National partnership team contacts for England, Scotland and Wales
Updated 26 January 2026
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England
West Midlands
This area includes 3 Jobcentre Plus Districts – Birmingham and Solihull; Black Country and Coventry; and The Shires.
These Districts broadly align with West Midlands Combined Authority and the following Connect to Work Delivery Areas – Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent; Warwickshire; and Worcestershire.
| Name | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| Mandy Williams | westmidlands.groupemployer-partnershipteam@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes, jobseeker initiatives and benefit related matters |
Central Midlands
This area includes 3 Jobcentre Plus Districts – East Midlands; Leicestershire, Cambridgeshire and Rutland; and South Midlands.
These Districts broadly align with East Midlands Combined Authority, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority, and the following Connect to Work Delivery Areas – Leicester, Leicestershire, Rutland; and South Midlands.
| Name | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| James Taundry | centralmidlands.employerandpartnershipteam@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes, jobseeker initiatives and benefit related matters |
| Jean Sharpe | centralmidlands.employerandpartnershipteam@dwp.gov.uk | Group Employer Manager responsible for employers and employer engagement |
London
This area includes 4 Jobcentre Plus Districts – North London, East London, South London and West London.
These Districts broadly align with the Greater London Authority, which is made up of all London Boroughs.
| Name | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| Kam Patel | londongroup.employerandpartnershipteam@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Development Manager responsible for benefit related matters, Landlord and Housing Queries for London |
| Marian Keane | londongroup.employerandpartnershipteam@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes and jobseeker initiatives |
Eastern England
This area includes 2 Jobcentre Plus Districts – Hertfordshire and Essex; and Norfolk and Suffolk.
These Districts broadly align with the following Connect to Work Delivery Areas – Greater Essex; Hertfordshire; Norfolk and Suffolk.
| Name | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| Christie Waddington | easternengland.groupemployerpartnershipteam@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes and jobseeker initiatives |
Yorkshire and Lincolnshire
This area includes 3 Jobcentre Plus Districts – North East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire; South Yorkshire; and West Yorkshire.
These Districts broadly align with Great Lincolnshire Combined Authority; Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority; South Yorkshire Combined Authority; West Yorkshire Combined Authority; and York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority.
| Name | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| Sam Blenkinsopp | yorkshireandlincolnshire.grouppartnerships@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes, jobseeker initiatives and benefit related matters |
North East England and Cumbria
This area includes 2 Jobcentre Plus Districts – Northumberland, Durham, Tyne and Wear; and Cumbria and Tees.
These Districts broadly align with North East Combined Authority and Tees Valley Combined Authority.
| Name | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| Kay Charlton | northeastandcumbria.partnershipteam@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes, jobseeker initiatives and benefit related matters |
North West England
This area includes 3 Jobcentre Plus Districts – Cheshire and Lancashire; Greater Manchester; and Merseyside.
These Districts broadly align with Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, and the following Connect to Work Delivery Areas – Cheshire and Warrington; and Greater Lancashire.
| Name | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| Nicky Freaney | northwest.grouppartnershipteam@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes and jobseeker initiatives |
South West England
This area includes 3 Jobcentre Plus Districts – Avon, Somerset and Gloucester; Devon and Cornwall; and Dorset, Wiltshire, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
These Districts broadly align with the West of England Combined Authority, and the following Connect to Work Delivery Areas – Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly; Devon, Plymouth and Torbay; Dorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole; Gloucestershire; Hampshire; Solent; Swindon and Wiltshire.
| Name | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| Josh Double | southwestengland.groupemployerpartnershipteam@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes, jobseeker initiatives and benefit related matters |
South East England
This area includes 3 Jobcentre Plus Districts – Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire; Kent; and Surrey and Sussex.
These Districts broadly align with the following Connect to Work Delivery Areas – Berkshire; Buckinghamshire; East Sussex; Kent and Medway; Oxfordshire; Surrey; West Sussex and Brighton.
| Name | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| Imelda Goldsboro | segroup.partnershipteam@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes and jobseeker initiatives |
Scotland
This area includes 5 Jobcentre Plus Districts – Central Scotland, East Scotland, North Scotland, North East Scotland and South West Scotland.
These Districts align with all 32 Scottish unitary authorities.
| Name | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| dwpscotland.housingqueries@dwp.gov.uk | Housing and landlord queries related to Scotland | |
| Jamie MacDonald | jamie.macdonald1@dwp.gov.uk | Head of Employer and Strategic Partnerships in Scotland |
| Nicolle Malcolm | nicolle.malcolm@dwp.gov.uk | Head of Employer and Strategic Partnerships in Scotland |
| Lynn Campbell | lynn.campbell2@dwp.gov.uk | Senior Employer and Strategic Partnerships Leader - responsible for employer engagement and strategic partnerships in Scotland |
| Lorna Gilmour | lorna.gilmour1@dwp.gov.uk | Senior Devolution and Strategic Engagement Leader - responsible for devolution and strategic engagement related partnerships in Scotland |
Wales
This area includes 3 Jobcentre Plus Districts – North and Mid Wales and the Marches; South East Wales; and South West Wales.
These Districts align with all 22 Welsh unitary authorities and the following Connect to Work Delivery Area in England – Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin.
| Name | Responsibilities | |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Harris | paul.Harris11@dwp.gov.uk | Group Partnership Manager responsible for employment programmes, jobseeker initiatives, benefit related matters, labour market, stakeholder engagement and devolution related engagement |
| Sarah Frost | sarah.frost@dwp.gov.uk | Devolution related engagement |