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Job introduction

You can also see our full list of employee benefits on our careers site here: Why you should work for us | West Northamptonshire Council

About the role

The Locality and Community Development Manager is essential in delivering our commitment to place based working, ensuring the effective governance and operation of Local Area Partnerships (LAPs) and embedding our asset-based community development approach. This role involves collaborating with colleagues within West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) and external partners to optimise service delivery and redesign services to address broader health determinants at a local level to effect change. 

By leveraging data and insights, the role informs action planning and aligns efforts with strategic leads across West Northants. The role coordinates Multi-Agency Teams to achieve Live Your Best Life (LYBL) ambitions, ensuring plans, actions, and outcomes are captured through a robust Monitoring Framework. Additionally, the role involves guiding partners, escalating issues to relevant boards, and managing the development and performance of LAPs. The postholder will also be responsible for the direct line management of between 3-4 Community Development and Inclusion Workers.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore subject to an enhanced DBS certificate. It is also a regulated activity and will be subject to a Children and Adults Barred List check. West Northamptonshire Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Additional information

The Locality and Community Development Manager is vital to our place-based work. The ideal candidate will have a strong ability to think strategically and have advanced skills in strategic planning, aligning operational activities with broader organisational goals.

Proficiency in data analysis and monitoring is essential to inform decision-making, track progress, and evaluate outcomes. Experience in funding and grants management, including navigating funding mechanisms, overseeing financial compliance, and ensuring the effective use of resources in community projects, is also required.

A strong advocate for multi-agency working, the candidate will understand the principles of coordination, collaboration, and joint working to foster productive relationships across sectors. Knowledge of community development theories and practices, including an asset based community development approach is highly desirable.

Interviews will take place on Friday 6th June 2025.

If you would like to discuss further or have any questions, please email debs.burns@westnorthants.gov.uk 


Company information

At West Northants Council, it’s about our people. People who thrive with ambition, bubble with new ideas, demand better ways of working, caring about every detail, and who never shy away from a challenge. Our culture is a gateway for new experiences. A place to forge new opportunities. To empower you in your career and unite you with like-minded people.

Our vision is ‘to make West Northants a great place to live, work, visit and thrive’. We truly stand by this and work hard every day to make this a reality. Our corporate values, THRIVE, stand for: Trust, High Performance, Respect, Innovate and Empower, they underpin everything we do and how we deliver services. 

Hear more from our Chief Executive, Anna Earnshaw, about what it's like to work at West Northants Council https://youtu.be/lV0EfeUF4aU  

We are committed to ensuring diversity, equality, equity, and inclusion is woven into the fabric of WNC and everything we do, to enable all colleagues to develop and maximize their full potential.  We are a disability confident employer, a member of the Armed Forces Covenant, and a Care Leaver Covenant partner

The following film was created by us to communicate our intentions - watch WNC colleagues explain what DEI means to us.

If you need additional support or reasonable adjustments during the application process, including needing the job description in another format or language, please email careers@westnorthants.gov.uk for support.

West Northants Council, where careers thrive.

Closing date: Sun 01/06/2025 at 23:59
Job reference: Ref/7234/6489