This is a fixed term 2 year role (or secondment) to implement and manage an exciting and important programme of work transforming the strategic relationship between the Council and the voluntary and community sector in the City.
The role is within the Voluntary Sector Grant Giving team which is part of Integrated Commissioning and Public Health. We are a small team that have key areas of responsibility and development for:
1. Strategic role with the VCS sector
2. 4 grant programme: Core Grant Aid programme supporting the voluntary sector, Connecting Communities supporting global majority organisations, social eating and lunch clubs, People Keeping Well ‘programme’ which is one of Sheffield’s social prescribing initiatives connecting people to non medical forms of support, Holiday Activities and Food
It is a varied role and we expect the successful candidate to be flexible and responsive to a diverse agenda. The types of work / a typical week might look like:
3. Writing strategy, policy and reports for governance meetings and boards
4. Tracking and maintaining project plans
5. Facilitating and hosting workshops and meeting with council officer and / or VCS partners
6. Working closely with officers and voluntary sector partners building relationships and seeking solutions that achieve outcomes for residents of the city
7. Meeting staff / partners and shadowing services including voluntary sector partners
If you have experience managing complex projects, can work with colleagues across different Council departments, and have an understanding about the voluntary sector in the Sheffield, this is a great opportunity to contribute to a key transformational programme of work for the City, and we would love to hear from you.
For more details contact Emma Dickinson on
We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.