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Brighter Living Partnership Manager – Closing Sunday 21 January 2023

Job Title: Brighter Living Partnership Manager
Grade/salary: £32,000 – £35,000 (Dependent on experience)
Hours: 35 hours per week
Location: Brighter Living Partnership, Southport Community Centre, Norwood Road and community based as necessary
Accountable to: Brighter Living Partnership Board of Trustees

Benefits include: 26 days annual leave (29 after 5 years’ service) plus bank holidays (pro rata), Company pension scheme with contributions of 6%., 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme, Life Assurance of 2 x annual salary and Income protection scheme.

Are you searching for a position within an inclusive, supportive, and welcoming organisation? Brighter Living Partnership are seeking to recruit a proactive and dynamic Manager to drive the delivery of programmes in the Southport and Formby area.

Main Purpose of the Role:

This post is in two main parts;

A – Governance of the Charity (40%):

Alongside the Trustees, you will be responsible for providing leadership, developing and implementing our strategic and operational plans, and our partnership and business development. You will ensure operational management of Brighter Living Partnership on a day to day basis, ensuring smooth running of services and the organisation.

B – Leadership and Operational involvement in the Living Well Sefton Team (60%)

Working with the Living Well Sefton management team and other commissioned partners you will be the main representative for Brighter Living Partnership, representing them at key meetings, ensuring compliance with all monitoring requirements and leading our team of Mentors on a day to day basis, ensuring smooth running of the service from within Southport Community Centre and across the Southport and Formby area.

More information regarding the main duties and responsibilities can be found in the job description.

Job Pack (Downloads)

Job Description & Person Specification
Application Form
Guidance Notes
Diversity Monitoring Form
Criminal Convictions Declaration

The closing date for applications is 11:59pm Sunday 21 January 2024.
Interviews dates are TBC

All completed applications and any enquiries to be sent to recruitment@seftoncvs.org.uk

About the Brighter Living Partnership (BLP)

BLP was established as a charity in 1999 to be the Healthy Living Centre for Southport and Formby in the Borough of Sefton. The organisation has been focussed on the reduction of Health Inequalities and is a key partner in Sefton’s Integrated Wellness Service. We are the host for the Social Prescribing Team in the area and following the COVID pandemic when we established a Shopping and Befriending service for our many housebound and vulnerable residents we have been able to continue to operate this service thanks to funding from the Steve Morgan Foundation.We are coming to the end of the National Lottery Funding that has supported the local High Park area for the last 5 years and have applied for further funding to continue this well-loved initiative. Further information about the work of BLP can be found on our website.

The strategic objectives of the Brighter Living Partnership are to:

Reduce health inequalities
Promote social inclusion
Improve quality of life
Influence the wider determinants of health
Develop skills for life and provide volunteering opportunities
Be a hub for health and lifestyle information

Living Well Mentor at Brighter Living Partnership – Closing Tuesday 9 January 2024

Job Title: Living Well Mentor at Brighter Living Partnership
Salary: £21,153 per annum (rising to £23k from 1 April 2024)
Hours: 35 hours per week
Location: Brighter Living Partnership, Southport Community Centre, Norwood Road and community based as necessary
Term: Fixed term until March 2027
Accountable to: Brighter Living Partnership Manager

Are you looking for a role in an inclusive, supportive and friendly organisation? Here at Sefton CVS, we are seeking to recruit a Living Well Sefton Living Well Mentor to support the health and wellbeing of communities in North Sefton with Brighter Living Partnership.

Job Purpose:

To work supportively with people to improve their health and wellbeing in a person centred way, particularly focusing on men and our men’s health programme of activities
To work with individuals and groups in community settings, promoting sustained behaviour change and health improvement
To support the wider capacity building work of Brighter Living Partnership working in partnership with other community providers

More information regarding the main duties and responsibilities can be found in the job description

Job Pack (Downloads)

Job Description & Person Specification
Application Form
Guidance Notes
Diversity Monitoring Form
Criminal Convictions Declaration

The closing date for applications is 5pm Tuesday 9 January 2024.
Interviews are scheduled for Tuesday 16 January 2024.

All completed applications and any enquiries to be sent to recruitment@seftoncvs.org.uk