Senior Community Partnerships Lead | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 14 January 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £72,921 - £83,362 per annum incl. HCAS [pro rata if PT] |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 13 February 2026 |
| Location: | London, SW1V 2RH |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7719542/333-J-M-0227 |
Summary
We are seeking a values-led, compassionate, and capable senior lead with a demonstrable commitment to improving and supporting mental health, learning disabilities, and autism services. The successful candidate will deliver high-quality, robust programmes, drive strategy, and manage relationships at all organisational levels. This role is pivotal in championing partnership working, particularly with the VCSE sector, and ensuring effective collaboration to deliver outstanding mental health services across North West London. The postholder will have contact with a wide range of stakeholders, including service users, carers, local authorities, and voluntary sector partners.
The Senior Community Partnership Lead plays a pivotal role in driving strategic delivery and fostering strong, collaborative relationships with a wide range of partners, particularly within the VCSE sector. The postholder leads on the engagement and management of the mental health VCSE contract portfolio, ensuring that all partnership work aligns with divisional and Trust priorities,. This involves proactively building and maintaining relationships with community partners, championing co-production, and embedding community collaboration into all aspects of service transformation. The role requires identifying gaps in provision, influencing commissioners, and ensuring that the impact and outcomes of VCSE contracts are clearly demonstrated and aligned with population health needs.
In addition, the postholder is responsible for leading the end-to-end procurement process for VCSE contracts, working closely with procurement, contracts, and finance teams to ensure robust governance, value for money, and quality outcomes. They oversee contract management, monitoring, and reporting, addressing any underperformance and ensuring that all contracts operate within agreed budgets.
Ultimately, the Senior Community Partnership Lead is expected to provide clear leadership, represent the Trust externally, and ensure that partnership working delivers tangible improvements in mental health services across the community
This is a senior lead position within the Jameson Strategy, Transformation, and Partnerships team, working across the Jameson and Goodall Divisions.
Our Vision:
Wellbeing for life: We work in partnership with all who use our services to improve health and wellbeing. Together, we look at ways of improving an individual’s quality of life through high-quality healthcare and personal support.
Our Values:
• Compassion: Led by compassion and care.
• Respect: Valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment.
• Empowerment: Involving and empowering patients, service users, carers, and staff.
• Partnership: Working closely with partners for the best outcomes.
CNWL is committed to providing quality services tailored to individual needs, delivered close to home. We value our employees, offering clear roles, personal development, and a supportive environment free from discrimination.
Please review the attached Job description for more detail about the role.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Strategic Delivery, Engagement, and Relationship Building
• Lead partnership working and third sector engagement, informed by population health data and community collaboration.
• Build relationships with VCSE partners and influence the development of community partnerships.
• Scope existing community assets and identify gaps in provision, raising these with commissioners and funders and building cases for investment.
• Monitor performance of external providers, addressing underperformance through escalation and improvement processes.
• Ensure robust governance for partnership working, supporting shared learning and responsibility for care pathways.
• Research and share good practice in third sector partnerships and support peer support workforce development.
Contracts, Procurement, and Budgetary Planning
• Lead procurement for the VCSE portfolio, ensuring compliance with NHS regulations.
• Oversee contract management, monitoring, and reporting for VCSE contracts.
• Ensure governance structures for contract and procurement issues.
• Deliver value for money, quality, and safety from VCSE contracts.
• Maintain cost and budget plans, supporting funding proposals for commissioning VCSE and other partners.
Managerial Responsibility
• Act as a senior team lead, providing leadership, supervision, and performance management.
• Manage staff and external support to achieve deliverables.
• Make decisions to meet tight and changing timescales.
• Control and manage budgets in accordance with Trust policy.
Personal and Organisational Expectations
• Maintain the highest standards of care and service.
• Follow national and local codes of practice and maintain professional registration where required.
• Protect confidentiality and keep accurate records.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards and attend mandatory training.
• Safeguard and promote the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.
• Support equality, value diversity, and respect human rights.
• Engage in decisions affecting services and contribute to service improvement
This advert closes on Wednesday 28 Jan 2026
The Senior Community Partnership Lead plays a pivotal role in driving strategic delivery and fostering strong, collaborative relationships with a wide range of partners, particularly within the VCSE sector. The postholder leads on the engagement and management of the mental health VCSE contract portfolio, ensuring that all partnership work aligns with divisional and Trust priorities,. This involves proactively building and maintaining relationships with community partners, championing co-production, and embedding community collaboration into all aspects of service transformation. The role requires identifying gaps in provision, influencing commissioners, and ensuring that the impact and outcomes of VCSE contracts are clearly demonstrated and aligned with population health needs.
In addition, the postholder is responsible for leading the end-to-end procurement process for VCSE contracts, working closely with procurement, contracts, and finance teams to ensure robust governance, value for money, and quality outcomes. They oversee contract management, monitoring, and reporting, addressing any underperformance and ensuring that all contracts operate within agreed budgets.
Ultimately, the Senior Community Partnership Lead is expected to provide clear leadership, represent the Trust externally, and ensure that partnership working delivers tangible improvements in mental health services across the community
This is a senior lead position within the Jameson Strategy, Transformation, and Partnerships team, working across the Jameson and Goodall Divisions.
Our Vision:
Wellbeing for life: We work in partnership with all who use our services to improve health and wellbeing. Together, we look at ways of improving an individual’s quality of life through high-quality healthcare and personal support.
Our Values:
• Compassion: Led by compassion and care.
• Respect: Valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment.
• Empowerment: Involving and empowering patients, service users, carers, and staff.
• Partnership: Working closely with partners for the best outcomes.
CNWL is committed to providing quality services tailored to individual needs, delivered close to home. We value our employees, offering clear roles, personal development, and a supportive environment free from discrimination.
Please review the attached Job description for more detail about the role.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Strategic Delivery, Engagement, and Relationship Building
• Lead partnership working and third sector engagement, informed by population health data and community collaboration.
• Build relationships with VCSE partners and influence the development of community partnerships.
• Scope existing community assets and identify gaps in provision, raising these with commissioners and funders and building cases for investment.
• Monitor performance of external providers, addressing underperformance through escalation and improvement processes.
• Ensure robust governance for partnership working, supporting shared learning and responsibility for care pathways.
• Research and share good practice in third sector partnerships and support peer support workforce development.
Contracts, Procurement, and Budgetary Planning
• Lead procurement for the VCSE portfolio, ensuring compliance with NHS regulations.
• Oversee contract management, monitoring, and reporting for VCSE contracts.
• Ensure governance structures for contract and procurement issues.
• Deliver value for money, quality, and safety from VCSE contracts.
• Maintain cost and budget plans, supporting funding proposals for commissioning VCSE and other partners.
Managerial Responsibility
• Act as a senior team lead, providing leadership, supervision, and performance management.
• Manage staff and external support to achieve deliverables.
• Make decisions to meet tight and changing timescales.
• Control and manage budgets in accordance with Trust policy.
Personal and Organisational Expectations
• Maintain the highest standards of care and service.
• Follow national and local codes of practice and maintain professional registration where required.
• Protect confidentiality and keep accurate records.
• Ensure compliance with health and safety standards and attend mandatory training.
• Safeguard and promote the welfare of children and vulnerable adults.
• Support equality, value diversity, and respect human rights.
• Engage in decisions affecting services and contribute to service improvement
This advert closes on Wednesday 28 Jan 2026
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