Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract (2 Years)
Contract Reason: Subject to funding
Secondment Opportunity: Permanent employees are encouraged to apply and will be supported as part of our workforce development commitment
Salary: Grade I. Scale 35 - £46,142 to Scale 37 - £48,226
Hours Per Week: 36 hours
Base Location: Tameside One, Ashton-under-Lyne
Assessment Date: 4th - 6th August (please let us know any dates you are unavailable to interview)
The Role
This advert is for three job opportunities; one with iNetwork and two with iStandUK.
iNetwork is a longstanding local public service partnership that helps organisations across the North of England collaborate, innovate, and share best practice. We bring together councils, NHS bodies, police, fire services, housing providers, and sector partners to develop better, more efficient, and more citizenfocused services.
iStandUK works with local authorities, government bodies, and industry partners to promote data standards that enable better public services. Our mission is to promote Data Standards that support Efficiency, Transformation, and Transparency of Local Public Services in the UK.
We are looking for three experienced and proactive Stakeholder Engagement Managers to lead and deliver engagement activity across each of the following initiatives:
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Scalable Approach to Vulnerability Via Interoperability (SAVVI) - iStandUK Programme
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Open Referral UK (ORUK) - iStandUK Programme
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Yorkshire & Humber Digital Partnership (YHDP) - iNetwork Programme
We will automatically consider your application for all three programmes. If you have a preference for one or more programme, please state this in your application.
About each of the initiatives:
SAVVI programme: At iStandUK one of our flagship initiatives is the SAVVI project, which helps public sector organisations adopt consistent, ethical, and standardsdriven approaches to identifying and supporting people at risk of vulnerability. This is a highimpact role, working nationally with councils, central government, data standards bodies, technology suppliers, and wider public sector partners. You will ensure stakeholders understand, adopt, and advocate for the SAVVI approach and contribute to its ongoing development through effective collaboration.
ORUK programme: At iStandUK another one of our flagship initiatives is the ORUK project, which supports public sector organisations in adopting consistent, ethical, and standardsbased approaches to improving how they use, manage, and share data to deliver better outcomes for citizens. We are looking for an experienced and proactive Stakeholder Engagement Manager to lead and deliver engagement activity across the ORUK project. This is a highimpact role, working nationally with councils, central government, data standards bodies, technology suppliers, and wider public sector partners. You will ensure stakeholders understand, adopt, and advocate for the SAVVI approach and contribute to its ongoing development through effective collaboration.
YHDP programme: supports public service organisations across the region to improve their digital maturity, strengthen data capability, adopt shared approaches, and progress regional digital priorities through practical collaboration. We are seeking an enthusiastic and proactive Stakeholder Engagement Manager to lead engagement, collaboration, and community development across the YHDP programme. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape and strengthen a highprofile regional initiative that supports digital and data improvement across Yorkshire & Humber. Working closely with the YHDP Programme Manager and the wider iNetwork team, you will build networks, nurture relationships, and ensure that member organisations are well supported to engage with, influence, and benefit from the programme’s activities.
Key Responsibilities
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Develop and deliver a stakeholder engagement strategy supporting programme objectives.
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Build and maintain relationships with local authorities, government departments, digital and data specialists, suppliers, and sector partners.
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Organise and facilitate workshops, roundtables, and community events, and learning sessions that enable collaboration and shared practice.
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Supporting the communication of project progress, outcomes, and opportunities through presentations, briefings, newsletters, and online channels.
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Gather stakeholder insights, feedback, and case studies to support the programme.
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Represent iStandUK / iNetwork at national events, conferences, and working groups, acting as an ambassador for the programme’s aims and values.
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Work closely with the project team to ensure alignment between engagement work, technical development, and programme objectives.
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Support adoption of tools, standards, and frameworks across the sector (SAVVI & ORUK).
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Support member organisations to make the most of YHDP opportunities, resources, and communities of practice (YHDP).
We’re looking for someone who is a natural communicator and relationshipbuilder, confident working across the public sector and comfortable engaging with people at all levels. You will bring experience in stakeholder engagement, partnership development, or community-focused work, ideally within digital, data, or transformation settings. You’ll be able to explain technical or datarelated concepts clearly to nontechnical audiences, and you’ll enjoy facilitating discussions, hosting events, and presenting ideas in ways that help others learn and participate.
You will be someone who works well independently, can balance multiple pieces of work, and is comfortable navigating complex, multistakeholder environments.
For the iStandUK opportunities, an interest in data standards, data ethics, or interoperability will help you thrive in this role, as will any experience supporting organisations to adopt standards or take forward digital transformation.
For the iNetwork opportunity, you will have an interest in helping public service colleagues across Yorkshire & Humber deliver better outcomes for the communities they serve.
Familiarity with initiatives like SAVVI, ORUK & YHDP is helpful, but not essential; what matters most is your enthusiasm for helping organisations improve how they use and share data to deliver better outcomes.
What We Offer
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Opportunity to influence a nationally significant programme improving support for vulnerable people & residents (ORUK & SAVVI).
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The chance to contribute to a regionally significant digital improvement programme (YHDP).
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Flexible, hybrid working arrangements.
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A friendly, collaborative team passionate about public service innovation.
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Professional development opportunities across the sector, including in data standards, digital transformation, and crosssector collaboration.
About Us
At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.
We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.
Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.
Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.
Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here
For further information about this role please contact the Michelle Kern on 0161 342 2196 or [email protected]
