Head of Contracts, Delivery and Collaboration

Rethink Mental Illness are seeking an experienced and passionate Head of Contracts, Delivery and Collaboration to join and lead our friendly Somerset Open Mental Health VCFSE Alliance. 

This is a full time role for 35 Hours Per week

Imagine being part of an organisation whose common purpose is to help those who are severely impacted by mental illness. We believe that everyone should be treated with respect and dignity – and that’s why equity is one of our core values. We draw on the expertise, unique perspectives and lived experience of our people – regardless of who they are or their background – to help us become inclusive and anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider that reflect the diverse communities we support as a mental health charity. 
 

Somerset received trailblazer funding in 2020 to develop and implement new models of community based  mental health care, that integrate clinical and voluntary sector provision, in line with the NHS Long Term Plan and the NHS community mental health framework.

An alliance of charities was been formed to develop a bold new community-based mental health support service for Somerset residents which is now known as Open Mental Health. Rethink Mental Illness is the lead accountable body for the delivery of the Open Mental Health contract.

  
Essential Skills and Experience Required:

Contract management

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• I have a proven track record of project management skills and experience of delivering complex projects on time.
• I can produce timely quality reports which evidence activities and qualitative outcomes.
• I can analyse and present information and produce/collate accurate performance reports.
• I can communicate the status of contracts/ workstreams/programmes and identify risks/issues and successes to project team, stakeholders and all levels of management.
• I have experience of managing and developing complex and large budgets
• I am a champion of coproduction and use these skills and experiences to lead and guide my work.
• I can deal with stressful and difficult situations in a calm manner.
• I can evidence a positive and diplomatic approach to conflict resolution.
• I am a confident communicator with excellent verbal and written skills.
• I have worked as part of a wide team to develop bids and proposals to grow services aligned with local plans.

Stakeholder management

• I have a proven track record of developing and maintaining relationships with a variety of different stakeholders.
• I have experience working in a collaborative way with partners where I do not have direct responsibility, respecting the skills and expertise of other people and partners.

We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”   
It is an exciting time to join our growing charity. We are on a transformation journey, one that supports the delivery of the organisation strategy – delivering Communities that Care. Supporting employees, managers and leaders through this change is a key priority for the People function. Just like its key that we attract diverse people to come and work for us.   

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion 
Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer.  We recognise and support staff networks and support groups for our ethnically diverse and LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter. 
 
We aim for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve; for those who work for us to feel heard, valued and feel they belong; and for our work to help tackle wider mental health inequalities. We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience of mental illness, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and any other gender identity not expressed here (LGBTQIA+); people who are neurodiverse, have a health condition, or a disability or hidden disability and people from an ethnically diverse background - regardless of your age, religious or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, political view or socio-economic status.
 
Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation 
We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrates our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation. You can read more about our progress here. 

We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

  
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If you have any questions about the position, please contact - recruitment@rethink.org