We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced social care manager to join Key’s senior management team in Highland.

We are seeking a highly motivated, confident, and enthusiastic individual for this role, with excellent leadership qualities and a commitment to personalised support that helps people lead their best lives.

You will have a degree of flexible working and responsibility for managing and developing Key’s services in Invergordon, Alness and Muir of Ord.

You will join two other local Area Managers and work as part of our Highland senior team, providing strong and effective leadership that achieves positive outcomes for the people we support and ensures high quality and creativity in personalised service development and delivery.

Key is passionate about delivering innovative, personalised services which support people to live the lives they choose, close to their family and friends and connected to their communities as equal citizens.

We are seriously committed to Self-Directed Support with the principles of choice, control, involvement, and participation being central to what we do.

You will have significant experience in leading, developing and managing flexible, responsive, person-centred social care services along with the personal and professional skills to work at both an operational and strategic level.

This role includes responsibility for regional learning and development, so experience of induction and training delivery, as well as coaching and mentoring staff would be an advantage.

You will have excellent communication skills-both written and verbal, with the ability to motivate, support and connect with others.

As the post holder will also be a Registered Manager, you must already hold a level 7 practitioner qualification to meet the requirements of the Care Inspectorate. You should also either have or be able to complete the relevant qualifications to enable your registration with SSSC.

If you are a highly committed and flexible manager, who shares our values and has a serious commitment to working in partnership with the people we support to help them achieve what they want out of life, this is the post for you.

You will be based from one of our staff bases, however a degree of non-contractual hybrid working will be available. The role will involve regular travel, and some support to teams out with normal office hours.

Enable Works is the largest employability and EDI service in Scotland, specialising in disability and health. As a senior leader at Enable Works you will be a critical part of a team whose mission is to deliver exceptional employability services for disabled people, and you will play a pivotal role in driving our organisational impact and reach forward.

Your role as Head of Partnerships will be to develop and deliver our strategic vision, navigate through a challenging but rewarding environment and lead the development of new and existing partnerships that support people who have barriers to work into well paid, high quality careers.

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who has vision, energy and creativity to join our senior leadership team and create real impact

What will you do?

Strategic Planning

• Develop and execute strategic plans aligned with organisational goals and sector developments.
• Identify and evaluate potential partners

Market Analysis

• Develop a strong understanding of the employability skills and training sector, including market trends, competitor analysis and potential opportunities for expansion
• Relationship Building
• Build and maintain relationships with key stakeholders including existing and potential partners, government agencies and grant giving organisations
• Negotiate and execute partnership agreements that deliver mutual value

Partnership Development

• Oversee the implementation of partnership programmes, Think creatively and identify innovative solutions to address challenges and differentiate our organisation in the market
• Collaborate with internal teams to design and launch innovative partnerships, monitor and evaluate the impact of partnerships programmes, ensuring they meet defined objectives and deliverables.

Bid and Tender Writing

• Lead in the development, writing and completion of compelling bids and tenders for contracts, grants and funding opportunities

You will be accountable for:

• Meeting growth expectations and income targets
• Leading and mentoring our regional partnership managers
• Fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture within our partnerships
• Supporting our management team to deliver on their growth targets
• Managing data and income to accurate track impact
• Development of research leading to new business
• Researching opportunities for growth of our flagship ''All in'' partnership model
• Managing your time efficiently
• Handling and storing information in line with Enable Works GDPR and data protection policy
• Reporting accurately on all developments as requested

Contribution to strategy:

• Staying up to date with policy landscape developments, identifying opportunities for growth in existing and new areas
• Working alongside Director to develop growth strategy which increases our reach and impact
• Having a positive and flexible response to change
• Collaboratively working across the team on department delivery
• Taking part in our regular staff get together and sharing your experiences, challenges and successes

About You

The Skills you will bring

• We really need you to have these
• Ability to develop and execute strategic development and growth plans
• Ability to bring partners on a journey with us, understanding their unique contributions and strengths, delivering on each organisations ambitions
• Ability to analyse data and policy developments recognising opportunities and identify areas to increase our reach and impact
• Ability to breakdown and understand tender requirements crafting persuasive partnership proposals that effectively showcase Enable Works and our partners capabilities and value proposition
• Strong bid and tender writing skills
• A natural, professional relationship builder
• Confident communicator with effective negotiation skills
• Strong leadership skills to motivate and inspire leaders across our wider team, foster collaboration and drive results
• Excellent attention to detail
• Ability to meet strict deadlines and manage competing priorities
• Financial acumen with a keen understanding of budget management to develop accurate to develop accurate financial forecasts
• Demonstrate track record of success in commercial development
• Professional presentation and personality
• IT literacy
• A natural, professional relationship builder
• A full drivers licence

About Us

At Enable we believe in developing all our staff and we provide an extensive learning programme together with in-house career development opportunities.

• We also have an excellent range of staff benefits on offer including but not limited to:
• Health cash plans providing a wide range of health benefits to help people cover the cost of their everyday health care.
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Cycle to Work Scheme*
• Season Ticket Loans*

Starting a career with Enable is the first step towards making a real difference in our award-winning charity’s mission to help create an equal society for every person who has a learning disability.

Enable is an equal opportunities employer and our recruitment, selection and assessment process is based entirely on values, skills and competencies required of the specific roles.

*Terms and Conditions Apply

At Age Scotland, our vision is to make Scotland the best place in the world to grow older. We focus on the issues that matter most to older people, working tirelessly to ensure everyone has the opportunity to live the best quality of life possible. We are keen to maximise our impact on the lives of all our older people, particularly those most in need.

Our values are to inspire, involve and empower older people in Scotland and to influence decision makers and others so that people can enjoy better later lives. We plan to double our income by 2029, and we are seeking a dedicated and strategic Chief Financial Officer who will be a key part of helping us address that challenge.

Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will develop and deliver an effective financial strategy which enables service delivery and growth. You will bring strong financial leadership, working closely with our senior management team and Board to ensure effective financial governance and enable informed decision-making. You will act as a trusted source of advice and insight to our CEO and to our Board, along with its Audit and Risk Committee. Given our ambitions to grow and diversify you will be a skilled strategist, delivering robust business cases for future investment, as well as critical challenge that will help drive Age Scotland’s strategy and operational plans. As a key member of the senior management team, you will play a vital and participative role in shaping both the strategic and operational decision-making processes and ultimately ensuring the long-term financial sustainability of the charity.

We are looking for a highly experienced and strategically minded finance professional with strong commercial acumen and the intellectual flexibility to move easily between detail and the bigger picture. Highly analytical with the ability to get “behind the numbers” and carry out financial analysis to allow well-informed commercial decisions you, will also bring a pragmatic approach, the ability to work at pace and a strong commitment to the aims and vision of Age Scotland.

Age Scotland embraces hybrid working and whilst our Headquarters are in Edinburgh, the successful candidate would not be required to be in the office on a full-time basis.

This role offers a unique opportunity for an ambitious and outward-thinking finance professional to influence future strategies and drive meaningful change within a dynamic organisation that serves as a key community partner throughout Scotland. To learn more please contact Douglas Adam at Livingston James, our retained recruitment advisors, via douglasadam@livingstonjames.com