- Pay Rate:
£281.13 per day PAYE
- Hours per Week:
18.50 specific days and hours TBC
This opening assignment is for 11 months
- Stafford, Staffordshire,
ST16 3AQ
Interim PT Project /Change Manager – Children & Families
Reference no: Staffordshire 5228601
Pay Rate: £281.13 per day PAYE
This opening assignment is for 11 months
Enhanced DBS disclosure is listed as a requirement for this role
The successful candidate will be responsible for working with senior stakeholders to shape and provide a project management structure and framework to support a key project within the Adult Social Care directorate. They will drive Business Change on behalf of stakeholders across the business and will be able to respond quickly to the demands of complex change programmes.
Key Responsibilities:
- Utilising and working with one or more business improvement or change management methodologies (e.g. Prince2, Agile, MSP, Lean Six Sigma etc) demonstrating practical experience with a number of tools and approaches.
- Pro-active relationship building with a high level of emotional intelligence. Experience of change management consulting with colleagues at all levels, developing credible and trusted working relationships.
- Working in collaboration with partners, driving change activity across a business area or organisation and using your influencing and negotiating skills to achieve agreed outcomes.
- Ability to work at pace to deliver outputs to tight deadlines.
“Role Requirements” – to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria:
Qualifications:
- Business improvement qualification or equivalent level of experience.
Experience:
- Minimum of 12 months recent experience in a similar role, or context and ideally within a public sector organisation.
- Experience of managing change projects within a complex environment.
- Experience of applying business design and project management principles to deliver change and transformation effectively
- Understanding of the political context of service delivery and its challenges in the public sector.
- Experience of creating and maintaining effective and influential networks that work collaboratively to shape and deliver better outcomes.
- Intellectually curious and a proven track record of innovation and continuous improvement, bringing in new thinking from outside the organisation.
- Experience of transforming services to deliver better outcomes and services.
- Experience of supporting culture change and transformation.
Skills & Abilities:
- Highly developed, flexible, proven change facilitation skills
- Strong proven communication and people management skills – utilising coaching/ mentoring and guidance/ feedback appropriately
- High level of emotional intelligence with a high degree of self awareness and resilience, maintaining a positive approach
- Is able to apply a range of consultancy styles and techniques.
- Can very quickly build strong, credible working relationships
- Strong data analysis & manipulation skills
- Strong IT skills including Microsoft packages or equivalent (e.g. G Suite).
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Other “Essential Requirements” – Please check to ensure that your CV addresses the following items:
- Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours.
- Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
- Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
- Unless the DBS requirement stated above is for a Basic Disclosure, your DBS must be either through us or be accompanied by a subscription to the DBS updating service.
- Full UK driving licence is required for this role.
- Please refer to the Role Requirements section above - your CV must address the requirements listed.
Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable:
- Any local authority/public sector experience
- Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for.
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