Location
Esher with flexible/hybrid working available

Hours
36 hours per week

Salary
£48,581 - £53,461 (PO37-41)

About the Role
Make a difference to communities across Elmbridge. Elmbridge is a great place to live, work and do business, and our vibrant voluntary, community and faith sector plays a huge role in making that possible. We're looking for an experienced and enthusiastic Senior Community Partnerships Officer to help us strengthen those relationships and ensure local people continue to receive the support they need.

This is an exciting opportunity to take on a high-profile role at the heart of partnership working across the borough. You'll work closely with community organisations, health partners, local businesses, councillors and council services to help tackle local challenges, respond to emerging needs and deliver positive outcomes for residents.

You'll be the council's lead officer for supporting and developing relationships with the voluntary, community and faith sector, bringing partners together to address local priorities and helping ensure local organisations have the support they need to thrive.

A key part of the role is overseeing our grants and funding programmes, including Elmbridge Lottery and other community funding schemes, ensuring investment is targeted where it can make the greatest impact. You'll also lead on partnership responses to issues affecting residents, including cost of living challenges, and help shape how the council engages with communities across the borough.

Alongside this, you'll manage our Community Project Officer and work closely with colleagues delivering volunteering and community support initiatives. You'll also contribute to wider corporate projects and transformation programmes as required.

Experience
- Working with community organisations and building effective partnerships
- Stakeholder engagement and bringing people together to achieve shared objectives
- Managing grants, funding programmes or similar initiatives

About you
Passionate about communities and partnership working, with the confidence and credibility to build strong relationships across a wide range of organisations and stakeholders. Excellent communication, influencing and relationship-building skills. Strong organisational, problem-solving and report-writing skills. Ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively both independently and as part of a team. Experience of working within, or alongside, the voluntary, community and faith sector would be an advantage, but most importantly you share our commitment to supporting strong and resilient communities.