Overview
In this Transformation Lead role, you’ll drive the development and delivery of a new sub-regional foster service for South-West London. You’ll manage complex, grant-funded programmes across partners, ensuring plans, milestones, budgets and funding needs are met. You’ll work across organisations to mitigate risks, monitor outcomes, and report to senior leaders. This is a high-impact, cross-borough role focused on improving outcomes for children, young people and families.
Responsibilities
- Lead the development and delivery of the Foster with South-West London initiative
- Develop and maintain programme plans with milestones, budgets and funding requirements
- Manage risks, issues, dependencies and barriers to delivery across partners
- Monitor progress using data and performance information to demonstrate impact
- Coordinate across organisational boundaries and external stakeholders
- Produce high-quality reports and updates for senior leaders, boards and funders
- Ensure alignment with grant conditions and governance frameworks
- Keep the needs of children, young people and families at the centre of delivery
Key requirements
- Proven experience delivering complex projects or programmes, including grant-funded work
- Strong planning, monitoring and governance skills across budgets, milestones and outcomes
- Excellent partnership and relationship-building across services and external partners
- Ability to identify and manage risks,dependencies and delivery barriers
- Experience using data and performance insights to drive improvement
- Clear communicaton and engagement skills for diverse audiences
- Understanding of programme governance and senior-level reporting
- Commitment to improving services for children, young people and families
- collaboration
- communication
- problem-solving
- programme management
- grant-funded project management
- data-driven monitoring and reporting
Contact Details:
Royal Borough of Kingston Upon Thames Recruitment Team
