Location: Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell, ML1 1AB
Salary: £51,557 - £56,511 per year
Contract Type: Permanent
Position Type: Full Time
Hours: 35 hours per week
Work From Home: Hybrid
This vacancy is internal and open to applications from employees of North Lanarkshire Council and Associated Employers only.
NLC13 - £51,557 - £56,511 per year
An exciting opportunity has become available within the Community Partnership Team for an Assistant Community Partnership Manager. This position will manage progress around the delivery of the Council's approach to integrated community-based locality planning, community engagement and community development in accordance with the requirements of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 and within the framework of the Community Planning in North Lanarkshire.
The post holder will contribute to the delivery of a wide range of development and engagement activity with communities linked to the priorities and ambitions for the council and with Community Planning partners, as well as taking a functional or thematic lead for key areas of practice.
The Assistant Community Partnership Manager will operationally manage a team of staff around delivery of the Council and partnership approaches to Community Safety, Local Development Programme, Community Engagement, Community Ownership, Participatory Budgeting, Capacity Building, and other relevant work areas including the Local Outcome Improvement Plans.
The Postholder will have a specific remit and operational oversight for the Council's approach to delivering the Access Free Sanitary Products Initiative and the monitoring and reporting framework for local priority planning.
You will be educated to degree level in a relevant subject (e.g., Community Learning & Development, Community Planning/Development or other relevant degree). A relevant postgraduate or professional qualification in a subject area related to community planning/development and membership of relevant professional association/networks is desirable.
For further information, please see the job description and person specification. Should you wish to discuss this post further, please don’t hesitate to contact Leanne Pollock (pollockle@northlan.gov.uk).
The successful candidate will be subject to a criminal conviction check through Disclosure Scotland.
Working Pattern (35 Hours)
Monday - Thursday: 8:45am - 4:45pm (including a 55 minute unpaid break)
Friday: 8:45am - 4:15pm (including a 50 minute unpaid break)
Working here at North Lanarkshire Council
If you’re considering a career with us, you’ll be keen to know what’s in it for you. We have a great package of benefits available, from health and wellbeing to finances and family. This includes 27 days annual leave and 6 public holidays, and a wide range of benefits available to you.
We are a Disability Confident Leader and offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who consider themselves to be disabled, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
We have also adopted the Armed Forces Community Covenant to show our support for service personnel, veterans and their families. We offer a guaranteed interview for service leavers, spouses, reservists and veterans, as long as they meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
North Lanarkshire Council is committed to #KeepingThePromise. This means that if you have ever been in care, you are entitled to a guaranteed interview for this post, as long as you meet the essential criteria of the person specification/job description.
The Plan for North Lanarkshire is to be the place to live, learn, work, invest and visit. The Council recognises that work is an important part of adult life and is critical to our wellbeing and shaping how we live.
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***PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT ACCEPT CVS IN PLACE OF THE APPLICATION FORM. TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS VACANCY YOU MUST ENSURE AN APPLICATION FORM IS SUBMITTED. ANY CV SUBMISSIONS WILL BE DISREGARDED.***
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