Project Manager - Neighbourhood Working in Reading

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job details:

• Salary: £51,928 to £55,224 Per year
• Contractual hours: 37
• Basis: Full time
• Region: Fixed-Term / Full-Time
• Job category/type: Adult Services, Managerial, Project Work, Social Services

37 Hours per week - Full Time - Fixed term for 18 months.

We are looking for an experienced and ambitious Project Manager - Neighbourhood Working to lead a major programme of transformation that will help reshape how health, care and community services work together across Reading. This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in implementing integrated neighbourhood working, bringing together partners across Primary Care, Community Health, Mental Health, Adult Social Care, Public Health, voluntary and community organisations and acute services. Your work will help deliver better outcomes for residents through a stronger focus on prevention, integrated care, admission avoidance and care closer to home.

We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities. We support hybrid working; it's important to us that working arrangements are designed to enable our employees to excel and within this role you'll have the opportunity to work in a way that suits your lifestyle.

About The Role:

Reporting to the Integration Programme Manager, you will lead the design, mobilisation and implementation of complex, system-wide neighbourhood working projects. You will work with senior leaders and partners across the health and care system to develop sustainable neighbourhood models, coordinate multi-agency activity and ensure projects are delivered to agreed timescales, budgets and quality standards.

• Lead the implementation of integrated neighbourhood working across Reading.
• Develop and coordinate multi-agency teams across health, social care and voluntary sector partners.
• Manage project plans, risks, dependencies, budgets and milestones.
• Work with senior leaders, clinicians, commissioners and operational managers to drive transformational change.
• Use population health management data and community insights to support neighbourhood priorities.
• Produce reports, presentations and governance updates for senior partnership boards and stakeholders.
• Support the delivery of wider health and care priorities including prevention, demand management and improved hospital discharge pathways.

About You:

We are looking for an accomplished project or programme professional with experience of delivering complex transformation in a multi-agency environment. You will have experience of working across health, social care and/or Integrated Care Systems, with a strong understanding of partnership working and the challenges of delivering change across organisational boundaries.

You will have:

• A recognised project or programme management qualification or training.
• Experience working within Integrated Care Systems and across health, social care or local government services.
• A successful track record of delivering large-scale transformation projects.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at senior levels.
• Experience managing project budgets, risks, governance and benefits realisation.
• Excellent analytical, organisational and communication skills.
• A passion for improving outcomes for residents through collaborative working and innovation.

A degree-level qualification or equivalent experience, together with training or qualifications in recognised project or programme management methodologies, is essential.

You'll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you'll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place. Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success.

Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:

• Work Together as one team - work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do.
• Drive Efficiency - show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency.
• Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential.
• Be Ambitious - be demanding of our own performance - striving to be even better - and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way.
• Make a Difference to Reading - maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed.

Our offer:

We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to put your ideas across. Innovation and ambition are strongly encouraged, and you'll get a great feel for that, working in our friendly and collaborative environment.

A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:

• Generous holiday entitlement - 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays - rising to 30 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years' service, with the option to buy additional leave.
• A wide range of flexible working opportunities.
• Modern working environment at the Civic Offices in the heart of Reading.
• Life Assurance - three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS).
• On-site day nursery (Kennet Day nursery) rated outstanding by Ofsted.
• Season Ticket Loan - a loan to help with the cost of your rail or bus journey, to and from work.
• Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand new, greener car for three years. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax.

For more information on this position please contact Bev Nicholson, Integration Programme Manager on 07812 461 464 or Beverley.Nicholson@reading.gov.uk.

Closing Date: Sunday 27th September 2026

Shortlisting: 28th, 30th September and 1st October

Interview Date: Friday 9th October 2026

Interview Setup: via Teams with presentation required to be submitted in advance.