Assistant Team Manager
| Posting date: | 02 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 August 2025 |
| Location: | Tameside, OL6 6BH |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75713088 |
Summary
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Grade I. Scale 35 - £44,711 to Scale 37 - £46,731
Hours Per Week: 36 hours
Base Location: Tameside One
Assessment Date: To be arranged
The Role
We are looking for an Assistant Team Manager to work in Adults Commissioning & Quality across live well and Age well.
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Commissioning Team in Tameside Adults Services. The roles offer opportunities for personal and professional development and a chance for someone to bring their own skills, knowledge and experiences to contribute to service innovation and improvement within a fast-moving, demanding and ever-changing environment.
You will be responsible for supporting Commissioners in supporting those adults through Live Well and Age well, the oversight of the Quality tool and be instrumental in ensuring good quality support is delivered in and across services.
You will have the opportunity to shape the services our residents receive in Tameside and make a lasting impact. Working to review existing commissions and new opportunities, you will support the development of commissioning intentions and provide the quality oversight of all services across Tameside that support Adults.
About You
We are looking for highly motivated, energetic people with great interpersonal skills and the capacity to forge excellent relationships and effective multi-agency working. You will be passionate and have a drive to ensuring the best provision is received.
You will be driven to ensure the best for adults who require support and will be committed to ensuring good quality support provision is commissioned and exists in Tameside.
You will have good organisational skills. You will be positive about change and have experience of supporting innovation and culture change, to drive improvements across Adult’s Services. You will have experience of overcoming barriers to deliver successful outcomes. You must be capable of working on your own initiative to help drive and enable improved outcomes for or adults.
The post is a minimum two - three days office based and the remainder hybrid working.
About Us
Message from Stephanie Butterworth, Director of Adults Services at Tameside Council.
‘’ I’ve worked here for many years now and I’m proud of the work that we do together, ensuring people in our borough are living a good life.
‘‘Our vision is one which sees people living well in the place they call home, where they are supported to be a part of their local communities to live long, healthy and fulfilled lives.
‘’One way I regularly connect and listen to our workforce is through my monthly staff drop-in with our Principal Social Worker. This is an opportunity to create dedicated time for staff to share ideas, team updates and network across our services. It’s amazing to hear during sessions that they really value being part of Team Tameside and the opportunities that we bring, so we can make sure that they are part of delivering our ambition for the people we support.
‘’Working in Adult Social Care is a rewarding and fulfilling career choice, where you can really make a difference to people’s lives every day. We will support you to develop and fulfil your potential and create space for you to reflect and grow. We are dedicated to breaking barriers, so our workforce is rich with experience and understanding, always building and championing social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.
People are always at the heart of everything we do, if our vision sounds like something you want to be part of, we offer a warm welcome to join us here at Team Tameside. ‘’
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff to share this commitment. This position is subject to Enhanced Disclosure Procedures.
Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.
Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here
For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager Julie Burroughs on 0161 342 2331
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