Stakeholder Engagement Manager: YHDP Programme (iNetwork)

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 iNetwork

iNetwork is a longstanding local public service partnership that helps organisations across the North of England collaborate, innovate, and share best practice. We bring together councils, NHS bodies, police, fire services, housing providers, and sector partners to develop better, more efficient, and more citizenfocused services.

Our Yorkshire & Humber Digital Programme (YHDP) supports public service organisations across the region to improve their digital maturity, strengthen data capability, adopt shared approaches, and progress regional digital priorities through practical collaboration.

About the Role

We are seeking an enthusiastic and proactive Stakeholder Engagement Manager to lead engagement, collaboration, and community development across the YHDP programme. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape and strengthen a highprofile regional initiative that supports digital and data improvement across Yorkshire & Humber.

Working closely with the YHDP Programme Manager and the wider iNetwork team, you will build networks, nurture relationships, and ensure that member organisations are well supported to engage with, influence, and benefit from the programme’s activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver a stakeholder engagement plan that supports the objectives of the YHDP programme.
• Build strong relationships with local authorities, NHS organisations, Combined Authorities, emergency services, and other public service stakeholders across Yorkshire & Humber.
• Organise and facilitate events, workshops, roundtables, and learning sessions that enable collaboration and shared practice.
• Support communication of programme updates, opportunities, and achievements through newsletters, briefings, social media, and online channels.
• Identify and showcase examples of good practice, case studies, and learning from across the region and beyond.
• Gather stakeholder feedback and insights to help shape the direction and priorities of YHDP.
• Support member organisations to make the most of YHDP opportunities, resources, and communities of practice.
• Represent iNetwork at regional and national meetings, forums, and conferences where appropriate.
• Work collaboratively with the iNetwork partnership office to ensure alignment with wider network activity and member benefits.

About You

We’re looking for someone who is a natural communicator and relationshipbuilder, confident engaging with a wide range of people across the public sector. You’ll bring experience in stakeholder engagement, partnership development, or communitybuildingideally within digital, data, transformation, or public service environments.

You will be comfortable facilitating workshops, hosting events, and helping organisations connect and collaborate. You’ll be well organised, able to manage multiple workstreams, and capable of working independently as well as part of a supportive team.

A passion for improving public services, and an interest in digital and data innovation, will help you thrive in this role. Most importantly, you’ll bring enthusiasm, curiosity, and a commitment to helping public service colleagues across Yorkshire & Humber deliver better outcomes for the communities they serve.

What We Offer

• The chance to contribute to a regionally significant digital improvement programme.
• A friendly, collaborative team passionate about public service innovation.
• Hybrid, flexible working arrangements.
• Professional development and networking opportunities across the sector.

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