Locality Manager – Permanent Position
Hackney is a dynamic local authority in London, committed to excellence, innovation and equity.
This is an exciting leadership opportunity for a visionary Locality Manager to drive excellence across our services, ensuring residents' access to safe, secure housing and consistently excellent care standards. You will work across a multidisciplinary and cross‑departmental landscape, providing strategic leadership to a team of scheme managers and fostering a people‑first culture of exceptional care and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Provide clear, strategic leadership across a multidisciplinary team of scheme managers.
- Deliver training and development, offer interpersonal support, and assist with complex service‑user assessments.
- Champion a people‑first approach, enhancing team morale through proactive supervision and effective communication with internal and external stakeholders.
- Manage a large budget, execute thorough assessments for service users, and ensure compliance with Care Quality Commission (CQC) regulations and standards.
Qualifications
- Established, ambitious professional with demonstrable experience in the Health and Social Care sector.
- Proven evidence of cultivating a high‑performance culture and navigating complex, multi‑agency teams.
- Exceptional communication skills and the ability to engage colleagues and stakeholders at all levels.
- Financially astute with experience managing large budgets and executing thorough assessments for service users.
Benefits
We offer excellent benefits, unrivalled team support and a commitment to your professional development and progression within a vibrant, dynamic environment.
Please Note
- Applicants must be available and willing to participate in an out‑of‑hours on‑call rota, with some work outside traditional business hours required.
- An Enhanced DBS check is required for this post.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We also recognise the disadvantages caused by social class and welcome applications from disabled people who are under‑represented in our workforce. Flexible working is encouraged.
