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Network Development Manager – Scotland

  • Full time
  • £42,000
  • Home based with regular travel across Scotland
  • Closing 31st October 2023


  • Advertised from 13th October 2023
  • 35 hours per week

Role

About Headway – the brain injury association

Every 90 seconds, a person is admitted to hospital in the UK with a serious brain injury. In Scotland 21,295 people are admitted to hospital with a head injury or stroke every year. It can affect anyone at any time. When it does Headway is here to help.

Headway is the UK-wide leading charity working to improve life after brain injury. We are passionate about helping people to rebuild their lives, relearn lost skills and regain independence.

We know that with the right help, at the right time, there can be life after brain injury. In addition to providing direct services to those affected by a brain injury and campaigning to raise awareness of this often-hidden disability, Headway UK supports a network of 120 local organisations, thirteen of which are based in Scotland, that support people with brain injuries and their families and carers, within their local communities.

The services provided by each one of these independently run Headway groups and branches vary depending on local needs. They each provide a lifeline to brain injury survivors, carers and family members they support.

About the role

We are seeking a Network Development Manager to extend the reach and awareness of Headway’s Services across Scotland. Key to the role is building relationships with partners, communities and the Headway network of groups and branches to ensure everyone affected by a brain injury in Scotland can access the support they need, where they live.

In this role you will grow awareness and uptake of Headway UK’s services in Scotland, including the Emergency Fund, the helpline, training, the Approved Provider scheme and brain injury identity cards. You will also map and monitor services across Scotland to identify patterns of changing provision and the potential for developing new projects and services.

About you

We’re looking for someone with experience of working in the voluntary sector within Scotland. You will be aware of the current challenges and policy changes within adult social care in Scotland, NHS Scotland and the Scottish government and will have a working knowledge and understanding of health and social care commissioning.

You will have experience of relationship building and partnership working, preferably within the third sector.

You will have outstanding organisational and project-management skills.

Your communication skills will be excellent, and you will have the ability to articulate and present ideas clearly, coherently and with passion.

You will have a passion for supporting brain injury survivors, carers and families and the charities that support them.

Salary and benefits

  • Enhanced long-service annual leave that starts after your second year with us
  • Access to a staff benefits scheme
  • Death in service cover
  • Flexible working pattern can be considered

This is an exciting time to be joining Headway and your chance to play a key role in the next chapter of our history.

If you would like to discuss the role, please feel free to contact Marie Peacock, Head of Network to marie.peacock@headway.org.uk

Application notes

The closing date for applications is 31st October 2023

Interviews will take place on the 10th November 2023

Use the following two online links to apply for this role online:

Job application form

Equal opportunities monitoring form

headway.org.uk/about-headway/vacancies

Headway is an equal opportunity employer.

Registered Charity No: 1025852

No agencies please


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