Partnership Manager (South West of England)

23 months Fixed Term (Secondment Cover)
34.5 hours. We welcome a conversation with you about the flexible working options available at Macmillan
Home based in South West of England
£44,000-49,000 FTE per annum

Are you looking for a new opportunity to use your expert knowledge of the health and social care system? Do you have experience of developing and delivering integrated services in partnership with a range of stakeholders and people? Can you role-model Macmillan Cancer Support’s values of heart, strength and ambition, as a powerful collaborator, independent thinker and advocate of equity, diversity and inclusion? Are you motivated to ensure that we deliver impactful and long term changes for people living with cancer?

You’ll be doing this while working for one of the UK’s most respected and loved charities.

If this is you, we’d love to hear from you.

At Macmillan, we understand how important it is that our workforce is representative of the people we support, and who support us. We particularly welcome applications from Disabled, Minority Ethnic and/or LGBTQ+ candidates who are under-represented in our organisation. We advocate for being an inclusive organisation, where everyone can feel that they belong and where there are no barriers to success.

This role is based at home with occasional travel to meet with partners and colleagues in throughout the South West. This will become more regular as the impact of Covid eases. The working hours for the role are 34.5. We want every individual to feel empowered to bring their best to work, and that’s why we offer flexibility on start and finish times, other working pattern options, and great benefits to support you in your life and career ambitions.

About the role
Based in the UK Partnerships Directorate within Macmillan’s Cancer Support Operations this role takes lead responsibility for building and sustaining a set of relationships across (area) and within Macmillan that result in positive changes for people with cancer. This will include playing a leadership role in Macmillan partnership investments in the local area, ensuring Macmillan is a credible influencing partner and our work is driven by relevant intelligence.

Macmillan has a clear strategy and set of priorities that underpin our focus and decision making. In this role you will:

• Lead the implementation of our strategy in the local health and social care system
• Engage with a range of stakeholders at all levels outside and within Macmillan leading to an integrated, informed and inclusive set of outcomes for people with cancer
• Understand the needs of the local population and area
• Actively support a set of investment opportunities and applications to Macmillan from partners in the local area deploying a set of critical assessment skills and analysis to ensure strategic alignment and impact.
• Manage the budget, reporting and performance of Macmillan grant funded services across the life span of the contract and work with colleagues to monitor the quality of Macmillan services
• Lead and contribute to ad hoc collaborative project work in Macmillan

About you
As an experienced professional in the health and/or social care sector you will lean into your background and find Macmillan a place where you can also develop your knowledge and set of skills:

• Excellent relationship and stakeholder management at all levels
• Understanding of UK Health and Social Care Systems
• Experience and skills in monitoring performance of services and contracts
• Experience of continuous improvement tools and delivery
• Budget management skills
• Experience of risk & issue management
• Understanding of the ways in which equity, diversity and inclusion play a part in the lives of people Macmillan supports and employs role modelling values-based behaviours.

About us
We help millions of people with cancer across the UK live life as fully as they can through physical, emotional and financial support. Our values are at the heart of who we are and everything we do, inspiring our thinking and guiding our actions. Together, we do whatever it takes for people living with cancer; with heart, with strength and with ambition.

Recruitment Process
For further queries about this opportunity, please contact Shelley Orton sorton@macmillan.org.uk