As VCSE Alliance Partnerships Manager, you will lead a high-profile programme of work that supports collaboration across the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector and strengthens its impact and influence within the Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) health and care system. If you are a confident relationship builder, comfortable working in complex and changing environments and motivated by improving outcomes for communities, we would love to hear from you. As VCSE Alliance Partnerships Manager, you will lead a high-profile programme of work that supports collaboration across the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector and strengthens its impact and influence within the Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire (BNSSG) health and care system. If you are a confident relationship builder, comfortable working in complex and changing environments and motivated by improving outcomes for communities, we would love to hear from you. The VCSE Alliance is a collaborative network of VCSE organisations working across BNSSG. Its mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of people and communities by enabling the VCSE sector to influence decisions and work alongside the BNSSG Integrated Care System. Funded by the Assura Community Foundation, this programme of work will build on the Alliance’s early successes by strengthening partnership working, developing evidence of the sector’s impact, and increasing VCSE engagement and influence across the health and care system. Our strength is in bringing together people with a diversity of thought, experience, and backgrounds, who work together as an effective team. Our staff are engaged in and passionate about their communities, trusted and knowledgeable, and take the time to listen to and consider the perspectives of others. Our main office space is in central Bristol, just on the corner of Queen Square - with easy access to the harbourside, the city centre, and public transport. Our staff also work flexibly across the city - with a regular presence at Knowle West Health Park, Easton Community Centre, and the Greenway Centre - as well as working from other community centres and operating flexible and hybrid working policies that allow staff to work from home when they need to. Employer pension contributions at 7% • 25 days pro rata of annual leave entitlement to use throughout the year… • …plus all bank holidays, and an additional three days (pro rata) paid leave during our End of Year closure (25th December – 1st January) • Some of our staff work compressed hours, arrange their schedule around childcare needs, or simply choose to start work at 10am each day. • Access to a cycle to work scheme and a home and tech discount scheme • Access to an Employee Assistance Programme.The VCSE Alliance is a collaborative network of VCSE organisations working across BNSSG. Its mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of people and communities by enabling the VCSE sector to influence decisions and work alongside the BNSSG Integrated Care System. Funded by the Assura Community Foundation, this programme of work will build on the Alliance’s early successes by strengthening partnership working, developing evidence of the sector’s impact, and increasing VCSE engagement and influence across the health and care system. Our strength is in bringing together people with a diversity of thought, experience, and backgrounds, who work together as an effective team. Our staff are engaged in and passionate about their communities, trusted and knowledgeable, and take the time to listen to and consider the perspectives of others. Our main office space is in central Bristol, just on the corner of Queen Square - with easy access to the harbourside, the city centre, and public transport. Our staff also work flexibly across the city - with a regular presence at Knowle West Health Park, Easton Community Centre, and the Greenway Centre - as well as working from other community centres and operating flexible and hybrid working policies that allow staff to work from home when they need to. Employer pension contributions at 7% • 25 days pro rata of annual leave entitlement to use throughout the year… • …plus all bank holidays, and an additional three days (pro rata) paid leave during our End of Year closure (25th December – 1st January) • Some of our staff work compressed hours, arrange their schedule around childcare needs, or simply choose to start work at 10am each day. • Access to a cycle to work scheme and a home and tech discount scheme • Access to an Employee Assistance Programme.
