VCSE Strategic Lead: Health and Social Care

Salford CVS – a city-wide infrastructure organisation for the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector – is looking for a VCSE Strategic Lead: Health and Social Care to provide strategic leadership for their health and social care work.

Key Responsibilities

• Effectively representing Salford CVS and the wider VCSE sector in a senior capacity at a wide range of strategic partnership meetings and events – e.g. Salford Health and Wellbeing Board, Salford Provider Collaborative Committee, Neighbourhood Health and Care Group, and the various subgroups of the Salford Integrated Care Partnership Committee, etc.
• Building VCSE sector knowledge and skills through the interpretation and dissemination of key health and care developments, policies, strategies, and operational plans.
• Ensuring effective communication regarding the many roles that the VCSE sector has in delivering against health and care priorities, for example, the shifts described in the recent NHS 10-Year Plan (from sickness to prevention, hospital to community, and analogue to digital) and the Adult Social Care principles of ‘prevent, reduce, delay’.
• Working with relevant Salford CVS colleagues to support the delivery of VOCAL, Salford’s VCSE model for voice and influence – including facilitating strategic forums, workshops, round‑tables and other events.
• Supporting VCSE representatives on the city’s myriad health and social care partnerships, including facilitation of monthly reps meetings, ensuring that reps protocols are adhered to, reporting is completed and shared with the wider sector, etc.
• Proactively engaging and informing Salford CVS and wider VCSE sector colleagues regarding current strategic developments and conversations to enable participation in shaping plans for the city and city‑region.
• Facilitating integrated working between the VCSE sector and public sector partners in the fields of wellbeing, health and social care.
• Developing and sustaining positive relationships across a complex network of partnerships.
• Acting upon a duty and responsibility to protect and safeguard children and vulnerable adults.
• Delivering your work to targets and timescales, ensuring measurable outcomes are achieved and longer‑term impact is demonstrated.

Skills and Experience

• Awareness of the current priorities for the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise sector, Public Health and Social Care in Salford and Greater Manchester, as well as nationally.
• Thorough understanding of the wider determinants of wellbeing and health, as well as the needs of disadvantaged and marginalised communities.
• Demonstrable practical experience of working and influencing at a strategic level.
• Experience of building organisational and partnership knowledge and skills through the interpretation of key developments, policies, strategies, and operational planning documents.
• Demonstrable experience of building and maintaining strong collaborative networks of cross‑sector partners.
• Demonstrable effective communication, influencing and negotiation skills.
• Excellent organisational skills, including the ability to plan and deliver network meetings and events.
• Ability to produce clear written reports, presentations, articles and blogs for a wide variety of audiences.
• Practical IT skills for preparing reports, analysing data, producing presentations, etc.
• Proven ability to work under pressure, use own initiative and multitask, prioritising workloads to meet tight deadlines.
• 28 days’ holiday – rising to 30 days (after five years), plus Bank Holidays (pro rata for part‑time).
• Enhanced company sick and maternity pay, subject to terms and conditions of service.
• Pension scheme – with 7% employer contribution (and 1% mandatory employee contribution).
• Cycle to Work scheme.
• Membership of the Hospital Saturday Fund via an employer subsidised scheme (optional and non‑contractual).
• RHS family membership (optional and non‑contractual).
• Development opportunities that support and encourage staff to progress in their careers (including formal training).
• A supportive working culture that respects and supports one another to do the best they can.

Salary: £41,771 per annum (Scale NJC Point 31).

Contract and Hours: Fixed Term for 18 months in the first instance; Full Time, 37.5 hours per week, with core hours between 8am and 6pm.

Location: Salford CVS’ offices in Eccles, Salford, M30 0FN.

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