Alzheimer's Society
Local Services Manager
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Local Services Manager
Senior Leadership Role in Dementia Services – Local Services Manager
Are you ready to take the next step into a senior leadership role and shape the future of dementia services across West Sussex?
We are seeking a Local Services Manager to join our team on a permanent, part-time basis (21 hours per week), with regular travel across West Sussex required. This role involves one day per week working from our Horsham office, primarily to support and manage local volunteers.
This is a high-impact leadership opportunity to lead the delivery and development of dementia support services across a diverse county largely composed of rural areas. Are you passionate about ensuring people affected by dementia receive high-quality, accessible, and person-centred support in a well-established, innovative, grant-funded contract?
About the Role
As Local Services Manager, you will provide visible, values-driven leadership to deliver excellent outcomes for people living with dementia. Your role encompasses:
- Supporting and raising workplace standards across teams to ensure safe, high-quality care
- Expanding local partnerships to improve service reach and effectiveness
- Identifying innovative ways to support people affected by dementia
- Representing the charity locally and regionally, including engagement with essential stakeholders
- Collaborating across South East services to strengthen national alignability
Key Responsibilities
Your primary role will include:
- Strategic leadership: Leading, performing, and guiding contract delivery with an emphasis on quality, compliance, and performance.
- Team management: Leading, mentoring, and developing Dementia Advisers and volunteers and fostering an engaging work culture.
- Relationship building: Proactively developing strong partnerships with local authorities, health boards, and pathway partners, including presenting to diverse groups and overseeing stakeholder advocacy for people with dementia.
- Quality assurance: Contributing to quality monitoring, performance management, and team culture of the West Sussex operations.
- Cross-team collaboration: Working closely with fellow Local Services Managers and the South East Regional Management Team to plan and implement service improvements.
- Regional development: Supporting the development of dementia services across Sussex and the wider South East region.
- Opportunity identification: Finding ways to strengthen services and improve outcomes for people affected by dementia.
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About You
Ideally, you will have:
- Experience in service delivery management (especially within health, social care, or community settings), or transferable experience from related sectors.
- Experience leading geographically dispersed, community-based teams and managing contract compliance focused on quality and safe delivery.
- Technical capability: Confident use of IT systems and computerised recording systems for managing and reviewing information. Experience with virtual communication (e.g., Microsoft Teams) is essential.
- Passion for dementia care: Deep commitment to improving services for people affected by dementia and understanding the lived experience.
- Commitment to values: Alignment with Alzheimer’s Society’s focus on equity, inclusivity, and meeting diverse community needs.
- Flexibility and adaptability: Comfortable working both independently and collaboratively across dispersed teams.
- Relationship skills: Strong stakeholder engagement and performance monitoring ability.
- Mobility and local presence: Willingness to travel regularly across West Sussex and actively maintain strong local connections.
We recognise that no single application may perfectly fit every requirement, and experiences beyond traditional roles—like transferable skills and lived experience—will be also considered.
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Interviews and Next Steps
Interviews for this role are scheduled for: 📅 **Week commencing 27th July 2026 🔗 Format: Via Teams
About Alzheimer’s Society
Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer—one in three people born in Britain today will develop dementia in their lifetime. At Alzheimer’s Society, our mission is to tackle all aspects of dementia:
🌟 Support for individuals living with dementia today 🌟 Funding groundbreaking dementia research 🌟 Campaigning to make dementia a priority
As part of yet another shared goal, you will drive:
💙 A world where dementia no longer devastates lives
Our values guide our commitment to excellence, particularly towards equity, diversity, and inclusion.
🔹 Values-Driven Workplace: Staffing extends to reflect and empathise with those we serve—strongly encouraging applications from those with disabilities, impairments, or from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds within our initiatives.
🔹 Inclusive Recruitment: We actively work to build an accessible hiring process and welcome candidate feedback.
🗂️ Safer Recruitment Policy: We conduct Criminal Record Checks where applicable.
Benefits & Growth
Our team of dedicated professionals focuses on making a meaningful difference. We offer flexible working, caring support, and numerous learning programs to develop your potential and advance your career here.
To experience insightful breakdowns of our culture and working experience, visit [Working for Us](insert link).
We look forward to welcoming someone who embodies our passion, determination, and commitment to making dementia a more known and supportable problem for all its victims and their families.
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