Employer: Wokingham Borough Council
Salary: £50,788 - £56,075 Per Annum (Pro Rata), Plus Benefits
Location: Wokingham Borough Council, Shute End/Home Working
Contract: Contract
Working Pattern: Part Time
Hours: 18.5 hours per week.
DBS Check: No
Closing Date: 19/01/2025 at 23:00
Reference: 712915
Programme Manager - Social Care Future
Part time - 18.5hrs (2.5 days per week)
We have an excellent opportunity available for a Programme Manager to join our proactive and award-winning Adult Social Care team here at Wokingham Borough Council, on a part time, 12-month fixed term contract.
As the Programme Manager, you will help to ensure the successful delivery and monitoring of the Program strategic objectives. The role will focus on programme objectives, programme level risk and issue management and benefits to be owned, measured and tracked.
This role will be pivotal in ensuring people who draw on adult social care in Wokingham, their families and support systems see real change happening.
Wokingham Borough Council has joined the Social Care Future (SCF) movement, a growing community commitment to bring about major positive change to adult social care.
Benefits
Not only is this an excellent opportunity, but it’s a fantastic time to join our team. You will receive an extensive range of employee benefits including:
* A generous annual leave entitlement of 31 days (Pro Rata for Part Time) (rising to 36 days after 5 years continued local government service), plus Bank Holidays
* An excellent local government pension scheme
* An employee assistance programme including 24/7 wellbeing helpline
* A range of local & lifestyle discounts
* Use of a free onsite gym (located at Shute End office)
* Salary sacrifice car & cycle to work schemes
* And much more!
Key responsibilities
* Responsible for supporting the daily delivery of the Social Care Futures Programme, working closely with the Business Change colleagues, especially the PMO and Programme Delivery Manager and Project Managers to ensure successful implementation and impact management.
* Accountable for the tracking of Programme level related risks across the Council with appropriate escalation and facilitation of risk and assurance sessions with senior leaders to understand potential issues, seek mitigations and provide successful delivery of services.
* Leading, motivating, and developing staff involved with Projects and Programmes in line with delivery requirements, to achieve consistently high employee engagement and performance, including line management responsibilities if required.
* Contribute to strategy, performance and quality control, and service and financial planning for specialist areas.
* Assure the quality and accuracy of reporting across programmes and projects, capture and disseminate lessons learned and emerging best practice to drive present and future programme development.
Candidate requirements
* Relevant Programme and Project Management qualification or skills and experience (MSP or similar).
* Proven ability in managing projects, programmes, other managers and staff to achieve agreed outputs, within budget, including benefit realisation.
* Good communication skills with the ability to express views clearly orally and in writing, to prepare reports and briefing notes for presentation to Project Groups, at Programme level, to Senior Managers or elected members.
* Good inter-personal skills with the ability to work with all stakeholders including Councillors, Directors, Heads of Service, officers, contractors, partners to agree and deliver the required outputs.
If you’re interested in this exciting opportunity, click the link below and apply today.
Alternatively, for more information or to arrange an information discussion, please contact Ruth Hemsley, Programme Manager via email
Closing: Sunday 19 th January 2025, 11pm
Interviews: w/c 27 th January 2025
Our recruitment process will include a lived experience panel as well as technical interviews. For candidates shortlisted, these will take place w/c 27 th January 2025
Please note that all offers are conditional and subject to the satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.
Please be aware that we will be reviewing the applications we receive on a daily basis, and we reserve the right to close the advert early if suitable candidates are identified.
Wokingham Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff, other workers and volunteers to share this commitment.
Wokingham is an equal opportunities employer.
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