Stakeholder Engagement Manager: iStandUK (SAVVI programme)

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: Interviews and assessments will be held between 16th - 19th June 2026; you would only be required to attend one of the days.

About iStandUK

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.

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.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced and proactive Stakeholder Engagement Manager to lead and deliver engagement activity across the SAVVI 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.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver a stakeholder engagement strategy supporting SAVVI objectives.
• Build and maintain relationships with local authorities, government departments, digital and data specialists, suppliers, and sector partners.
• Organise and facilitate workshops, roundtables, and community events.
• Supporting the communication of project progress, outcomes, and opportunities through presentations, briefings, newsletters, and online channels.
• Gather stakeholder insights, feedback, and case studies to inform future iterations of the SAVVI model.
• Support adoption of SAVVI tools, standards, and frameworks across the sector.
• Represent iStandUK and SAVVI at national events, conferences, and working groups.
• Work closely with the project team to ensure alignment between engagement work, technical development, and programme objectives.

About You

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. 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. Familiarity with initiatives like SAVVI, or with work related to vulnerability, safeguarding, or multiagency collaboration, 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

• Opportunity to influence a nationally significant programme improving support for vulnerable people.
• Flexible, hybrid working arrangements.
• Supportive, collaborative team environment.
• Professional development opportunities 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 michelle.kern@tameside.gov.uk