Job Description
Exciting Opportunity: STRIVE Lead - Community Partnership Officer (Fixed Term, 2 Years)
Join Clackmannanshire Council’s People Directorate and lead a dynamic, multidisciplinary team focused on tackling some of the most pressing issues facing our community today. As the STRIVE Lead/Community Partnership Officer, you will play a pivotal role in driving forward the STRIVE (Safeguarding Through Rapid Intervention) initiative, providing rapid, targeted support to individuals with complex needs.
In this role, you’ll manage the STRIVE team and collaborate closely with key partners including the Child Poverty Coordinator, Family Wellbeing Partnership, and Community Engagement Co-ordinator to streamline efforts across areas such as Alcohol and Drugs, Community Justice, Homelessness, Violence Against Women and Girls, and more. Your leadership will ensure effective community engagement, innovative problem-solving, and a truly transformational approach to support delivery.
This is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference, improve outcomes, and shape the future of service delivery in Clackmannanshire. If you're a passionate leader with a vision for change, we want to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities:
1. Lead and develop the STRIVE team
2. Foster community collaboration with individuals who have lived experience of key issues
3. Align community efforts for seamless, early support
4. Work with strategic partners to create innovative, place-based solutions
If you're ready to help create lasting change, apply now!
Additional Information
You can view the application pack below which contains the job profile outlining the skills, experience and knowledge required for this job. You can also find our recruitment privacy notice and a general information pack about Clackmannanshire Council.
Clackmannanshire Council is currently promoting the recruitment campaign “Get into Care for Adult Care”. Further documents can be viewed below – these do not relate to the job advertised.
Clackmannanshire Council welcomes applications from everyone and we value diversity in our workforce. We are committed to being an exemplar employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. For this vacancy, we would welcome applications from ethnic minority groups, who are currently under represented in our workforce.
Clackmannanshire Council operates a flexible hybrid approach for those roles that allow this type of working. Attendance at the office will be required to meet the needs of the business and for example to build team and stakeholder relationships. The exact pattern of working will be agreed with you as part of the recruitment process.
Clackmannanshire Council is a living wage accredited employer.
This post is considered Regulated Work with Children and / or Protected Adults under the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act. You will be required to join the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme update check prior to a formal offer of employment being made by Clackmannanshire Council. Further guidance will follow in your conditional offer of employment on how to apply. Please note you will be required to pay for the cost of this application if your salary is over £38, per annum, which will be deducted from your first pay.