Manager - Community Opportunities

Come, join us and be part of our community opportunities team in Lincolnshire. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference in people's lives, creating sustainable community-based support which will have a lasting impact. We have been investing in our services, re-inventing ourselves and we have big plans to play an even greater part in our communities. We have high expectations and want everyone to have the chance to reach their potential.

Are you an experienced manager, passionate about creating positive change, adaptable, determined to make your mark and help us to achieve our ambitious plans? If you've got experience of working collaboratively, inspiring teams, helping them to develop, and high aspirations for the lives of people with a learning disability, we'd love to hear from you., We're looking for an experienced Manager who has the commitment and skills to inspire and manage our team at Gainsborough, as well as be a key part of our wider management team contributing to a range of other projects across the County. Adapting and responding to the needs, wants, and wishes of the people we support, you'll play a key role in delivering our ambitious development plans. Tell us about how your experience, skills and abilities can help us make our plans a reality. We're looking for someone with strong management and leadership skills, including:

• responsive decision making skills
• a track record in managing and developing staff
• great communication skills
• the drive to make changes and look for new ways of working
• a creative approach which inspires other
• a love of working with a range of people, organisations and colleagues
• Experience of working with or supporting people with disabilities., In accordance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 (Fluency Duty), the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.
  
  We are here for the whole community, working together to create partnerships and offer a wide range of opportunities which benefit the whole area. Our passion is to help the people that we support to live full, meaningful and active lives. We're working to connect people across the County to promote wellbeing, finding pathways to work and independence.
In Gainsborough, with our experienced and established team, you'll bring to life the next stage of our ambitious plans, creating a community hub. Its your role to inspire and develop the existing service, creating even more community connections, finding exciting new opportunities which give people with learning disabilities, autism and other life-long conditions the chance to try something new and develop skills. Working collaboratively with a range of groups and organisations locally, you'll create new opportunities for connection and purpose which supports the local area. The people we support want the chance to try new things and meet new people, as well as keep developing new skills, do more volunteering, get work experience and help local people. We know that everyone has something to contribute to their community and it's our job to help them make that happen We have set ourselves an exciting agenda of change and improvement and we have already taken our first steps on the journey., Lincolnshire is a great place to live and work. At Lincolnshire County Council we value all of our employees, and we want to ensure that everyone is supported to do their job well.

Along with a competitive salary we are offering: - "Green book" Local Government terms and conditions - Access to Local Government Pension scheme (contribution rate of approx. 24%) - Comprehensive benefits package including salary sacrifice for cars, cycles, plus excellent discount schemes - 37 hour working week (as full time) including flexible and hybrid working - A generous leave entitlement with a minimum of 25 days plus bank holidays and the option to buy more - Free financial wellbeing advice Further details can be found here: Rewards and benefits - Lincolnshire County Council