What we need?
We are looking for an 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 approach 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 approach to our Mental Health and Wellbeing provision, you will be comfortable in managing partners against our agreed contractual obligations to commissioners and participants. Whilst managing contractual 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.