Fairer Futures Partnership Lead - ABC11639
| Posting date: | 06 November 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £83,269.00 to £83,269.00 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 November 2024 |
| Location: | Aberdeen, AB10 1AB |
| Company: | Aberdeen City Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | ABC11639 |
Summary
Job Purpose:
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Location: Marischal College, Broad Street, Aberdeen
Duration: Fixed Term, Full Time
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job purpose/about the role
The role leads on delivering the cultural transformation required to deliver an effective partnership model of Family Support as part of our Fairer Futures Partnership with
Scottish Government. The initial phase will focus on a community with a high proportion of families living in SIMD 1.
The post holder will lead on the development, implementation, and on-going evaluation of the Fairer Futures pathfinder which focusses on prevention, early intervention and long term sustainability. This will include driving a number of interconnected workstreams and empowering multi-disciplinary locality based teams to develop, implement, and take account of learning from a range of improvement projects designed to help find more person centred ways of addressing the challenges facing our citizens, families and communities.
The role is also responsible for the design, development and maintenance of strategic performance management and evaluation arrangements and ongoing, regular reporting of progress to a range of stakeholders including Community Planning Partners, citizens and Scottish Government. Although the post is hosted by Aberdeen City Council, the post holder will be accountable to Executive teams across NHSG, Public Health and ACHSCP, and will regularly report progress to Scottish Government
The post holder needs to hold as a minimum:
Degree in relevant field and extensive experience of leading complex change
The postholder is able to demonstrate:
• Demonstrable and extensive experience in:
o Developing and delivering strategies within a complex, public sector environment
o Experience of delivering complex change at scale
o Improvement methodologies and implementation science
o Managing a complex range of programmes and projects ensuring outcomes are
delivered to challenging deadlines and within budget
o Developing and managing a diverse team, motivating them to succeed in often
challenging circumstances.
o Strategic policy development and implementation.
o Developing/managing strategic partnerships.
o Service transformation and improvement.
o Developing integrated services.
o Delivering compliance with various legislative duties particularly in relation to
the integration of services, Human Rights, Equality, Fairer Scotland, Community
Empowerment
• Working as part of a multifunctional whole system
• Managing consultation forums and relationships with partners and communities.
• Fostering innovation and encouraging brave decision making
• Infrastructure developments and best use of buildings to achieve strategic aims
• Risk analysis, risk awareness, monitoring and management of risk.
• Embracing new technology to deliver services in an innovative way.
About Us
Please see the Job Profile for further details.
Aberdeen City Council is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. For further information, please see our Equality, Diversity, Inclusion and Recruitment pack.
Flexible Working
We are happy to talk flexible working and offer flexible working for most roles in the organisation meaning that many of our employees enjoy the freedom of choosing a working pattern that suits them as much as it suits the organisation.
Disability Confident
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Guaranteed Interview Scheme
We have a number of guaranteed interview schemes available to applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role they are applying for who:
- have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 (all jobs)
- looked after young people, those that are in continuing care or are a care leaver up to the age of 29 (all jobs)
- are aged 16-24 and live in Aberdeen City or have been to an Aberdeen City Council school and are applying for a Modern Apprenticeship (except Trades apprenticeships)
- have done a Foundation Apprenticeship with Aberdeen City Council and are applying for any apprenticeships relevant to the area in which they did their Foundation Apprenticeship
- are New Scots* aged 16-24 and are applying for any apprenticeships
*"New Scots" are defined as refugees and asylum seekers who are in Scottish communities and include those who have been granted refugee status or another form of humanitarian protection, people seeking asylum, those who have been refused asylum, and those whose application has been refused but who remain in Scotland.
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