Partnership Manager (Health and Social Care)

Hours: 35 hours per week (flexible working/reduced hours available)

Term: Initially to March 2022

Location: GCVS Offices/ Glasgow HSCP Offices

This post is funded by Glasgow Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) to ensure that the voluntary / third sector in Glasgow is involved in the development of new ways of working to improve the health and wellbeing of Glasgow’s people. This will include understanding issues, designing and testing new approaches, building collaborations for change and evaluating impact. The post-holder will have a key role in building the relationship and developing understanding between the public and voluntary sector in the city.

The post-holder will have to manage a complex set of relationships and agendas. The public and voluntary sector share a strong desire to improve outcomes in the city but have different cultures and challenges. Success in this post will be measured by the extent to which health and social care services are designed and delivered collaboratively across agencies (regardless of sector) and with communities.

Some Essential skills for this post

• Strong understanding of the context of health and social care integration and the current challenges in health and social case systems in Scotland.
• Experience of building collaboration to respond to complex challenges.
• Experience of service design and stakeholder inclusion.
• Proven ability to provide leadership within a partnership or collaborative context.
• Understanding of the voluntary sector and its development.

The "Apply Now" will take you to GCVS website where you will find the Full Job Description and Person Specification for this job, and any further information for applying directly to GCVS.

To apply for this post please email your CV and Covering letter to recruitment@gcvs.org.uk by the closing date Monday 3rd February 2020.

Covering letter: use the person specification and job description for reference, and tell us about your skills and experience, qualities and achievements, which you consider, make you the best candidate for the post. Please give relevant examples to illustrate how you meet the criteria.

Please notice that application to this post may not be considered if you do not provide both CV and Covering Letter. Please let us know if there is any reason as to why you may not be able to provide any of these documents

GCVS strives to be an equal opportunities employer and is a Disability Confident Employer.

If you require any other information please contact GCVS on 0141 332 2444 or email: recruitment@gcvs.org.uk