VCS Infrastructure and Development Manager

This is a new role at High Trees, created because we believe Lambeth''s voluntary and community sector (VCS) is one of the borough''s greatest assets - strong, skilled and rooted in the communities it serves. Place-based organisations like ours play a vital role in supporting individuals, strengthening communities, growing local economies and shaping the policy decisions that affect the people we work with. We want a dedicated Manager who can help make that case, loudly and effectively, both within High Trees and across the wider system. A key part of this role is our contract to deliver capacity building support to Lambeth''s VCS, commissioned by the local authority and delivered through the Lambeth Hubs Partnership - but this is one strand of a much bigger picture. We want this role to think beyond any single contract, taking a long-term view of what Lambeth''s VCS infrastructure support needs to look like, and leading the development of new approaches, including peer support models and a more circular economy across the sector. Health and wellbeing is increasingly shaping where funding and investment in our sector flows, and we want Lambeth''s VCS to be ready and well-positioned to respond to this shift. You will play a leading role in this, working with partners including the SEL VCS Alliance to develop shared practice across South East London boroughs, and ensuring our sector''s voice is heard as these opportunities develop. This role is as much strategic as it is ..... full job details .....