Area Manager - Northern Ireland

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Area Manager - Northern IrelandWe are recruiting an Area Manager who will be forward-thinking and values-driven, and will lead the strategic development and delivery of PAPYRUS' Community Services across Northern Ireland. The Area Manager will also explore opportunities to expand the area's remit into the Republic of Ireland and the Isle of Man. This is a pivotal role focused on translating insight, evidence, and lived experience into a sustainable, system-aware offer which strives to prevent young suicide.What you will do:- Effective leadership of the PAPYRUS strategy in your area.- Ensure that PAPYRUS is represented in your area at appropriate local and regional Suicide Prevention groups and bodies.- Manage service delivery in your area.- Ensure data is collected and recorded properly to enable impact demonstration and business development.- Develop and deliver a strategic plan for Community Services in your area.- Build and sustain good relationships with commissioning bodies in respect of your area.- Drive the effective performance of the area by providing leadership which sets high expectations for staff, addresses development needs and tackles any poor performance effectively.To be successful in this role, you will have:- A bachelor's degree level or an equivalent professional qualification in Leadership, Management, Health, Social Care, Social Sciences, Education, Business Development, Community Work, or Public Health.- Proven experience of building, managing and enabling a successful team, supporting their development and managing their performance.- Experience of identifying new approaches to underpin strategy and progressing new opportunities and translating these into sustainable, funded projects in the community.- Previous experience of preparing a budget, securing funding for projects/programmes and having financial accountability for successful implementation.- The ability to foster and cultivate opportunities for funded work on a sustainable footing.- An awareness of the issues around safeguarding and how these can affect young people and adults at risk.- The ability to consider equality, diversity and inclusivity in all your decisions and actions.Please visit the careers site for the full job description and person specification for the role.Salary: £48,226 per annum (SCP 37), progressing by increments to £52,413 per annum (SCP 41).Hours: 36 hours per week.Location: Home-based with regular travel across Northern Ireland, semi-regular travel across the Republic of Ireland and the Isle of Man, and occasional travel across the wider British Isles.Contract: Permanent.Benefits: You will receive 28 days' annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time workers), hybrid and flexible working arrangements, an attractive pension scheme, Simply Health membership, enhanced sick pay and enhanced parental pay. Please visit our website for more details.Closing date: 15th April 2026.We reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier if we receive sufficient applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible.PAPYRUS is committed to the principle of equal opportunity in employment, and its recruitment policies are designed to ensure that no job applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.PAPYRUS is committed to safeguarding all children, young people and adults at risk who interact with the organisation. The organisation recognises its responsibility to safeguard the welfare of these vulnerable groups by a commitment to procedures to protect them. The charity expects all staff and volunteers to fully support and promote these commitments.
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