Job Description
Chair of the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Alliance
Location Hybrid, with face-to-face meetings taking place across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.
Responsible to Members of the VCSE Alliance.
Key Relationships:
• Members of the VCSE Alliance.
• Members of the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Partnership (ICP).
• Chair of the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB’s Citizen Intelligence Advisory Group (CIAG).
• Head of Insights and Engagement (Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB).
• VCSE organisations that operate in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire (i.e. not just Alliance members).
• Alliance leads in neighbouring ICSs.
Main Purposes:
To facilitate and chair the Alliance to work effectively as the umbrella body for VCSE organisations operating within the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICS.
To act on behalf of, and represent the opinions and interests of, the VCSE Alliance at the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICP and the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Board’s CIAG.
Key Responsibilities:
• Facilitate and chair the Alliance to operate effectively as the umbrella body for VCSE sector organisations operating within the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICS.
• Work with the Alliance to ensure they are effectively represented and actively involved across the structures that form the ICS.
• Promote a “citizen first” approach, ensuring that intelligence and insight from people and communities are collated and shared across the ICS.
• Plan and chair Alliance meetings.
• Ensure activities and decisions taken are effective, transparent and accountable to the members, and that conflicts of interest are appropriately managed.
• Provide leadership, advice and guidance to Alliance members.
• Ensure the Alliance addresses and incorporates relevant legislation and best practice guidance, including equality and diversity.
• Work with the Alliance to identify and communicate strategic and business development goals.
• Work with Alliance to ensure parity of representation across the membership and that information and communications flows effectively; giving confidence to system partners.
• Facilitate and support direct engagement between system leaders and VCSE sector partners. Act on behalf of and represent the opinions and interests of the VCSE Alliance at the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICP and the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire ICB’s Citizen Intelligence Advisory Group (CIAG).
• Attend meetings and be an active and responsible ICP and CIAG member, representing the members with integrity through an agreed set of principles and priorities.
• Work with the members of the Alliance to ensure an effective activity plan is developed and regularly updated, to align with ICS priorities.
• To ensure members receive regular updates, feedback and are made aware of emerging opportunities and risks in a timely fashion.
Full details can be downloaded via the Application Pack below.