Local Services Manager in England

About The Role

Are you looking for a leadership role where you can make a real difference to dementia services across Belfast and support our wider work across Northern Ireland? Do you have the skills to manage contracts, lead a team, and work collaboratively with internal and external partners? This is a 25 hours per week home‑based role, but you’ll need to travel regularly across the region for meetings, engagement activities, and partnership work. Mileage claims will be paid from your door if you live in Belfast or the Belfast border if you live outside of Belfast. You’ll work closely with other Local Services Managers across Northern Ireland to oversee delivery across the region.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Managing contracts, leading a team of Dementia Advisers, a Singing for the Brain Leader, and overseeing a Carers Information and Support Programme, to ensure services align with our Help and Hope strategy and organisational values.

About you

You will have:

• Experience in managing or supporting service delivery, ideally within health, social care or community settings or transferable experience from related sectors.
• Experience in leading teams and managing contracts.
• Passion for improving services for people affected by dementia and commitment to our values.
• Comfortable working independently and collaboratively across a dispersed team.
• Organisational and relationship‑building skills, with the ability to engage stakeholders and monitor performance.
• Ability to travel regularly across Belfast and maintain a strong local presence.
• Experience of utilising volunteer effort to enhance service output and to increase local presence.

Please don’t be put off from applying if you don’t meet every single requirement listed. We recognise the value of transferable skills and lived experience, and we’re keen to hear from candidates who can demonstrate potential, capability and a willingness to learn.

Key Responsibilities

• Managing and monitoring contracted services and wider service delivery in the area.
• Leading and supporting a team of Dementia Advisers, a Singing for the Brain Leader, a Carers Information and Support Programme facilitator and volunteers.
• Working closely with other Local Services Managers and Local Communities and Volunteering Lead to ensure seamless delivery across Belfast and wider Northern Ireland.
• Building relationships with the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust and wider partners in the Belfast area and beyond to enhance collaboration, positively influence and promote our work as a charity.
• Identifying opportunities to strengthen services and improve outcomes for people affected by dementia.

Interviews for this role have been provisionally scheduled to take place week commencing 13th April.

About Alzheimer’s Society

Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime. At Alzheimer’s Society, we’re the UK’s leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future. We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives, while also funding groundbreaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be.

Together with our supporters, we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. Our values make sure that our focus is clear for the challenges and opportunities ahead and remind us of what we all stand for.

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We need to ensure the voices around our table better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as Black, Asian or from another minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under‑represented at Alzheimer’s Society. We want everyone we work with, as a colleague, volunteer, supporter, or someone we support, to feel included and that they belong at Alzheimer’s Society.

Our hiring process

During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and can be at your best. We are working hard to ensure our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible, so please do inform us of your experience and anything you think we could do better by completing our candidate survey when you apply. Please also contact Alzheimer’s Society Talent Acquisition Team for application support or any adjustments you might need.

To ensure fairness and consistency to select the best candidate for this role, all our applications are anonymised up until an interview has been confirmed. We recognise the benefits of AI, but if you’re considering using it to submit your application, we encourage you to reflect on the value it truly adds. AI tools often lack the personal touch and authenticity that set candidates apart. We want to hear your unique perspective, experiences, and skills, so we encourage you to showcase them in your own voice.

We try to avoid closing roles early where possible, however if we receive a high volume of applications, we may close earlier than the advertised closing date. Should this occur, we will aim to provide you with at least 48 hours’ notice.

We are committed to safer recruitment and ensuring the welfare of those we work with, due to the nature of some of our roles, we might need to carry out a Criminal Record Check at the relevant level.

Giving back to you

Our employees work hard every day to make a true difference in people’s lives. We are proud to support them with a range of benefits, recognition and many options for working agilely, all contributing to a strong work life balance. We also have various learning programmes to support you in your development and help you grow to realise your potential and shape a career with Alzheimer’s Society.