Strategic Community Partnerships & Programmes Lead

Catalyst Support; Old Woking; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Catalyst Support is seeking a Community Partnership Programme Lead to join our Community Connections team in Surrey. You will build strong relationships with community partners, coordinate programmes, identify gaps, and help mobilise new activities to improve local services.

The role requires experience in partnership or programme coordination within health or voluntary sectors, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

Qualifications

• Experience of partnership, programme, project or service coordination within health, social care, community or voluntary sector services.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, actions and deadlines; build constructive relationships.
• Experience with commissioned mental health, wellbeing or community services, VCSE partnerships, contract monitoring or commissioner reporting advantageous.
• Knowledge of Surrey communities and local voluntary sector.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain positive working relationships with our community and voluntary sector partners.
• Coordinate partner programmes and activities across Community Connections.
• Help identify gaps in local provision and opportunities to develop new activities and partnerships.
• Support mobilisation of new partner-led activities and services.
• Monitor partner activity, outcomes, attendance, quality and agreed actions.
• Maintain oversight of partner assurance, including safeguarding, DBS arrangements, training and governance requirements.
• Work with colleagues to ensure partnership activity contributes to service performance and commissioner reporting.

Skills

Partnership coordination

Programme coordination

Project coordination

Stakeholder management

Governance knowledge

Job description

Catalyst Support is seeking a Community Partnership Programme Lead to join our Community Connections team in Surrey. You will build strong relationships with community partners, coordinate programmes, identify gaps, and help mobilise new activities to improve local services.

The role requires experience in partnership or programme coordination within health or voluntary sectors, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.