We are working closely alongside a Local Authority in Sefton to assist with the appointment of a Service Manager, on a 3-month contract, likely to be extended at clients discretion. Please apply with your CV for immediate consideration.

Rate of Pay: £401.28 - £500.00 per Day

Responsibilities:

• Provide ownership, leadership, and expertise to identify, shape and deliver large and complex transformation and change programmes to successful implementation, underpinning the Medium-Term Financial Plan (MTFP) as well as supporting new ways of working to deliver additional efficiencies, increased productivity and improved service delivery.
• Provide vision, direction and leadership for the Childrens Services Transformation and Service Development function, managing a team of project managers.
• Work strategically with identified Senior Responsible Officers and operational leads to define programmes and individual projects, capturing benefits to be realised and any constraints within which projects must operate, including time, cost, scope, quality, resources, and risks.
• Design and implement programme governance, ensuring that relevant governance for programmes and projects conception, launch and inflight is embedded across the organisation
• Lead on project planning, development, and monitoring of activity across Children Services transformation programmes, ensuring co-ordination between projects and alignment with the budget setting processes

Qualifications:

• Graduate degree in Programme Management discipline or substantial relevant Childrens Services or Social Care experience.
• Prince 2 or equivalent Project or Programme Management qualification.
• Experience of successful programme or project management in a similar environment.

Please note:

• You should be available to work immediately or at a short notice.
• You should have right to work in U.K
• This role requires an enhanced DBS

Disclaimer: Brackenberry Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. We are committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer. Unless otherwise stated all of our roles are temporary, though assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.

Important: We will interpret your application as being permission to submit your CV to this role (with the right to represent you) unless you advise us to the contrary. Your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.

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