We are offering a great opportunity to join our team as a Local Services Manager!
About the role
Location
: Home based, flexible location within the Hertfordshire area. Including an expectation of travel through the Essex and Hertfordshire area.
As a Local Services Manager, you will be home based, leading and inspiring geographically dispersed teams, whilst working as part of a wider Area Management Team, to deliver these fantastic services.?
Your work will primarily be as an operational leader, managing our dementia support & groups services across Hertfordshire.? You will also have a great opportunity to build relationships and engage external stakeholders, including working closely with Local Authorities and Health colleagues and Commissioners within an Integrated Care System setting.
About you
You have a fabulous team of dementia experts, your role is to manage, support and inspire them to deliver to their best and thrive as a team.
- You will be optimistic, engaging, with great attention to detail.?
- You will understand the need to build high performing teams, with great team spirit and a collaborative approach.?
- You will have experience of working from home or in the community, and you will be confident in building relationships and team engagement through virtual solutions and face to face team activity.??
- You will live within the relevant Integrated Care System boundary for the job.
- You will have great interpersonal skills and as operational leader.
- An understanding of the health and care sector, either through work or personal lived experience is beneficial.
- The right experience of delivering services, coaching and developing others, and the right attributes are key.??
- Commitment to building inclusive services, ensuring equity and valuing diversity.
As an inclusive employer, and one that serves people with dementia across our whole community, we actively welcome applications from people with different backgrounds.?
We also welcome applications from people taking their first step into leadership, as long as you have experience of developing, mentoring and/or coaching others.
Closing date
: 18th November 2024.
Interview date
: TBC
Dementia is the biggest health and social challenge of our time.
There are currently estimated to be 900,000 people in the UK with dementia. Many are undiagnosed and facing the realities of their condition alone.
At Alzheimer's Society we're working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. We do this by giving help to those living with dementia today and providing hope for the future. We're here for everyone living with dementia.
As a Society, we are made up of people with dementia, carers, trusted experts, campaigners, researchers and clinicians. We are the UK's largest collective force of people with unparalleled knowledge and over 40 years of experience addressing the biggest challenges facing people living with dementia.
Our Values
We are
Determined to make a difference
when and where it matters most, by being passionate, focussed and making a lasting impact for people affected by dementia.
Every one of us is a
Trusted expert
, listening, learning and using evidence and experience. We are
Better together
by being open, combining our strengths, helping us to achieve more together. We are
Compassionate
, we are kind and honest, and we don't shy away from challenges.
Through our values we will make the greatest difference for people affected by dementia.
Equal Opportunities
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.
We are committed to building a diverse organisation that represents the communities we serve and ensuring inclusion in everything we do. During your recruitment process we want to make sure that you bring your whole self and be at your best.