Birmingham Children and Young People’s Partnership Manager

Permanent

Grade 6 £50,788 - £62,801 Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review 

Working 36.5 hours per week. 

The role is hybrid however the post holder would be required to work from Birmingham City Council buildings as business needs dictate. 

About us

Do you want to make a real difference for children, young people, and families in Birmingham? Do you have a passion for collaborative strength based, relationship centred decision making and service design and provision? 

Outside of London, Birmingham is the UK’s most diverse city and has the largest number of young people in its city than any of its European counterparts. Birmingham is on a journey of significant change, ready to reset, reshape and restart. To do this well we recognise that we need to strengthen our permanent arrangements across fundamental functions by increasing internal expertise and capacity.

Birmingham’s Children and Families Directorate are recruiting a series of posts to expand the Strategy, Governance and Planning service. This is truly an exciting opportunity to showcase your skills, knowledge, and experience to facilitate meaningful change for the children, young people, and families of Birmingham. 

Our team ethos is centred on appreciation for individuality and individual contribution and expertise and the value of this to the team’s collective success and ability to sustain positive outcomes. We strive to ensure that our working environment is inclusive, supportive, and empowering. 

About the role

The Birmingham Children and Young People’s Partnership is a collaboration between Birmingham City Council, Birmingham Children’s Trust, Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board, West Midlands Police & Crime Commissioner, West Midlands Police, the Birmingham Voluntary Services Council, and wider services across Birmingham. Whilst the role is positioned to coordinate the delivery of the work of the Partnership, it is a permanent Birmingham City Council post. 

The Partnership works together as one, with a set of shared priorities. The Partnership is committed to working with families and communities, and improving outcomes for babies, children, and young people across Birmingham. The work of the Partnership is underpinned by the Change for Children Plan 2023-2028 and associated programmes of work. We are also proud to have joined the UNICEF Child Friendly Cities and Communities programme, committing to put the rights of children and young people at the heart of our Partnership planning and service delivery. 

About you

This is an exciting opportunity for a confident, experienced, and dynamic manager/service manager to work across a large, diverse city through a challenging yet extremely rewarding time of transformation, to play a vital role in delivering our programmes. As the Partnerships and Programmes Manager, you will be working with colleagues from across the Partnership and play a key role in the coordination of the work of the Partnership. You will oversee the day-to-day management of planning and delivery, building and sustaining collaborative relationships with a wide range of stakeholders. You will report directly to the Head of Strategic Governance, Planning and Improvement, the Partnership Lead. 

You will be a skilled project and programme manager and confident negotiator, with knowledge and experience of working with multi-agency partnerships, within the children, young people, and/or adult services system. An excellent communicator with proven experience of leading, motivating and influencing teams, you will enjoy partnerships and be adept at building and sustaining relationships across professional teams. Dynamic and detail-focused, you will have great organisation skills, and the ability to coordinate across multiple workstreams and activities. Above all, you will be committed to children and young people’s rights and life chances, and excited by the challenges and opportunities of this exciting role.  

For any informal enquires please contact: cfgovernanceandplanning@birmingham.gov.uk 

You must upload a Supporting Statement via the attachments part of your application. This is required for shortlisting; you need to describe how your experience and skills fit the essential criteria for the role as specified in the Person Specification. If you do not attach your Supporting Statement, your application will not be considered. Please do not attach CVs as we do not accept them.

Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.

We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities we serve. Our data tells us that for this level of role, ethnic minorities are underrepresented and therefore we will use positive action to support us to achieve diverse shortlists. This may mean that recruitment times are a little longer, but we think this is worth it to achieve our aim.

Closing date 21st February 2025 at 23.59.  

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We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered.

A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.

Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed.

Non-UK applicants (excluding Ireland) would be required to hold a relevant Visa from the UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI).

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