Successful candidates can be based at either Tonbridge or Ashford, Kent.
This positiion is within the Live Well Kent contract. https://livewellkent.org.uk/
Who are we?
Shaw Trust is a progressive charity on an exciting journey to help five times more people over the next five years. For over 30 years we have supported disabled and disadvantaged people to make positive changes to their lives through training and employment, and our ambitious plans need the right people to help us transform many more lives, in many more ways.
What we do is exciting, fulfilling and diverse and it’s about to get even better. As well as employment services, we work with kids in schools, help offenders in prisons, and empower people to take part in activities that many of us would take for granted.
Working with us gives you far more benefits than a standard package; it gives you the chance to help turn someone’s life around.
What we need?
We are looking for a individual who can build and manage lasting strategic, operational and commercial relationships with our network of community partners.
Providing vision and direction you will lead the development of local community partners within the directorate, building capacity and ensuring success.. Flexibility in your aproach will be required as we need an active network of providers reflecting the changing customer needs throughout the life of programmes. As additional contracts are won you lead on the procurement and embedding of new partners into our provider networks.
Maintaining a quality first approach to our Mental Health and Wellbeing provision, you will be comfortable in managing partners against our our agreed contractual obligations to commissioners and participants. Whilst managing contactual performance, building strong collaborative working arrangements with an extensive partnership network to embed Shaw Trust in the communities we serve, will be an ever present objective.
This role is perfect for someone with a background in supply chain management with the ability to capacity build a diverse range of delivery partners. An ability to champion and embrace change is essential. An understanding of how the development of community-based services impacts the lives of people with mental health challenges is essential.
Are you right for the job?
- Do you have experience of managing a diverse network of providers and/or supply chain?
- Do you have experience of managing a wide range of contracts?
- Are you a relationship builder, experienced in increasing capacity with other organisations and individuals and able to motivate them to continuously improve?
- Are you proactive in achieving KPIs and targets across a diverse range of providers and contracts?
- Do you have the experience to resolve complex issues and stay focused under pressure?
- Are you confident in the analysis and interpretation of data in respect of outputs and outcomes to inform decisions on adapting or changing the provision procured