# Strategic Lead for Tackling Poverty

**Company**: London Borough of Haringey
**Location**: London Borough of Haringey, Greater London
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: GBP 66,078 - 69,807 per year
**Category**: Policy & Public Affairs
**Industry**: Government & Public Sector

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## Description

We are seeking an exceptional Strategic Lead for Tackling Poverty to drive forward Haringey's anti-poverty agenda.

The successful candidate will lead the delivery of Haringey's Anti-Poverty Strategy and oversee our £18m Crisis and Resilience Fund programme, using evidence-based decision making and a relentless focus on improving people's lives.

Key responsibilities include:

- Leading delivery of Haringey's Anti-Poverty Strategy and associated programmes

- Overseeing the governance, performance and financial stewardship of an £18m investment programme

- Building and strengthening partnerships across the council, the NHS, schools, community organisations and other stakeholders

- Developing and maintaining a strong evidence base to underpin and evaluate investment decisions

- Identifying opportunities to maximise impact, reduce duplication and strengthen collaboration across the borough

- Commissioning and overseeing projects and services that support residents facing hardship

- Developing robust approaches to measuring impact and understanding what works

- Working with leaders across the council and external organisations, community groups, elected members, and residents

- Advising and being accountable to senior officers and Cabinet Members on policy, investment and programme decisions

The ideal candidate will have:

- A strong track record of leading complex programmes or initiatives that deliver meaningful social outcomes

- Strong research, data analysis and performance management skills, with the ability to turn insight into action

- Excellent partnership-building and influencing skills, with the ability to secure commitment across organisations and sectors

- Experience working in politically sensitive environments and engaging effectively with elected members and senior stakeholders

- A deep understanding of poverty, inequality and the evidence base for effective interventions

- Experience overseeing significant budgets, commissioning activity and programme governance

- Outstanding communication and stakeholder engagement skills

- A collaborative leadership style and the ability to deliver through influence rather than hierarchy

In return, we offer a salary of GBP 66,078 - 69,807 per year, a leave entitlement of 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture.

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## Skills

### Required
- strategic leadership
- partnership building
- influencing
- data analysis
- performance management
- communication
- stakeholder engagement

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