Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term for 2 years

Full Time / 37 Hours Per Week / Fixed Term for 1 year

Join us and play a key role in leading on delivery projects for Social Care, SEND and Education (SCE).

The vision in SCE is to provide vital services in ways that ensure choice and control for people, value for money and high-quality care and support. You'll be part of the busy, friendly and supportive SCE Project Management Office team, responsible for leading on change delivery projects across SCE to deliver this vision.

Working closely with the Portfolio Manager, Senior Project Manager, Senior Business Analyst and other officers, you'll lead on a range of key projects following the project life cycle. You'll work in partnership with multiple stakeholder groups such as care providers, NHS, police services, the voluntary sector and those who draw on care and support.

This is a full time, fixed term position working 37 hours per week (for 1 year and 2 years). Although you'll be predominantly working from home, you'll also need the flexibility to work from our office base at Halford House.

We will consider this vacancy on a secondment basis for Leicester City Council employees. If you wish to apply for this post on a secondment basis, then please ensure you have your line manager's approval before applying.

What you'll be doing

All 3 available roles are part of the member the SCE Project Management Office. You'll work with other Business Change Commissioning Managers and multiple stakeholders, both internally and externally, to deliver complex projects in time and to budget.

• One role will lead on multiple projects that support service redesign and change across SCE.
• Two of the roles will lead specifically on projects supporting the Families First Partnership (FFP) Programme (a Department for Education initiative designed to reform Children's Social Care)

Working at a strategic level, you'll write and present reports to senior leaders, chair key meetings, and articulate opportunities for changes within services, negotiating when necessary. You'll provide crucial support to the Senior Project Manager, Business Change Portfolio Manager and Transformation Programme Manager on key project work and help to shape forward planning.

What you'll need

You'll have a proven track record of managing and delivering complex projects. You'll understand how to use performance management information to inform your work and how to manage a budget. With strong communication skills, you'll be able to build effective relationships with all key stakeholders and confidently present to senior leaders. You'll be highly organised, with the ability to work under pressure and prioritise tasks to meet objectives and deadlines. You'll be self-motivated, with a flexible approach and commitment to successfully delivering projects, you'll create a professional and positive working environment. You'll be an innovative thinker, able to be creative and to solve problems.

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You'll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working. We'll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from several flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.

Join us

We're committed to recruiting a diverse and highly talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That's why we've designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We'll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, look at the 'our approach to recruitment' page.

For an informal discussion regarding the roles supporting the Families First Partnership Programme, please contact Helen Sheppard on 0116 454 1170 or email helen.sheppard@leicester.gov.uk.

For an informal discussion regarding the role leading on multiple projects, please contact Matthew English on 0116 454 4415 or email matthew.english@leicester.gov.uk.

Interviews will take place week commencing w/c 4th May.