Project Manager Fixed Term Contract - 2 Years Grade 5 - between £41,511 - £49.764 Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review 36.5 hours per week. The role is largely remote/home-based however the post holder would be required to work from Birmingham City Council buildings as business needs dictate. About us Do you want to make a real difference for children, young people and families in Birmingham? Do you have a passion for collaborative strength based, relationship centred decision making and service design and provision? Outside of London, Birmingham is the UK’s most diverse city and has the largest number of young people in its city than any of its European counterparts. Birmingham is on a journey of significant change, ready to reset, reshape and restart. To do this well we recognise that we need to strengthen our permanent arrangements across fundamental functions by increasing internal expertise and capacity. Birmingham’s Children and Families Directorate are recruiting a series of posts to expand the Strategy, Governance and Planning service. This is truly an exciting opportunity to showcase your skills, knowledge, and experience to facilitate meaningful change for the children, young people, and families of Birmingham. Our team ethos is centred on appreciation for individuality and individual contribution and expertise and the value of this to the team’s collective success and ability to sustain positive outcomes. We strive to ensure that our working environment is inclusive, supportive, and empowering. In the Children and Families Directorate we are looking for bold and ambitious Project Managers to join our new and expanding team. We are working across a large, diverse city through an exciting, yet challenging time of transformation and improvement. If you are looking for your next challenge and have the passion to secure the very best opportunities for children and young people, join our compassionate and dedicated team. About the role This is a technical project manager post that requires versatile and robust management of multiple concurrent projects across multiple workstreams. As a key member of the Strategy, Governance and Planning team, you will be leading and managing a wide range of projects across the Children and Families Directorate. You will deploy your excellent project management experience and expertise to ensure that projects have effective governance this to include, project planning, highlight reporting, appropriate use of exception reporting and change requests to make sure we deliver on our promises. You will work with a wide range of frontline managers and practitioners to help change the way we support children and families in Birmingham. You will be part of a supportive team who will deliver the full range of project management, review, and change. About you You will have a relevant professional qualification and/or significant project management experience. You will have demonstrable ability to apply effective evaluation methodology to illustrate project impact, success and benefits realisation. You will be confident with the ability to lead the project space and able to adapt quickly to new demands and pressures. You will be skilled at identifying salient learning opportunities throughout the project cycle to promote continuous learning. You will have experience of working successfully with senior leaders and managers to deliver complex projects across a range of services. You will be experienced in working in a diverse team environment and the ability to multi-task and work flexibly to cover gaps where necessary, managing a number of conflicting priorities. You will have a proven track record of consistently supporting in facilitating and successfully delivering projects in collaboration with others. Putting children, young people and families across Birmingham first at all times is at the heart of everything you do, you will manage resources, operate within financial priorities to deliver value for money for the Council and our strategic partners while ensuring the best possible services and outcomes for children, young people and families. You will be an experienced, driven, creative and a passionate advocate for children and young people. You will work to instil a nurturing empathetic culture that values high-performance, and inclusivity, shaping and developing the skills of your team so that each and every person can get the most from their role, feeling encouraged to thrive. In return, we’ll match your commitment to us with opportunities to grow and develop your knowledge and experience as well as other rewarding career progression routes. We also offer competitive salaries and annual leave, membership of the local government pension scheme, and access to a variety of employee assistance programmes, to support the well-being of our workforce. For any informal enquires please contact: cfgovernanceandplanningbirmingham.gov.uk Please upload an up-to-date CV and Personal Statement via the attachments part of your application. The Personal Statement should outline how you meet the essential criteria for the role through your personal qualities, skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post. Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words. Unfortunately, we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached. Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people. We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one, so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments, additional support, accessibility needs, or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application. Closing date: 13 March 2025 23:59 Interviews for this post will take place in-person. Shortlisted candidates will be provided with further information. Ref: BCC00002064 We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options will be considered. A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance with UK Home Office requirements, before any employment offer can be confirmed. 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