Location: Canterbury
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £28,476 - £31,324 gross per annum
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: 9am Wednesday 5 June

Because like you, we’re dedicated to changing attitudes and changing lives.

About Us: At Porchlight we’re passionate about helping vulnerable people to reach their full potential. We’re working towards a fairer society where the most excluded are included and homelessness and poverty are things of the past.

The Role: As part of the Community Services team, you will play a key role in the overall management of local provision, with a particular focus on mental health housing related support services within the Live Well Kent mental health and wellbeing service. Housing support includes Porchlight’s Community Housing service, as well as a provider network delivering mental health supported accommodation.

You will be working collaboratively with the provider network to continuously improve and manage provision, as well as developing our own Community Housing service.

Performance management and ensuring quality services is central to the role, as is strong people management and service re-design experience. You will be skilled in influencing stakeholders, developing working partnerships and able to represent Porchlight to maintain and develop its strong reputation.

What you need:

Professional, housing, social care or management qualification, or a willingness to work towards this
Experience of leading a team to set and achieve service objectives and standards

At least three years of experience managing or supervising staff
Excellent communication and relationship skills with a range of stakeholders
Experience of managing a provider network or working as part of collaborative partnerships
Experience of managing quality assurance systems
Experience of shaping and implementing service re-designs

Benefits: As a member of the Porchlight team you will have access to a wide range of employee benefits including:

free life insurance
flexible working hours
25 days holiday per year

How to apply: if this sound likes the opportunity for you, please visit our website to apply online. The job description is available on our website by clicking on the ‘Our Current Vacancies’ button. Please contact Julia Hargreaves on 01227 760078 or email juliahargreaves@porchlight.org.uk if you wish to discuss the role in more detail before making your application. Interviews are scheduled for 14th June.