Partnerships Officer – Fair and Healthy Sheffield

Help shape a fairer, healthier Sheffield with communities

Sheffield is ambitious about tackling inequality and improving health and wellbeing across the city. We’re looking for a Partnerships Officer who believes that lasting change happens when communities, public services and partners work together – and knows how to make that collaboration happen in practice.

This is a hands-on, outward-facing role at the heart of the city’s partnership infrastructure. Working for the City Council, you’ll support some of Sheffield’s most important strategic partnerships, including the Health and Wellbeing Board, helping turn shared priorities into collective action that makes a real difference to people’s lives.

What you’ll be doing

Supporting and enabling citywide partnerships to deliver the Fair and Healthy Sheffield Plan and Sheffield’s wider City Goals
Working with communities, voluntary and faith organisations, public services and elected members to co-design solutions to complex challenges such as health inequalities, poverty and access to opportunity
Designing and facilitating meaningful engagement so people can shape decisions, influence services and agree collective action
Using data, evidence and local insight to help target resources where they will have the greatest impact
Producing high-quality reports, briefings and presentations for a wide range of partnership audiences
Helping partnerships to monitor progress, learn what works and continuously improve
Providing support to other important partnerships when needed e.g. Sheffield Stronger Together and Race Equality Partnership for Sheffield

Who we’re looking for

You’ll be someone who:

Is passionate about fairness and health equity and getting involved in making things happen
Is confident working across organisational boundaries and building trust with diverse partners
Can navigate complexity, manage relationships and bring people together around shared goals
Is comfortable operating in a political and partnership environment
Combines strong communication and facilitation skills with the ability to use data and evidence well

Experience of community-based health, wellbeing or partnership working is important – but just as important is your mindset: collaborative, inclusive and solutions-focused.

Why join us?

At Sheffield City Council, you’ll be working on issues that genuinely matter to the city and its communities. You’ll be supported by an experienced partnerships team and have the opportunity to shape how Sheffield works together to deliver better outcomes.

Find out more

For an initial conversation, contact Laurie Brennan (Head of Policy & Partnerships), laurie.brennan@sheffield.gov.uk

Fair and Healthy Sheffield Plan: https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-council/fair-healthy-sheffield

Sheffield City Goals: https://www.sheffield.gov.uk/your-city-council/sheffield-plan

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form. Sometimes, if lots of people apply, we might not be able to interview everyone who qualifies for the Guarantee. In these cases, we’ll interview the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our Sheff news page.