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IRISi, an award-winning social enterprise established in 2017 to promote and improve the healthcare response to gender-based violence, is looking to recruit a new Contracts & Programme Manager. We are a second-tier organisation, usually providing services and support to other organisations, rather than delivering front-line services.

About the role

This post is the opportunity for an individual to programme manage and ensure delivery of our flagship intervention, the IRIS programme, in four new London areas and the ADViSE programme for sexual health services in two areas of London. The programme will build on the successful delivery of the IRIS in seven boroughs programme and integrates the responsibility of contract management with various violence against women and girls (VAWG) service providers and partners as well as programme management at a strategic level. This is a great opportunity to be part of improving the healthcare response to domestic abuse and to join a small, ambitious, and dedicated team at IRISi.

Salary: £37,261 pa

Hours: Full-time (35 per week)

Location: Home based with occasional travel to meetings in London and IRISi Bristol office

Annual Leave: 25 days p.a. plus 8 bank holidays

Pension: 3% pension contribution (after successful completion of a four-month probationary period)

Probationary period: Four months

Tenure: Fixed term to 31-3-24 with the potential for extension

Employer: IRISi

Reporting to: CEO, IRISi

About you

You should apply if you have a proven track record of delivering successful programmes of varying value across the public sector which are innovative and meet financial and time commitments. Experience of developing, leading and managing successful programme delivery within the sector. Possessing a good knowledge around VAWG and of the health sector. Strong negotiation, influencing, communication, strategic and analytical skills. Demonstrable skill to build constructive relationships with a variety of stakeholders. Experience of leading, motivating and inspiring teams and holding them to account to deliver strategic outcomes. Demonstrable skills to work across organisational boundaries, build rapport and motivate others to succeed.

Required Competencies

  • Programme management experience, with particular experience of delivering complex projects involving multiple partners.
  • Understanding and experience of working with health and the VAWG sector.
  • Experience in managing contracts within a public sector setting, with 3rd party suppliers and other service providers.
  • Good financial acumen and ability to work closely with financial team colleagues.
  • Excellent ability to build relationships with a variety of providers across all sectors and at all levels.
  • Demonstrable skills to influence, negotiate and resolve disputes with providers and key partners.
  • Recognised programme management qualifications (e.g. PRINCE2, Agile, Change Management).
  • A commitment to quality and achieving key performance indicators.
  • Ability to work in a pressured environment and deliver priorities at pace.
  • Significant experience in leading teams to deliver outcomes, influence and hold them to account.
  • Ability to define and integrate clear structures, systems and resources to deliver an efficient and effective service.
  • Excellent communicator with the ability to influence other organisations to achieve priorities.
  • Ability to work across teams to achieve priorities.
  • Ability to self-start and work autonomously, including where the context and outcomes are fluid or complex.
  • Ability to deliver high-quality work to tight deadlines.
  • Ability to make effective decisions.
  • Ability to identify and evaluate risks and options and develop strategies to manage and mitigate.

How to apply

We are an inclusive organisation, committed to ensuring our Board and staff team reflect the diversity of the people we serve. We warmly encourage applications from individuals from a wide range of backgrounds and across all the protected characteristics.

To apply, please send your CV and a letter outlining why you would like the role, explaining how your skills and experience match the required competencies, to: Sally Harrison, IRISi: sally.harrison@irisi.org.

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Closing date for applications: 9 am, Monday 6th February 2023
Interviews via TEAMS: Monday 13th February 2023

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AVA
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AVA is an expert, groundbreaking and independent charity working across the UK.

Their vision is a world without gender based violence and abuse. They aim to  inspire innovation and collaboration and encourage and enable direct service providers to help end gender based violence and abuse particularly against women and girls.AVA’s work is focused around those areas where they can make the best contribution to ending violence and abuse. They do this by making sure that survivors get the help and support they need in the here and now, through providing innovative training that has a proven direct impact on the professional practice of people supporting survivors of violence and abuse

developing a range of toolkits, e-learning and other material that supports professionals to provide effective and appropriate support to survivors of violence and abuse

using our influence and networks to ensure survivors voices are heard. We work closely with AVA in many areas including the Pathfinder project

https://avaproject.org.uk

SafeLives
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SafeLives are a national charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for good. We combine insight from services, survivors and statistics to support people to become safe, well and rebuild their lives. Since 2005, SafeLives has worked with organisations across the country to transform the response to domestic abuse, with over 60,000 victims at highest risk of murder or serious harm now receiving co-ordinated support annually. SafeLives are members of the Pathfinder consortium.

http://www.safelives.org.uk/about-us

IMKAAN
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Imkaan is a UK-based, Black feminist organisation. We are the only national second-tier women’s organisation dedicated to addressing violence against Black and minoritised women and girls i.e. women and girls which are defined in policy terms as Black and ‘Minority Ethnic’ (BME). The organisation holds nearly two decades of experience of working around issues such as domestic violence, forced marriage and ‘honour-based’ violence.

They work at local, national and international level, and in partnership with a range of organisations, to improve policy and practice responses to Black and minoritised women and girls. Imkaan works with it’s members to represent the expertise and perspectives of frontline, specialist and dedicated Black and minoritised women’s organisations that work to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls. Imkaan delivers a unique package of support which includes: quality assurance; accredited training and peer education; sustainability support to frontline Black and minoritised organisations; and facilitation of space for community engagement and development. They are a part of the Pathfinder Consortium.

https://www.imkaan.org.uk

The University of Bristol CAPC
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The Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC) is a leading centre for primary care research in the UK, one of nine forming the NIHR School for Primary Care Research.  It is part of Bristol Medical School, an internationally recognised centre of excellence for population health research and teaching.

A dedicated team of researchers at the Centre work on domestic abuse projects and IRISi is a co-collaborator and partner on some of these projects including ReProvide, HERA and DRiDVA.

The Health Foundation
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We are one of four project teams participating in the programme to develop a social franchise to enable the sustainable spread of our intervention, the IRIS Programme. We receive funding and support from the Health Foundation, including technical expertise on social franchising, and attend programme learning events. The Health Foundation has also commissioned a programme-wide evaluation to support understanding of the use of social franchising in the UK health and care system. We and our franchisees will support the evaluation through co-designing data collection requirements, providing access to data as requested, hosting site visits and attending learning events.

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STADV
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STADV aim to end domestic abuse by changing the way that local services respond to it. They do this through an approach that they pioneered, called the Coordinated Community Response. The Coordinated Community Response brings services together to ensure local systems truly keep survivors safe, hold abusers to account, and prevent domestic abuse.

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