Job summary
Rethink Mental Illness is seeking a part-time Head of Strategic
Partnerships and Alliances, to deliver
strong collaborative operational leadership to the VCFSE alliance in Tower Hamlets.
Background
In 2019 NHS England set out a bold and radical redesign of community
mental health services through the publication of the community mental health
framework. In response, Rethink published Communities
that Care: a blueprint for supporting people severely affected by mental
illness in their communities.
We believe that to really transform systems of mental health support, communities and organisations must come
together in the spirit of collaboration.
This cannot be delivered by any one organisation on their own.
Supporting local systems to work more effectively together through partnerships
and alliances is a key component of our five-year strategy.
Main duties of the job
Tower Hamlets VCFSE Alliance - the journey so far..
For the past three
years the development of a mental health VCFSE alliance in Tower Hamlets has
been enabled by a grant Rethink Mental Illness received from the Charities Aid
Foundation.
This grant enabled
Rethink to focus on supporting alliance development in four places in England,
including Tower Hamlets. The Alliance has
now secured funding from East London NHS Foundation Trust to further develop
the alliance structure and infrastructure, to enable the alliance to thrive and
to move into the next phase of development and delivery, with a focus on:
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Further alliance
building
-
Partnership working
-
Co-production
-
Community
leadership
-
Sustainable funding
-
Addressing
inequalities
-
Workforce
sustainability
As Head of
Strategic Partnerships and Alliances you will work with
leaders across the partner organisations of the Tower Hamlets Mental Health
Alliance to enable the realisation of the Alliances objectives across all
these areas.
About us
The work of our Strategic Partnerships & Alliances division is critical in achieving this objective. The division includes the local teams providing alliance leadership, participation, delivery and infrastructure support. We bring together expertise on co-production, community engagement, alliance building, infrastructure and resources.
This specialist support interfaces with place-based partnership and alliance teams working with local VCFSE groups, charities, community organisations, citizens, NHS and social care, to transform community mental health services and build communities that care around people affected by mental illness.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will provide a
facilitation and coordination function to the alliance, including elements of
quality assurance & compliance, commissioner interface and relationships, reporting
and due diligence. You will maintain and develop purposeful and managed partner
relationships across all existing Alliance members and nurture growth and
inclusion of other VCSE organisations across Tower Hamlets.
You will work with the following people and teams:
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Tower Hamlets Partnership Board
-
Tower Hamlets VCSE Mental Health Alliance
-
NHS Northeast London ICB
-
East London NHS Foundation Trust
-
Tower Hamlets Council
-
Alliance co-production lead (employed by alliance
partner organisation)
-
Rethink Head of coproduction
-
Experts by Experience
-
Rethink Strategic Partnerships and Alliances
division
-
Rethink Place Based Delivery division
-
Rethink central alliance support team
-
Other associated Rethink departments as required
For full
details about the role, please refer to the Job Description in the documents
section below.
Working arrangements:
This is a
part-time role for 23 hours per week (worked between 09:00 and 17:00 Monday to
Friday). The post holder will work
flexibly as required by the needs of the alliance projects.
The base salary
is £45,284 (pro rata) actual salary for 23 hours is £29,758.06 per annum.
For post
holders living or based in Greater London, £3,000 (pro rata) per annum London
Allowance applies. Actual amount for 23
hours per week is £1,971.43 per annum.
The role
is home-based with access to our Head office hub in Vauxhall for the purpose of
internal meetings, collaboration, or occasional hot desking.
The post
holder will frequently attend meetings within the borough of Tower Hamlets.
Selection
process and timescales
Closing date for applications
is Midday on 10 June 2024 (We reserve the right to close earlier, if sufficient suitable applications are received)
Competency
based interviews will be held on 17 and 18 June 2024. These will be held
via video call on Microsoft Teams.
The
selection process will include delivering a short presentation. For those
invited to interview, a presentation brief will be provided in advance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will provide a
facilitation and coordination function to the alliance, including elements of
quality assurance & compliance, commissioner interface and relationships, reporting
and due diligence. You will maintain and develop purposeful and managed partner
relationships across all existing Alliance members and nurture growth and
inclusion of other VCSE organisations across Tower Hamlets.
You will work with the following people and teams:
-
Tower Hamlets Partnership Board
-
Tower Hamlets VCSE Mental Health Alliance
-
NHS Northeast London ICB
-
East London NHS Foundation Trust
-
Tower Hamlets Council
-
Alliance co-production lead (employed by alliance
partner organisation)
-
Rethink Head of coproduction
-
Experts by Experience
-
Rethink Strategic Partnerships and Alliances
division
-
Rethink Place Based Delivery division
-
Rethink central alliance support team
-
Other associated Rethink departments as required
For full
details about the role, please refer to the Job Description in the documents
section below.
Working arrangements:
This is a
part-time role for 23 hours per week (worked between 09:00 and 17:00 Monday to
Friday). The post holder will work
flexibly as required by the needs of the alliance projects.
The base salary
is £45,284 (pro rata) actual salary for 23 hours is £29,758.06 per annum.
For post
holders living or based in Greater London, £3,000 (pro rata) per annum London
Allowance applies. Actual amount for 23
hours per week is £1,971.43 per annum.
The role
is home-based with access to our Head office hub in Vauxhall for the purpose of
internal meetings, collaboration, or occasional hot desking.
The post
holder will frequently attend meetings within the borough of Tower Hamlets.
Selection
process and timescales
Closing date for applications
is Midday on 10 June 2024 (We reserve the right to close earlier, if sufficient suitable applications are received)
Competency
based interviews will be held on 17 and 18 June 2024. These will be held
via video call on Microsoft Teams.
The
selection process will include delivering a short presentation. For those
invited to interview, a presentation brief will be provided in advance.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- You will have a strong experience and background in contract management, project mobilisation across complex workstreams and compliance. With proven experience in managing and maintaining strong working partner relationships in a complex and nuanced VCFSE environment is essential, including:
- Understanding of the ambitions of the NHS community mental health framework
- Knowledge and understanding of Tower Hamlets Mental Health sector and VCFSE sector
- A commitment to listen and to build relationships across difference
- A strong understanding and commitment to anti-racism and exploring anti-racism practice
- Ability to lead and manage teams
- Ability to oversee and manage complex budgets across multiple organisations
- Ability to deal with stressful situations in a calm manner
- Strong systems and process-based approach to drive quality assurance and performance measures
- An eye for detail and an ability to interpret and present business intelligence/data at an elevated level, in a wide variety of reporting formats
- Understanding and experience of working with people who use mental health services and delivering strong coproduced communications work.
- Working knowledge of coproduction and coproduction practice
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- You will have a strong experience and background in contract management, project mobilisation across complex workstreams and compliance. With proven experience in managing and maintaining strong working partner relationships in a complex and nuanced VCFSE environment is essential, including:
- Understanding of the ambitions of the NHS community mental health framework
- Knowledge and understanding of Tower Hamlets Mental Health sector and VCFSE sector
- A commitment to listen and to build relationships across difference
- A strong understanding and commitment to anti-racism and exploring anti-racism practice
- Ability to lead and manage teams
- Ability to oversee and manage complex budgets across multiple organisations
- Ability to deal with stressful situations in a calm manner
- Strong systems and process-based approach to drive quality assurance and performance measures
- An eye for detail and an ability to interpret and present business intelligence/data at an elevated level, in a wide variety of reporting formats
- Understanding and experience of working with people who use mental health services and delivering strong coproduced communications work.
- Working knowledge of coproduction and coproduction practice
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
