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Service Development Manager
We are looking for an experienced and resourceful Service Development Manager to work closely with the CEO to establish and deliver a strong presence across Forest of Dean, Cheltenham and Tewkesbury.
This is an opportunity to join a supportive and purpose-driven team where your work will make a direct difference to families across Gloucestershire.
Position: Service Development Manager
Location: Remote/Gloucestershire, with regular travel across Forest of Dean, Cheltenham and Tewkesbury and occasional attendance at the Stroud office
Hours: Part-time, 30 hours per week
Salary: £38,000 pro rata (£30,811 actual salary for 30 hours per week)
Contract: 24-month fixed-term contract
Closing Date: 20th September 2026. This job opportunity may close early if we find an appropriate candidate before the closing date.
The Role
This is a hands-on role combining direct family support, project management, service development and partnership building. You will hold an appropriate caseload, develop new activity, build strong local referral pathways and help turn the countywide plans into practical support for families.
We need someone who is confident working independently, takes ownership, builds relationships quickly and can find practical solutions when there is no obvious route forward. The initial focus will be Forest of Dean, Cheltenham and Tewkesbury, but the role is designed to evolve as our countywide work develops.
Key accountabilities include:
- Service development and delivery
- Direct family support
- Project management
- Partnerships and referral pathways
- Funding, monitoring and sustainability
- Safeguarding and quality
The first year will focus on developing and delivering Home-Start services across Forest of Dean, Cheltenham and Tewkesbury. As the countywide work develops, the focus of the role may evolve to support wider service development across Gloucestershire.
For the first six weeks, the post will be predominantly based at the Stroud office for induction and orientation.
After this, the role will be mainly home and community based, with regular travel across Forest of Dean, Cheltenham and Tewkesbury and occasional attendance at the Stroud office.
About You
We are looking for someone who is practical, resourceful and motivated by making things happen.
You will be comfortable supporting a family one day and developing a new partnership or service the next and have enough frontline experience to understand what works for families and enough project-management discipline to turn ideas into effective delivery. You will not be joining a finished project with every detail already decided. We need someone who can understand the objective, identify what needs to happen next and move the work forward.
You will have experience of:
- Direct service delivery, ideally with families, children or communities
- Holding a caseload or providing ongoing one-to-one support
- Project management
- Developing or implementing new projects or services
- Building effective relationships with external organisations and professionals
- Working independently and taking responsibility for delivery
- Safeguarding and professional boundaries.
Practical requirements
You must:
- be able to drive;
- be willing and able to travel independently across Gloucestershire;
- be able to work predominantly from the Stroud office during the initial six-week induction period;
- subsequently be comfortable working from home and community locations;
- be confident using standard IT and case-recording systems.
If this sounds like you, then apply today!
About the Organisation
Join a voluntary organisation committed to promoting the welfare of families with at least one child under five years of age. Trained home-visiting volunteers offer regular friendship, emotional, and practical support to help families experiencing a challenging time in their lives. The service is unique and also offers free support peer groups, antenatal, postnatal, and perinatal mental health services.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, faith groups, and socioeconomic circumstances, as well as from people who are disabled, neurodivergent, LGBTQ+, or from different age groups. We also value applications from those with caring responsibilities or non-traditional career paths.
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Please note this role is advertised by the recruitment agency acting for the client, Not For Profit People. #INDNFP
Service Delivery Administration Manager
We are seeking an experienced and highly organised Service Delivery Administration Manager to lead the Administration Hubs in the Midlands and South East Localities.
Position: 000044 Service Delivery Administration Manager
Location: Home-based, Midlands or South East Locality. However, frequent travel will be required as part of this role (may include team meetings or other work-related meetings)
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours per week
Salary: Circa £33,500 per annum
Contract: Permanent
Benefits: 25 days’ annual leave plus bank holidays (this will increase with service up to 30 days, full time equivalent) cashback and discount scheme, employee assistance programme, learning and development, pension scheme, Life Assurance, Eye Care vouchers, Long Service Award, Health Cash Plan, flexible working opportunities available.
Closing Date: Sunday 13 September 2026
Interview Date: 8 and 9 October 2026 . Interviews will be held via video conferencing. Please let us know if this will present any challenges when you email your application.
The Role
Reporting to the Service Support Lead, the Service Delivery Administration Manager will work to ensure the Administration Hubs are delivering high-quality administrative support to Locality Impact service delivery teams.
Key responsibilities will include:
- Line management of Service Delivery Administrators, including recruitment, training, support and supervision, creating a positive leadership environment
- Managing performance improvement
- Supporting process improvements and creating efficiencies within the admin hub, including key stakeholders at relevant points.
- Working with Service Delivery Coaches to ensure quality administrative support is provided to commissioned services.
- Contributing to the wider Service Delivery Admin function across Locality Impact
About You
You will have:
- Experience of supporting remote teams
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience of writing and implementing new administration processes
- Experience of building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders
This role requires frequent travel to provide face to face 1:1s, Admin Hub team meetings and wider management meetings. The teams you will be line managing are based in the Midlands and South East Locality. Candidates must be able to demonstrate how they can meet this requirement of the role
To fulfil the role, you must be a resident of the UK and have the right to work in the UK.
Applications
To apply you’ll be redirected to the organisation website where you can download the full role profile. You’ll need to submit a CV and cover letter demonstrating how you meet the person specification detailed in the role profile, and what you bring to the role in terms of your skills and experience.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident scheme, please indicate this in your supporting statement when applying for the role.
Stroke Association
Finding strength through support
The Stroke Association is the only charity in the UK providing lifelong support for all stroke survivors and their families. We provide tailored support to tens of thousands of stroke survivors each year. This support includes one-to-one and group support, funding vital scientific research into stroke prevention, acute treatment, recovery and long-term care, and campaigning to secure the best care for everyone affected by stroke.
We’re here for stroke survivors and their loved ones, from the moment they enter the new and frightening post-stroke world, supporting them every step of the way as they find their strength and their way back to life.
It’s only thanks to the generosity of our supporters and donors that we can provide vital support.
Stroke Association is driven by our ambition to improve the lives of everyone affected by stroke. This means we’re determined to create an equitable and inclusive workplace that benefits from the difference, and thrives on the diversity, of our people. Guided by Our approach to solving inequity in stroke, we are prioritising listening to, and learning from, lived experience across our charity.
We are working to improve the representation of this lived experience at all levels within the Stroke Association and we are eager to recruit applicants from a variety of communities and backgrounds. We are keen to receive applications from people affected by stroke, people of colour, members of LGBT+ communities, and disabled people because these identities and experiences are underrepresented and would add enormous value to how we work.
We are a Disability Confident employer, and we are making great progress focusing on flexible working, reasonable adjustments and access to work. Our charity has a variety of staff network groups and we're committed to continuously improving our diversity and inclusion efforts. If you have questions, or access needs, we’re happy to discuss any support and adjustments we can make throughout the recruitment process so that you’re able to contribute your best in a way that meets your needs.
You may also have experience in areas such as Service Delivery Administration Manager, Service Delivery Admin Manager, Service Administration Manager, Service Admin Manager.
Please note this role is advertised by the recruitment agency acting for the client, Not For Profit People. #INDNFP
Our client is a dynamic, passionate charity, committed to improving the lives of children across the UK. They currently run over 100 local services that help thousands of young people who desperately need support, as well as campaigning to change laws and policies to make children’s lives both happier and safer. They are now looking to recruit a Service Manager to oversee their Safe Zones Emotional Health and Wellbeing Service in Greater Manchester.
Safe Zones provides short-term step-down crisis support to young people experiencing mental health crises, offering a safe and supportive environment. As Service Manager you will lead and coordinate the delivery of mental health early help services across Greater Manchester, ensuring all aspects of service delivery for children and young people are delivered safely, effectively and to a consistently high standard in line with contractual requirements.
To apply for this role, you will have significant experience of working with young people who may be struggling with their mental and emotional health and will have sound knowledge of the barriers faced by hard-to-reach young people when accessing early help. You will have demonstrable experience of supporting frontline staff and will have knowledge of local mental health support agencies in the area. You will also have a strong understanding around current legislation, policy, procedures, and issues relating to the safeguarding of children and young people
In order to apply please initially submit your CV in the first instance. Should your experience be suitable, we will then arrange a suitable time to brief you on the role.
At Prospectus we invest in your journey as a candidate and are committed to supporting you with your application. We welcome all candidates to apply, regardless of age, sex/gender, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status or pregnancy/maternity. If you have any disability and require reasonable adjustment/s to any part of the process then please contact Victoria Savva at Prospectus.
Please note this is initially a fixed term contract until June 2027, covering maternity leave.