Job Description
6 months contract with a Local Authority
Job Summary:
· These roles provide a broad service that sets policy and provides advice to support and assure all of the council’s day to day activities. They gather information required by other groups to make strategic decisions and translate this into corporate policy and strategic advice. They have little or no direct accountability for outcomes; however, what they are accountable for is the quality of advice they provide to business leaders.
· At the lower levels, these roles tend to focus on research and analysis and the interpretation and implementation of policies. At the higher level, role holders set strategy, develop policy and provide assurance across the Council more broadly.
Key Duties/Accountabilities
· The Project Manager will be responsible for producing a full business case for an expanded and integrated Learning Disabilities offer for Sutton.
· This will take forward work done to date in reviewing the issues and options affecting the Sutton Inclusion Centre offer so that a fully costed business case can be presented for decision to the People Committee in March 2025.
· The business case will need to present a clear financial case for change, taking into account both savings already identified elsewhere (from within the Adult Social Care Transformation Programme) and concurrent work such as recommendations emerging from the review of the Meals on Wheels service (that operates out of the inclusion centre) as well as all other interdependencies (including the insourcing of an LATC providing homelessness and housing services in December and future location of the Shared Lives and LD floating support services).
· Lead on the development of specific policies and procedures to contribute to continuous improvement in own work area.
· Deliver advice and guidance on the most complex matters in own area of expertise to ensure customer needs are met.
· Where relevant co-ordinate the work of a team, either formally or as part of a project to ensure individual and team objectives are delivered.
· Manage individual projects or systems to ensure work objectives are delivered in line with agreed standards and/or statutory requirements.
Essential Experience Required:
· Experience of having delivered change / projects in Learning Disability services, with a good grasp of the current landscape informing the delivery of day services is essential.
Essential Qualification Required:
· General education qualification is essential.
Additional information to note:
· Working hours: 36 hours per week.
The closing date for this position is 31st October 2024.
Requirements
The Project Manager will be responsible for producing a full business case for an expanded and integrated Learning Disabilities offer for Sutton. This will take forward work done to date in reviewing the issues and options affecting the Sutton Inclusion Centre offer so that a fully costed business case can be presented for decision to the People Committee in March 2025.