Programme Manager - Social Care Futures

Programme Manager - Social Care Futures

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. The SCF vision aims to change the way people think about social care. It talks about organising social care differently, so that everyone regardless of age, health condition or disability can live in a place they call home, with the people and things they love, in communities where we look out for one another, doing things that matter to them.

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.

Our Area

Wokingham Borough is set in the heart of Berkshire with excellent transport links to Reading and central London. Our area comprises of a vibrant and historical market town, attractive villages, and miles of beautiful countryside.

We're home to a range of high performing schools including 69 primary and 21 secondary, a host of international businesses and an incredible community. We have a strong local economy with accelerated growth, a range of excellent public facilities and low levels of crime, offering an exceptional quality of life.

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 19th January 2025, 11pm

Interviews: w/c 27th 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 27th January 2025

Whilst this is a fixed term contract appointment, for anyone already employed by Wokingham Borough Council this would be classed as a secondment if successful. Therefore, the usual permission requests for secondments apply and you must speak to your line manager in the first instance before applying.

If your application is shortlisted for an interview, you will be required to provide proof of your right to work in the UK at that stage. Additionally, successful candidates must present proof upon receiving a job offer.

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.

How to apply

Please apply online via the link provided.

Please note, we do not accept CVs submitted without a fully completed online application form.

Further information on this vacancy

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