At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage contracts and programmes to improve healthcare responses to domestic violence.
- Company: Join IRISi, a social enterprise dedicated to tackling gender-based violence.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible hours, generous leave, and pension contributions.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth in a supportive and dynamic environment.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in healthcare while working with a passionate team.
- Qualifications: Experience in programme management and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 42827 - 42827 £ per year.
Please note - To apply, please send your CV and a cover letter (no more than 2 pages) outlining your experience and how you meet the person specification to Medina Johnson, CEO – medina.johnson@irisi.org
Salary: Annual salary up to £42,827 (pro rata)
Hours: Part time, up to 0.5FTE (17.5 hours per week)
Location: Home based with occasional travel to meetings in London and Bristol
Annual Leave: 25 days p.a. plus 8 bank holidays plus closure over Christmas and New Year (pro rata)
Pension: 3% pension contribution (after successful completion of two-month probationary period)
Probationary period: Two months
Tenure: Fixed term to 31-3-27 with possibility of extension
Employer: IRISi
Reporting to: CEO, IRISi
Background: IRISi is a social enterprise established to promote and improve the health care response to gender-based violence. Our work includes facilitating the widespread adoption of the IRIS model and other evidence-based health and domestic violence and abuse (DVA) programmes, including ADViSE.
The Role: This post is the opportunity for an individual to programme manage the programme frameworks, monitor, track and report on the grant funding and progress of the delivery across two workstreams: our flagship intervention, the IRIS programme, in several London boroughs; and oral health programme in several London boroughs.
Aims of the position: Building on the success of our previous programme of work, the postholder is responsible for maintaining and implementing a contract and programme management strategy which supports the delivery of IRISi priorities.
- Act as the strategic lead for contract and programme management ensuring programme delivery is effective, on time and on budget.
- Monitor contract compliance and manage risk effectively with a variety of specialist providers.
- Lead and promote quality and continuous improvement ensuring contracts are delivered to a high standard across the programme.
Main Duties and Key Accountabilities:
- Act as strategic lead for contract and programme management offering expertise, advice and guidance.
- Maintain and implement a contract and programme management strategy which robustly delivers against IRISi priorities and achieves return on investment for the funders.
- Work to ensure consistency and quality are achieved.
- Work across local teams to adhere to the IRISi and IRIS evidenced based framework which will monitor impact and achieve outcomes.
- Contract Management: Lead on contracting activity focusing on contract development, contract compliance and managing risk.
- Work closely with finance colleagues; follow budgetary review process ensuring contracts are delivered within agreed financial envelopes and governance arrangements are in place.
- Ensure providers deliver to agreed quality and performance requirements.
- Manage the development of contracts and agreements ensuring expert legal and financial advice is secured and used as required.
- Follow agreed policies and frameworks, oversee relevant contracting processes for partner agencies supplying services for IRISi.
- Advise and liaise closely with the CEO and SLT on contracts and documentation that require their sign off.
- Work with the CEO and SLT to ensure due processes are followed, contracts monitored, and payments released according to performance.
- Programme management: Work with the SLT to apply established programme management principles to ensure the design, delivery and effectiveness of the programme.
- This will include: Utilising appropriately detailed project plans and delivery processes whilst maintaining flexibility and ability to respond to emergent or changing priorities.
- Taking responsibility for monitoring the overall delivery plan.
- Manage issues, risks, lessons learnt appropriately for the programme and reporting on them.
- Adhere to an agreed framework of reporting on the progress against the plans to senior management.
- Work on a comms framework for the different stakeholder groups.
- Lead on proactive stakeholder management with external stakeholders and regular internal reflection in order to continuously improve delivery.
- Ensure the programme is cutting edge in design and contributes to wider learning for IRISi on frameworks for future programmes.
Working Relationships and Contacts: The post holder will be required to develop and maintain effective working relationships with the IRISi team members responsible for these sites and the specialist providers across all boroughs. Relationships will also need to be developed across IRISi, with programme funders, partner agencies and their representative bodies, statutory and third sector partners. Developing and maintaining partnerships with other organisations to further our strategic goals will be expected.
Person specification Knowledge: A proven track record of delivering successful programmes of varying value across the public sector which are innovative and meet financial and time commitments.
- Experience of developing, leading and managing successful programme delivery within the sector.
- Possessing a good knowledge around VAWG and of the health sector.
- Strong negotiation, influencing, communication, strategic and analytical skills.
- Demonstrable skill to build constructive relationships with a variety of stakeholders.
- Experience of leading, motivating and inspiring teams and holding them to account to deliver strategic outcomes.
- Demonstrable skills to work across organisational boundaries, build rapport and motivate others to succeed.
Experience / Skills / Abilities:
- Programme management experience, with particular experience of delivering complex projects involving multiple partners.
- Understanding and experience of working with health and the VAWG sector.
- Experience of managing contracts within a public sector setting, with 3rd party suppliers and other service providers.
- Good financial acumen and ability to work closely with financial team colleagues.
- Excellent ability to build relationships with a variety of providers across all sectors and at all levels.
- Demonstrable skills to influence, negotiate and resolve disputes with providers and key partners.
- Recognised programme management qualifications (e.g. PRINCE2, Agile, Change Management).
- A commitment to quality and achieving key performance indicators.
- Ability to work in a pressured environment and deliver priorities at pace.
- Significant experience of leading teams to deliver outcomes, influence and hold them to account.
- Ability to define and integrate clear structures, systems and resources to deliver an efficient and effective service.
- Excellent communicator with the ability to influence other organisations to achieve priorities.
- Ability to work across teams to achieve priorities.
- Ability to self-start and work autonomously, including where the context and outcomes are fluid or complex.
- Ability to deliver high quality work to tight deadlines.
- Ability to make effective decisions.
- Ability to identify and evaluate risks and options and develop strategies to manage and mitigate.
IRISi Organisational Values: As both an organisation and a team, we work to: encourage partnership work between health and the specialist VAWG sector, recognise DVA as a gender-based issue, support partners to offer a high quality, accessible service for all patients affected by DVA. Our values are: integrity, dignity, respect.
General Responsibilities: To adhere to our Equality.
IRISi Contracts and Programme Manager employer: IRISi Interventions
IRISi is an exceptional employer that prioritises the well-being of its employees while making a significant impact in the community. With a strong focus on professional development, staff are encouraged to grow through innovative training and consultancy opportunities within a supportive and collaborative work culture. Working remotely with occasional travel to vibrant North Central London boroughs, employees enjoy a flexible work environment that fosters creativity and meaningful engagement in addressing critical issues like domestic abuse and oral health.
