Job Details
12 Month Fixed Term
36.25 hours per week
£37,938 - £41,511
Greater Manchester is a national and international leader in responding to the opportunities and challenges of an ageing population. This is a key policy development and implementation role, supporting delivery of Mayor Andy Burnham's manifesto commitment on Housing First, with a particular focus on older people’s housing.
Our city region is in the midst of a transformation in later life. As our population ages, our homes and neighbourhoods need to be age-friendly. An age-friendly place enables people to live in the homes and communities they choose to and remain independent, accessing support and care when and where it is needed.
Older residents are more likely to have lived in their home, and their neighbourhood, for a long time. However, homes have not kept up with the changing needs of the residents that live in them. While older people are more likely to own their own homes, many face significant housing challenges. Nationally, less than 10% of homes have the basic features that make them accessible for all ages, and half of all homes that fail to meet the government’s basic decency criteria are headed by someone over 50. In Greater Manchester, 18% of people aged 50 and over live in social rented accommodation, a growing group that are the most likely to be in serious financial difficulties. Furthermore, the number of people over 50 living in private rented accommodation and therefore entering retirement in those homes is increasing.
The postholder will be based in the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub in the Public Service Reform directorate working in collaboration with the Place directorate. The Ageing Hub is a partnership of organisations across Greater Manchester, working together since 2016 to respond strategically to the opportunities and challenges of an ageing population in our city-region, focusing on reducing inequalities and ageing well. In 2018, following the publication of our first age-friendly strategy, we were recognised by the World Health Organization as the UK’s first age-friendly city-region, a place committed to enabling people to age well and live a good later life.
Since then, the Ageing Hub has convened partners, facilitated, and delivered a range of programmes and initiatives to support residents in later life, from our trailblazing Ageing in Place Pathfinder, to the Keeping Well campaigns during the covid pandemic and our innovative case-finding for falls prevention. Greater Manchester is at the forefront of age-friendly policy-making. The Ageing Hub has also attracted a significant amount of investment through its work.
You will work to increase the quality and quantity of age-friendly homes across the region, with the aim of ensuring that housing stock in Greater Manchester meets the needs of an ageing population. This includes supporting the chair of the Greater Manchester Housing, Planning and Ageing group to facilitate and expand the work of the group, to develop a Greater Manchester rightsizing framework, and to develop and implement age-friendly design standards and guidance. The role will also support Greater Manchester local authorities to develop their housing for ageing populations strategies.
About us:
As an employer, the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (GMCA) is made up of a number of key Greater Manchester strategic functions and service providers including; Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service (GMFRS); Waste and Resources; Environment; Work and Skills; Research; Public Sector Reform; Police, Crime and Criminal Justice; Homelessness; the Greater Manchester Ageing Hub and the Commissioning Hub.
We value the diversity of our employees, and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects our diverse communities across Greater Manchester. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified individuals, irrespective of people's age, disability, Trans status and Non-binary identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We have guidance in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability.
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This role is part of GMCA’s hybrid working scheme. As part of our commitment to ‘Build Back Fairer’ in Greater Manchester following the Covid-19 pandemic, we have evolved our management methods by trusting and empowering staff to deliver their work in the best way that suits the business and their individual needs, and supports health and wellbeing. Our hybrid working policy sets out a flexible approach, combining attendance at our [Manchester city centre office / Fire and Rescue service HQ in Swinton / other location] with remote working, typically from home; the location of work is primarily dictated by the needs of the business: ‘Do what is right for you and the business on that day’. If appointed to the role you will work with your manager to agree and regularly review the best working pattern for you, your team and your work.