Project Officer

4 days ago


Catford, United Kingdom Reed Business Support Full time

My client, a South East London Local Authority, are seeking an experienced Project Officer with a strong understand of Social Care, in particular the LAC remit.

They are looking for an experienced Project Officer to support the interim Sufficiency Strategy & Placements Lead with planning, tracking and managing the work strands which have been identified as areas for action and improvement over the next six months.The projects include process and policy change, practice improvement, finance, IT systems review and reconfiguration and some commissioning elements.

The key responsibilities within this role will be:
Leading on the project management activities surrounding the sufficiency programme delivery including; the recording and tracking of actions and timelines within MS Project, sequencing of work strands and inter-dependencies in support of the interim SufficiencyStrategy & Placements Lead as well as preparing the status reports for the Change Management and Sufficiency Board meetings.

Coordination of the Operational Delivery Group meetings and liaising with the stakeholder group for input, attendance or the completion of actions.

Working alongside service leads to develop action plans to deliver on key service improvement areas.

Working with key services such as Applications Management, Financial Transactions, and Financial Accounting to progress and implement the projects and work strands outlined within the sufficiency strategy.

You will also support other projects linked to the wider Children’s Social Care improvement programme so you will need to be extremely organised, experienced in project delivery, flexible, able to work well under pressure, be a clear communicator and ableto work on your own initiative.

The following attributes will be required:

- Good knowledge of Children’s Social Care policy and legislation and how this relates to work with children and families
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent project skills
- Resilience and drive to meet the evolving demands and conflicting pressures of the post
- Highly motivated to support the development of the service, providing responsive high quality work whilst meeting deadlines
- Strong track record of motivating, developing and supporting staff within a social care setting
- Highly effective ICT skills
- Experience in organising and/or supporting the coordination of large scale projects

Full time 35 hours per week Mon - Fri

6 month - 1 year booking

Immediate start

Hourly rate

£23.32 PAYE

£29.07 LTD UMB



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