams to align prevention priorities.
- Acting as the principal point of contact for the VCSE within Adult Social Care.
- Monitoring and evaluating the impact of community partnership initiatives.
You will be based at Shire Hall in Gloucester, working as part of an agile working offer, which includes working from home combined with time in the office and travel throughout the county.
About you
You will have proven experience working within or alongside the VCSE sector, ideally in a commissioning or partnership role. You will have extensive experience working in Adult Social Care and a strong understanding of Adult Social Care’s preventative responsibilities and the VCSE funding landscape.
In addition, we are looking for someone with:
- Experience in commissioning and/or grant-making.
- Understanding of charity governance arrangements and the different charitable structures.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- A collaborative, innovative mindset.
- Strategic thinking with the ability to turn policy into practice and deliver impactful community solutions.
- A passion for community empowerment.
The job profile below includes a more extensive list of the experience, skills and knowledge we are looking for.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do and how we treat each other. They provide essential guiding principles about the way that we work and set the tone for our culture, and identify what we, as an organisation, care about. Read more about our Values on our website.
If you hold the same behaviours and approach, then we want to hear from you!
Our Offer
Our people do all they can to make the difference to local communities in Gloucestershire. And that’s exactly what we aim to do for our people. Here are some of the ways we aim to achieve this:
- Regular formal and informal support
- Safe, supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
- Clear career progression pathways, to support you in progressing professionally and personally
- 30 days annual leave
- Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
- 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.
- Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&C's apply)
- Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
- Staff discount scheme that offers access to great savings including discounts with major supermarket chains and high street retailers
- Agile working opportunities (please discuss at interview)
Applying:
Please write your application with consideration for the essential criteria on the Job Profile. This should include examples of why you should be considered; the experience, skills and knowledge that you would bring to the post.
For an informal discussion about this role, please contact ASCrecruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk to arrange a convenient time for a call back.
The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.
We’re closer than you think:
We are an easy commute from many locations, view our commuting times map to see what we mean.
Additional Information
To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-
Job Profile VCSE and ASC Partnerships and Prevention Manager
Gloucestershire County 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.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
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Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.