Job Description

Save the Children UK has an exciting opportunity for a creative and proactive individual with strong partnership and community engagement experience to join us as our

Senior Partnership and Innovation Officer

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In this role, you'll work within the

Smallshaw-Hurst Children's Community (SSH CC)

, collaborating not only with children and families but also with parents, local schools and teachers, universities, and community organisations to drive meaningful, sustainable change. You'll lead innovative, evidence-informed initiatives that strengthen the community and improve outcomes for children and young people across Tameside.

NOTE:

This position is community-based in Tameside, with flexibility to work from home at other times. Therefore, a strong knowledge of and proximity to the Greater Manchester area is essential.

This role is for a 12-month Fixed Term Contract (Maternity Cover).

About Us

Save the Children UK believes that every child deserves a future. Whether in the UK or across the globe, we work tirelessly to provide children with a healthy start in life, the opportunity to learn, and protection from harm. In times of crisis, we are among the first to respond and remain dedicated until the last child is safe. We prioritise meeting children's unique needs and amplifying their voices, delivering lasting results for millions, including those hardest to reach.

About Smallshaw-Hurst Children's Community (SSH CC)

The SSH CC is dedicated to supporting children aged 0-19 years. We work in partnership with families and the wider community to empower young people to become the best versions of themselves. Our focus is on place-based interventions, systems change, and collaborative initiatives, fostering resilience and creating opportunities for children, especially those facing challenging circumstances.

About the Role

As the

Senior Partnership & Innovation Officer

, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering community-led, collaborative projects that improve outcomes for children, families, and the wider community. Working closely with the SSH CC CEO, you will help strengthen partnerships across Tameside, Greater Manchester and beyond, supporting local innovation and sharing evidence and learning that informs wider policy and practice.

In this role, you will:

Develop and maintain relationships with a wide range of community groups, organisations, partnerships and networks across the Children's Community, Greater Manchester and nationally. Support the development and delivery of SSH CC's local systems-change and innovation agenda. Capture and share learning from local delivery to support national influence, including creating case studies, events, and resources. Share insights and identify opportunities to scale community-led best practice. Develop and manage effective communication strategies to raise SSH CC's visibility and celebrate community achievements.

About You

To be successful, you will have:


A strong background in engaging with families and communities to co-develop strategies and programmes. Proven experience of building and maintaining multi-stakeholder relationships and partnerships in educational, community, or local authority settings. Proven ability to design and lead innovative projects or programmes that drive change. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to adapt messaging across audiences and platforms. Strong understanding and application of digital tools for data collection, analysis, and communications (e.g. websites, social media). A sound understanding of the impact of poverty on families and the systemic barriers communities face. A commitment to Save the Children UK and Smallshaw-Hurst Children's Community's shared mission, vision, and values.

What we offer you:

Working for a charity provides one of the best benefits there is - a sense of purpose and reward for helping others. However, we understand the importance of giving back to our employees to ensure a happy and healthy working environment and work/life balance.


We focus on flexibility, inclusion, collaboration, health and wellbeing both in and outside of work. We provide a wide range of benefits which will reward your hard work, motivate you, and inspire you to work to improve the lives of children every day. You can read more about our benefits here.

To learn more about the position, please review the in the attached Documents.

Please note: To avoid disappointment, you are advised to submit your application as soon as possible as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can manage application levels whilst maintaining a positive candidate experience. Unfortunately once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.

Ways of Working / Location:

This position is community-based in Tameside with the flexibility for remote working at other times. Therefore, a strong knowledge of and proximity to the Greater Manchester area is essential.

Flexible Working -

We are happy to discuss flexible working options at interview

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Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

Save the Children UK believes in a world that is fair, inclusive and equitable where all children have the opportunity to change their world. We apply this to our workforce and we are committed to developing and supporting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organisation where all employees have a sense of belonging and feel that they can be "Free to Be Me". We are not looking for just one type of person - we want to recruit people who can add fresh perspectives, innovative ideas or challenge that disrupts the risk of group think.



We are especially interested in people whose childhood experiences - of life on a low income, of migration, of being in a racialised community, of the care system, of being LGBT+ or in an LGBT+ family or living with (or with someone with) a disability - help us to see things we might otherwise miss. Whatever your story is we want to hear it because we know that different voices, ideas, perspectives and knowledge, working together will enable us to better the lives of children around the world. This is the reason why we are all here.



To see our full statement please visit this link: https://jobs.savethechildren.org.uk/our-policies/diversity/

Salary Structure:

Save the Children is committed to paying staff in a fair and equitable way and will benchmark all salary offers in line with the pay of existing staff. To see our full offer please visit this link: Save the Children | Careers

Interview Expenses:

Candidates should note that unfortunately it is not our policy to reimburse expenses accrued when attending interviews at Save the Children UK unless you are requested to attend an interview in an alternative location to where the role is based.

Pre-employment Checks:

Any Employment with Save the Children UK will be subject to the following checks prior to your start date:


a satisfactory police record check to include a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and/or an International Criminal Record Check (If applicable) receipt of satisfactory references proof of eligibility to work in the national location for this role

If you have any questions, we have an

FAQ section.

For anything else you can email us on: careers@savethechildren.org.uk

Group: UK Impact
Location (Role): Ashton-Under-Lyne (England)
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract / Internal Secondment
Full / Part Time: Full time (flexible working options available)
Contract Duration: 12 months
Closing Date: 19 November 2025
Salary Range : 39,000 - 43,900
Hours Per Week: 35