Policy and Project Support Officer - Homelessness GMCA Posted

Job:
Homelessness and Migration Project and Policy Officer

Salary: £34,434 - £38,220

Hours:

36.25 hours per week

Contract:

Permanent

Location:

Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Tootal Building, 54 Oxford Road, Manchester (with a flexible hybrid approach).

The Greater Manchester Strategy commits us to ensuring that homelessness in Greater Manchester is prevented wherever possible and ending the need for rough sleeping, by:

• Minimising the number of children in bed and breakfast accommodation beyond the statutory limit (6 weeks).
• There will be a sustainable reduction in the number of families in unsuitable temporary accommodation in Greater Manchester overall.
• Continuing the A Bed Every Night scheme to ensure that rough sleeping is a rare, brief and non-recurring experience.

With a new Integrated Settlement providing Greater Manchester with new flexibility and influence over the next few years, we have the opportunity to turn this vision into reality.

Greater Manchester has made significant progress in reducing rough sleeping since 2017, through targeted investment, deep collaboration with our partners and a commitment to ensuring that there is an off-the-streets accommodation offer for anyone who needs it.

We need your support to take this work to the next level.

This role will provide support to deliver a range of high profile and important programmes of work that aim to prevent homelessness and other forms of disadvantage and inequality in Greater Manchester. You will be part of a wider team working collectively to ensure that Greater Manchester is a thriving city region where everyone can live a good life.

The role will provide support across all of our homelessness programmes and policy work, working with programme leads to support with governance and reporting, audit and financial processes, stakeholder engagement, and wider project activity. Through delivery of programmes, we identify learning for policy makers both locally and nationally.

You’ll also provide flexible policy and admin support for our wider work across Homelessness and Migration, including the development and delivery of the GM Homelessness Prevention Strategy.

This is a meaningful role; you will be playing a part in demonstrably reducing and preventing homelessness and helping to ensure that Greater Manchester is a place where everyone can thrive.

If you are an enthusiastic and committed individual, keen to start or grow your career in local government or the world of Homelessness policy, then this may just be the right role for you.

We are looking for someone to join our team who is:

• Organised and focused – the ability to stay on top of several projects with different timescales and requirements.
• Personable – can build strong relationships with different partners and stakeholders.
• Attention to detail – accurate analysis and reporting of information to stakeholders.
• Passionate about tackling homelessness, poverty, inequality and disadvantage – enthusiasm and drive for social change, through reforming public services and working with communities.

If you think this is you, then take a look at the role profile for more details.

As an employer, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS), Waste and Resources, Environment, Work and Skills, Research, Public Sector Reform, Police, Crime and Criminal Justice, Homelessness, the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub.

We value the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce that reflects the diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of age, disability, trans status and non‑binary identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a…