About The Role
Are you a dynamic leader ready to shape the future of dementia support in your community?
At Alzheimer’s Society, we’re looking for a Local Services Manager who’s not just operationally excellent—but visionary, compassionate, and driven to make a real difference.
This is your opportunity to lead from the front—empowering teams, influencing local systems, and ensuring that people affected by dementia receive the support they need, when they need it most.
This role offers a unique opportunity to join the delivery of a contract that is currently in its implementation and development phase. You’ll play a key role in shaping how services are delivered, contributing to the design, refinement, and continuous improvement of systems and processes. If you thrive in dynamic environments and enjoy building from the ground up, this is your chance to make a lasting impact.
As a Local Services Manager, you will be home based, with a requirement of having visibility across the Essex & Hertfordshire area. Leading and inspiring geographically dispersed teams, whilst working as part of a wider Area Management Team, to deliver these fantastic services.  
Interviews will take place on the 10th and 11th September
What You’ll Lead

- Strategic Delivery: Turn national strategy into local action, ensuring services are impactful, inclusive, and responsive.
- Team Empowerment: Inspire and develop high-performing teams of staff and volunteers, fostering autonomy and innovation.
- System Influence: Build powerful partnerships with commissioners, health and care leaders, and community organisations.
- Service Excellence: Ensure quality, compliance, and continuous improvement across all local services.
- Equity & Inclusion: Champion diversity and ensure services reach underserved communities.

What You Bring

- Proven leadership in health, social care, or the voluntary sector.
- Strong understanding of commissioning, governance, and compliance.
- Excellent communication, influencing, and relationship-building skills.
- A passion for equity, inclusion, and lived experience leadership.
- A strategic mindset with a hands-on approach.

Your work will primarily be as an operational leader, managing our dementia support services which includes busy group services delivery. 
You will have a great opportunity to build relationships and engage external stakeholders, including working closely with Local Authorities and Health colleagues and Commissioners within an Integrated Care System setting. 

About Alzheimer's Society - who are we and what’s our mission?  

Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. One in three people born in the UK today will develop dementia in their lifetime.  

 

At Alzheimer’s Society, we’re the UK’s leading dementia charity and the only one to tackle all aspects of dementia by giving help and hope to people living with dementia today and in the future. We give vital support to people facing the most frightening times of their lives, while also funding groundbreaking research and campaigning to make dementia the priority it should be.  

Together with our supporters, we’re working towards a world where dementia no longer devastates lives. 

Our values make sure that our focus is clear for the challenges and opportunities ahead and remind us of what we all stand for.  

Our commitment to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging  

We need to ensure the voices around our table better reflect and understand the communities we exist to serve. We strongly encourage individuals to apply who have a disability, impairment or health condition or individuals who identify as part of a minority ethnic background, as these groups are currently under-represented at Alzheimer's Society.     

 

Our hiring process 

We want you to bring your whole self to the process. Applications are anonymised until interview stage, and we’re happy to support any adjustments. Share your feedback via our candidate survey when applying to help us improve. We may close early if we receive high interest (with 48 hours’ notice). Some roles may require a DBS check as part of our safer recruitment commitment. Thinking about using AI during the recruitment process? we know this can be helpful in many ways but remember to include your personal and authentic self too. Your voice and experience are what really set you apart. 

Giving back to you  

At Alzheimer’s Society, we value our people and take a total reward approach to pay and benefits. You’ll enjoy a generous double-matched pension scheme, 27 days’ annual leave (plus bank holidays and wellbeing days), and access to a free Bupa Cash Plan, 24/7 EAP, Thrive mental wellbeing support, and virtual GP services. Our Society Plus platform offers exclusive discounts, wellbeing resources, and recognition schemes, while our flexible working, family-friendly policies, and life assurance provide peace of mind and work/life balance. We also offer a free Will-writing service and long service awards to recognise your ongoing commitment.