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Partnership Working
Responsibilities Indicators of Effective Practice
Build effective working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
  • Is clear about the purpose of working relationships with different stakeholders and regularly evaluate the effectiveness of these relationships
  • Resolves any issues which may impact on the effectiveness of working relationships
  • Openly shares information and knowledge with stakeholders
Work with others to help achieve local outcomes
  • Shares ideas and information with officers, outside bodies, community councils, constituents and help guide their thinking
Identify and nurture partnerships that help deliver better outcomes
  • Secures access to key people in other agencies (e.g. public organisations, third sector organisations, local businesses) that deliver services in the community
  • Considers arrangements with key partners for joint working and or coordinated service delivery in support of the delivery of local outcomes
Ensure partners have a shared sense of vision and priorities for local communities
  • Ensures partners have, through the Community Planning process, a common understanding of the outcomes they are aiming to achieve
  • Scrutinises partners' decision-making and contribution to shared priorities
  • Ensures partners are actively working towards those shared priorities i.e. walking the walk and not just talking the talk
Show sensitivity to the values held by partners and the context in which they are working
  • Recognises how the different environments in which partners work and the different challenges they face, impact upon joint working and coordinated service delivery
Keep informed of partner organisations' work and likely consequences to the communities you represent
  • Has working relationships with key leads for partner organisations
  • Knows how to obtain updates from partner organisations regarding their work
  • Considers the likely impact of partner organisations work on outcomes identified in community/council plans

Assessment

  • What are your strengths in relation to partnership working?
  • What could you develop to improve your effectiveness?
  • What evidence do you have that supports your answers?

Now you have identified your strengths and development needs in relation to partnership working, think about your interpersonal skills. These are the skills which will underpin your ability to carry out the roles of an elected member effectively.

While the skills identified on the handout are not exhaustive, you may have identified your own, these interpersonal skills and their aligned indicators are there to help you consider whether you need to undertake development activities to enhance key interpersonal skills to be more effective in carrying out a role or responsibilities.

Download the assessment question document.

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