Greater Manchester Social Work Academy
Partnership Manager
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The Role
£46,142 to £50,269 essential car user allowance £963pa - pay award pending
The Greater Manchester Social Work Academy (GMSWA) is a unique and ambitious partnership between Local Authorities, universities, NHS partners and regional bodies, created to strengthen social work education and the workforce pipeline across the whole of Greater Manchester. As Partnership Manager, you will play a central system leadership role, connecting organisations, coordinating activity and helping to shape how GM develops, supports and prepares its future social workers.
You will lead the day-to-day coordination of the Academy’s work, supporting governance, developing clear and accessible documentation, analysing workforce intelligence, and keeping key programmes, workstreams and partnership activity well organised and moving forward. You will also manage a small team of project support staff, ensuring work is delivered to a high standard, deadlines are met and that the partnership has a reliable central point of coordination. The role requires someone who is confident using their own initiative, able to work autonomously, and comfortable holding a broad, varied and fast-moving workload that spans multiple organisations and priorities.
This is an exciting role for a qualified social worker who enjoys relational leadership, collaborative working and influencing across a system. You’ll have the opportunity to shape developments in social work practice education across GM, strengthen connections between employers and universities, and make a meaningful contribution to the development of a confident, capable and thriving social work workforce.
About You
You’ll be a qualified social worker, with experience in practice, workforce development, practice education or partnership working. You’ll enjoy working with a range of stakeholders and feel confident engaging with senior leaders, university colleagues and regional partners.
You’ll bring strong organisational skills, excellent communication and the ability to see both the detail and the bigger picture. You’ll be comfortable managing documentation, preparing clear written updates, working with data and coordinating events or meetings. You’ll have experience supporting or contributing to multi-agency projects and feel confident taking ownership of tasks, using your initiative and working independently when required.
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You don’t need to have worked in an academy before - what matters most is your ability to connect people, organise activity, communicate clearly and bring a positive, proactive and collaborative approach to a role that sits right at the centre of the GM social work workforce system.
About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.
Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.
As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.
Our Values are really important to us, read all about them below, along with all our great staff benefits, the job description/person specification for the role and the important legal bits, and our Top Tips too.
Ready to apply? Then please click Apply and upload your anonymised CV and supporting statement discussing your relevant skills and experience and explain how you believe they make you a strong fit for this role.
Contract Details
- Salary: £46,142 to £50,269
- Allowance: Essential car user allowance up to £963pa
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Hours: 37 per week
- Location: Hybrid - Bolton Council/GM partner locations
Essential Requirements
- Full driving licence
- Enhanced DBS check
- Social Work degree and registration with Social Work England
Important Information
- For further information about this role, contact: Kimberly.scott@bolton.gov.uk
- Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
- Please read the detailed information at the bottom of this advert before you make an application as it may be rejected if we detect AI use.
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Equal Opportunities
Within Greater Manchester, local authorities have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please see greater.jobs for further information before you apply.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
DBS Clearance
DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) clearance - this post is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (amended in 2013). Employment offers are conditional subject to satisfactory clearances. For roles where a criminal records check from the DBS is required, this includes satisfactory clearance of this check. The possession of a criminal record will not necessarily bar an individual from working with us. This will depend on the nature of the position and the circumstances and background of an individual’s offence/s. Information provided by you or the DBS will be dealt with in a confidential manner and in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed here. Bolton Council’s policy on the Employment of Ex-Offenders is available here.
Continuous Service Commitment
This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.
This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.
For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk
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