Location: South East London
Sector: Local Government / Children\'s Services
Ref: 8293
Rate: £208.18 pd PAYE (flexible holiday pay options available)
Contract: 6 Months
Working Pattern: Full Time, 35 Hours Per Week
Hybrid Working: Hybrid
The Role
Our local government client is seeking an experienced Programme Manager to lead the development and implementation of an ambitious South East London Fostering Hub programme. This collaborative initiative, supported through Department for Education funding, aims to transform foster carer recruitment, approval and retention across a partnership of South East London local authorities.
This is an excellent opportunity to play a pivotal role in delivering a large-scale transformation programme that will help increase the number and diversity of foster carers, improve outcomes for children in care and strengthen regional collaboration across Children\'s Services. The successful candidate will work closely with senior leaders, Heads of Service and key stakeholders to establish innovative systems, services and partnerships that support foster carers throughout their journey.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate the mobilisation, development and implementation of the South East London Fostering Hub programme.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive programme plans, ensuring clear outcomes, governance arrangements, milestones and delivery schedules.
- Establish and oversee multi-authority recruitment support services, digital systems, reporting frameworks and operational processes.
- Manage multiple programme workstreams simultaneously, ensuring delivery remains on track against agreed objectives and timescales.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with senior stakeholders, partner authorities, external agencies and delivery partners.
- Monitor programme performance, manage risks and issues, and provide regular reporting and updates to programme governance boards.
- Lead collaboration across participating authorities to develop innovative foster carer recruitment, communications, retention and support initiatives.
- Coordinate submissions, performance information and reporting requirements for external funding and regulatory stakeholders, including government departments.
You Will Need (Essential Requirements)
- Significant experience delivering complex programmes, projects or transformational change initiatives within local government, Children\'s Services or a related public sector environment.
- Proven experience managing multi-agency partnerships and engaging senior stakeholders across complex organisational settings.
- Strong programme and project management expertise, including governance, risk management, performance monitoring and delivery of multiple workstreams.
- Excellent communication, negotiation and influencing skills, with the ability to build productive relationships at all organisational levels.
- Demonstrable experience using data, insight and performance information to drive service improvement and programme outcomes.
- Experience supporting fostering, children\'s social care, early help or wider children\'s services transformation programmes.
- Knowledge of foster carer recruitment, retention or placement sufficiency challenges within local authorities.
- Experience of delivering programmes using both traditional and agile project management methodologies.
- Degree-level qualification or equivalent professional experience.
- PRINCE2 Practitioner, MSP or other recognised programme management qualification.
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