ABOUT US
The Guinness Partnership is one of the leading providers of affordable housing in England. We build and manage homes and provide housing services for around 140,000 customers nationwide. Our vision is to deliver great service, provide great homes, to be a great business and to be a great place to work. Because everything we do is about our customers, our communities and our people, any profit we make is re-invested in new and existing homes and improving services.
The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
JOB DESCRIPTION
About the role
We have a new opportunity for a Senior Community Partnership Manager to join our team in London on a full time, permanent basis.
This is an exciting time to join our team as we introduce a new approach for increasing and improving our social impact.
The successful candidate will be responsible for designing and launching a new social impact offer across London with a focus on the priority boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Kingston and Richmond. Creative and practical, you will apply your expertise to identify and analyse resident priorities to shape the local strategy and service offer, aligning with our nationwide social investment strategic approach and expected outcomes. As a convenor and co-ordinator of services rather than directly delivering support, you will focus on building and maintaining effective partnerships at all levels - from grassroot organisations and charities, to funders and Local Authorities. You will also work closely with our supply chain to maximise social value commitments for community benefit.
What were looking for
We are a customer-focussed organisation, so we know that how we do things is just as important as what we do. The successful Senior Community Partnership Manager will need the drive and confidence to work independently whilst also being a genuine collaborator, committed to working closely and successfully with the wider Community Investment Team and a range of different departments across the business.
You will have a breadth of experience across different thematic areas from supporting households with critical needs and enabling people to professionally progress, to developing and managing grant pots and supporting community mobilisation.
You will be highly motivated and comfortable navigating ambiguity with the tenacity to see projects through. You will also need to be both an analytical and strategic thinker. You will have a desire to innovate and experiment and to intentionally generate and learn from your results to improve services. You will have a client-first mindset and a demonstrable belief and commitment to equity.
You must be able to demonstrate the following:
Essential
Proven experience of successfully designing and delivering social impact projects and programmes.
Understanding of how to effectively capture, measure and evidence outcomes and impact
Proven experience of forging and maintaining successful operational and strategic partnerships
A high level of programme and project development and management expertise
Proven experience of successful contract and budget management
Expertise and experience in supporting service users to participate in the design and delivery of services
Desirable
An understanding of social housing
A high level of creativity and appetite to work innovatively to experiment, test and learn from service delivery and improve outcomes
To find out find out more about the key responsibilities of the role and to ensure you meet the essential criteria, please review the role profile.
Interested? We would love to hear from you.
Please apply with a CV and covering statement. Your covering statement should detail how you meet each point of the essential criteria listed above, and if possible either or both of the desirable criteria.
Please limit to no more than two pages overall.
First stage interviews to be held on MS Teams on 1st & 2nd May over Microsoft Teams
Second stage interviews to be held on 8 th May in our London office.
The advertised salary includes a £4000 Local Job Supplement
The Guinness Partnership is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all colleagues, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
Benefits
Holidays: We offer 25 27 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays. We will also give you the opportunity to buy up to an additional 5 days. You will also receive additional holiday in line with your length of service (1 extra day per 5 years service, capped at 4 days).
Competitive Pension Scheme: We will help you save for your retirement through our workplace pension scheme. Guinness match your contribution up to 9%. To help you get the most out of your pension contributions, we operate a salary sacrifice arrangement that means you will pay less National Insurance contributions.
Benefits Portal: We have a lifestyle benefits scheme, pulling together a range of special offers and great deals. You can make some great savings on everyday shopping from fashion and electronics to travel, leisure and days out and weekly supermarket shopping.
Performance Pay: Annual Performance Score bonus subject to eligibility
Life Assurance: For peace of mind Guinness provides three times salary life cover in the event of your death
Health Plan Options: There are a couple of health care schemes available depending on the post grade
VDU/DSE: Free eye test vouchers every 2 years with £55 contribution to glasses if requires for VDU work
Additional benefits include:
Access to the Finance wellbeing portal
Professional subscription annual payment
Travel season ticket loan
Car lease scheme
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