Strategic Development Officer
| Posting date: | 08 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £30,000 per year, pro rata |
| Additional salary information: | 3% pension contribution |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 07 August 2025 |
| Location: | 13 Ladybellgate Street Gloucester Gl1 2hn |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Gloucestershire Nightstop |
| Job type: | Contract |
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Summary
Role Overview WFH as agreed with Executive Director after initial period
The brand-new role of Strategic Development Officer is at Senior Practitioner level and will work closely with our Executive Director, helping them to shape and deliver GNS’s emerging strategic direction.
Focussed on developing solutions to end youth homelessness in Gloucestershire, the Strategic Development Officer will support and facilitate cross-sector partnerships, identify opportunities for innovation, initiate new collaborations, and help secure resources and funding for delivery.
The post holder will work with the Executive Director to prioritise within the 0.6fte hours currently available.
This is an exciting time for GNS as we transition from being a purely service-delivery focussed charity, to one that includes research, good-practice development, and policy influencing as part of our core activities.
GNS’s current strategy highlights our ambition to end youth homelessness and is informed by our recent research which identified critical gaps in the support available for young people in Gloucestershire. These gaps include accessible support, visibility, early intervention, and affordable housing. Addressing these needs requires innovative collaboration and a commitment to capacity-building. This year GNS will be running a detailed review of provision as part of the development for our new strategy for April 2026 onwards. The Strategic Development Officer will play a key role in helping to develop and implement this new strategy.
Key Delivery Priorities
● Collaborative Efforts: Strengthening partnerships with organisations and stakeholders to enhance service delivery, prevention, housing and support pathways for homeless at-risk young people.
● Community-Based Outreach: Work with internal colleagues and partners to expand the Daystop, advice, and support model to provide local services that increase accessibility.
● Integrated Support for Vulnerable Young People: support working collaboratively in addressing the challenges faced by LGBTQ+, Black, refugee, and care-experienced youth, as well as those affected by age-related policy restrictions
● Education & Awareness: work collaboratively to influence Gloucestershire moving towards a city of justice for homeless young people through targeted initiatives to influence and engage the community, young people, and adults who support them,
● Funding Diversification: Work with the Executive Director to explore statutory, voluntary, commercial sponsorships, and earned income opportunities.
The brand-new role of Strategic Development Officer is at Senior Practitioner level and will work closely with our Executive Director, helping them to shape and deliver GNS’s emerging strategic direction.
Focussed on developing solutions to end youth homelessness in Gloucestershire, the Strategic Development Officer will support and facilitate cross-sector partnerships, identify opportunities for innovation, initiate new collaborations, and help secure resources and funding for delivery.
The post holder will work with the Executive Director to prioritise within the 0.6fte hours currently available.
This is an exciting time for GNS as we transition from being a purely service-delivery focussed charity, to one that includes research, good-practice development, and policy influencing as part of our core activities.
GNS’s current strategy highlights our ambition to end youth homelessness and is informed by our recent research which identified critical gaps in the support available for young people in Gloucestershire. These gaps include accessible support, visibility, early intervention, and affordable housing. Addressing these needs requires innovative collaboration and a commitment to capacity-building. This year GNS will be running a detailed review of provision as part of the development for our new strategy for April 2026 onwards. The Strategic Development Officer will play a key role in helping to develop and implement this new strategy.
Key Delivery Priorities
● Collaborative Efforts: Strengthening partnerships with organisations and stakeholders to enhance service delivery, prevention, housing and support pathways for homeless at-risk young people.
● Community-Based Outreach: Work with internal colleagues and partners to expand the Daystop, advice, and support model to provide local services that increase accessibility.
● Integrated Support for Vulnerable Young People: support working collaboratively in addressing the challenges faced by LGBTQ+, Black, refugee, and care-experienced youth, as well as those affected by age-related policy restrictions
● Education & Awareness: work collaboratively to influence Gloucestershire moving towards a city of justice for homeless young people through targeted initiatives to influence and engage the community, young people, and adults who support them,
● Funding Diversification: Work with the Executive Director to explore statutory, voluntary, commercial sponsorships, and earned income opportunities.