Overview
Strategy and Partnership Manager
Waverley Court
Salary: £65,184 - £77,845
Hours: 36 per week, 52 weeks
This is an exciting opportunity to lead the Council's partnership team and play a leading role in Edinburgh's ambitious agenda to tackle poverty and inequality. As the Strategy and Partnership Manager, you'll be responsible for overseeing the city's ten-year Community Plan and the Council's equality strategy. The role involves working closely with key stakeholders and partners across the city, advising leadership and elected members, and engaging with communities on key decisions the Council must take to lead this important agenda.
The Strategy and Partnership Manager will have an important role in driving the transformation and reform agenda needed to further embed the recommendations of the Christie Review. The successful candidate will form part of a city-wide partnership team looking to ensure all services are accessible, relational, and strength based.
We are looking for someone with a wide range of skills, including excellent communication, writing and engagement skills, understanding of political and council landscape, and experience in leading change and transformation programmes. The post holder will also be expected to support colleagues across the organisation and Edinburgh Partnership who are working on key city priorities including sustainability, housing, and employability.
If you think you have the strategic vision and enthusiasm to bring to this role we would love to hear from you.
We\'re happy to talk flexible working.
Should you have any queries about this role, please contact Gillie.Severin@edinburgh.gov.uk
We\'re committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.
As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we\'re bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.
To help achieve this, we\'re changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.
You can find out more on Our Behaviours page. Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.
Happy to talk flexible working.
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Responsibilities
* Oversee the city\'s ten-year Community Plan and the Council\'s equality strategy.
* Work with key stakeholders and partners across the city, advise leadership and elected members, and engage communities on key decisions.
* Drive transformation and reform to embed the Christie Review recommendations.
* Be part of a city-wide partnership team to ensure services are accessible, relational, and strength based.
* Support colleagues across the organisation and Edinburgh Partnership on priority areas including sustainability, housing, and employability.
Qualifications and requirements
* Excellent communication, writing, and engagement skills.
* Understanding of the political and council landscape.
* Experience in leading change and transformation programmes.
* Willingness to work flexibly and collaborate across organisation-wide priorities.
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