Combatting Drugs Partnership Coordinator Post
Salary: £46,206 – £55,992
Contract: 36 months Fixed Term Until May 2029
Employment: Full Time
Locations: Wandsworth Town Hall; Twickenham Civic Centre
Objective of role
Working in partnership, this role will provide programme management support to enable the delivery of the Richmond and Wandsworth Combatting Drugs Partnership (CDP) and its corresponding strategic delivery plan.
About the role
This post is hosted by the Public Health team for Richmond and Wandsworth Councils on behalf of the Combatting Drugs Partnership. The post holder will support the Public Health Drug and Alcohol Lead to programme manage the delivery of the CDP and its corresponding strategic delivery plan.
The role deals with the changing political, strategic and policy context of the Government’s 10‑year Combating Drugs Strategy and the needs of multiple stakeholders.
In this role you will:
- Convene partnership steering group meetings to help ensure sufficient system capacity to coordinate strategy and planning to break the chain of supply, provide world class treatment and recovery, and support a generational shift in drug demand.
- Encourage full involvement of appropriate local leaders and put in place the governance structure and culture to drive joint and system‑wide decision making.
- Oversee and programme manage the development and delivery of the CDP Strategic Delivery plan with a whole‑system approach.
- Help to unblock issues across the system and prepare regular reports on the partnership’s performance and delivery into central government and the Health and Wellbeing Board to support the SRO.
Essential Qualifications, Skills and Experience
The successful applicant will have:
- Experience working with or within a Public Health team.
- Experience working with or within a Drug and Alcohol service.
- Knowledge of drug and alcohol harm, treatment and recovery, and an understanding of health and the wider system that reduces harms from drug and alcohol use.
- A project management qualification or evidence of equivalent experience.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Effective and sensitive oral and written communication skills.
- A collaborative team‑working style and meticulous eye for detail.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines and work independently.
Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to attract, develop, and reward our employees such as:
- 40 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays)
- Flexible working
- Generous pension plan
Equality and Diversity
Richmond & Wandsworth Better Service Partnership are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment and selection process, please let us know.
We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people / vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Some posts may be exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to these posts will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
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