Connect2Luton are excited to recruit an ASC Project Manager on behalf of Luton Borough Council.
Main purpose of position:
To undertake the role of a Project Manager for Adult Social Care (ASC) as part of the Strengthening Adult Social Care (SASC) Programme. Sitting within the Strategy & Improvement Team but work closely with senior responsible officers and project leads the post holder will be responsible for the successful delivery of significant, often complex, projects that will help deliver the outcomes detailed in our Adult Social Care Strategy and improvement programme.
Working closely with the Senior Responsible Officer and the senior project manager the post holder will lead projects and be responsible for the day to day management of all related activities to ensure successful, timely, delivery, within budget, ensuring value for money, using effective project management approaches and techniques as adopted by the Strengthening ASC programme. This includes planning and developing projects; drafting and maintaining all project documentation; reporting progress, report writing and providing briefings as required; finding solutions to issues as they arise; managing risk; identifying and managing stakeholders; identifying, capturing and controlling changes to projects; closing projects and handing over the project outputs to business-as-usual service areas
You will be responsible to:
·Lead, manage and own a range of projects within ASC and the Strengthening ASC (SASC) Programme, undertaking all necessary and appropriate activity and documentation associated with the project methodology.
·Work with the project sponsor to write and sign off, a project brief which sets out the case for the change and objectives of the project; the desired outcomes and benefits the project will deliver; the scope of the project (including what is in and what is out of scope); the resources (people, money, and equipment); funding options and how the project will be governed.
·To project manage identified workstreams within the SASC Programme obtaining and retaining the commitment of departments, staff, residents and partners, including managing risk, resources, expectations and reporting and escalating to the Programme Board, as required.
·Act as the single point of contact for day-to-day management of a project. Manage and coordinate the respective Project Boards and Task and Finish Groups. Works on specific tasks or coordinates activity to deliver the project plan and oversees the execution of the project.
·Horizon scan and contribute ideas to innovation initiatives, projects, and activities across the Directorate at all stages of the project cycle. Implement agile approaches and methodologies, ensuring the division has capacity, capability, and culture to continually improve and redesign the way it delivers services at pace.
·Provide operational capacity assist in the delivery of the department's strategic and policy priorities, including but not limited to, the production of, and updates to, key documents. Drafting reports for formal meetings within department and Executive processes and communication of improvement and service improvements.
·To work with partners to develop metrics and outcome measurement systems and tools that will provide compliance measures and evidence of the positive organisational benefits of the SASC Programme.
Skills and Experience:
Demonstrable experience of developing and updating project methodology documents
Ability to lead and manage complex projects in an efficient and effective way
n-depth evidence of excellent writing and communication skills to synthesise complex information into suitable formats and present in a clear and focused way for a variety different audience
Substantial organisations skills to plan and organise own workload, meeting competing deadlines, with autonomy, initiative and minimal supervision
In-depth experience of developing clear policies, project plans, business cases and project documentation and of using a variety of planning processes
Ability to understand principles of risk assessment and work within legal and social care guidance frameworks
Ability to effectively use IT skills and equipment to communicate and produce appropriate reports, analysis and presentations e.g. PowerPoint, Excel and Microsoft Word
An understanding of the government agenda and the main legislative frameworks in relation to Adult Social Care
Demonstrable experience of using methodologies and project tools such as Prince 2, Microsoft Project and Excel Gantt charts
Able to attend meetings in and outside the borough when required and be able to work flexiblyAbout Us
Luton Borough Council have partnered with Kent County Council to create Connect2Luton, a recruitment managed service for all contingent temporary agency, contract, and interim roles at the Council.
Our heritage and being local government owned which means we have a wealth of knowledge and expertise within the public sector, with many of our employees having previously worked for the Council or have supplied previously into the Council, for several years.
We are an equal opportunities employment agency and business that positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.
Connect2Luton is a trading style of Luton & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Luton Borough Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Luton is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates