National partnership team contacts for England, Scotland and Wales
Updated 3 October 2025
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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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Nicki O’Connor | 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, Christchurch, Bournemouth 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 |
| Gillian MacDonald | gillian.macdonald@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 |
| Richard Aston | richard.aston@dwp.gov.uk | Devolution related engagement |