Children’s Services Project Lead

4 weeks ago

Torquay, United Kingdom Torbay Council Full time

**Description**:
**Job Description & Person Specification >**

An exciting opportunity has arisen for you to join us at Torbay Council as Children’s Services Project Lead, responsible for effectively establishing and managing service improvement and change projects to ensure that projects reach a successful conclusion on behalf of the Authority. In this role, you will be project lead for the delivery of the new and expanded early years entitlements and wraparound provision.
- Have expertise in a project management approach to delivery of change.
- Be able to work on own initiative under pressure and with effective time management skills and provide leadership and constructive support to colleagues.
- Have experience of working across multiple departments and organisations, dealing tactfully and persuasively with complex and sensitive matters.

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**This position is for a fixed term of 12 months from the start date.**

**This post meets the requirements for an Enhanced Criminal Record Check. This will show spent and unspent convictions and adult cautions which have not been filtered in line with legislation, plus any information held by local Police that is considered relevant to the role.**

**Interviews are expected to be conducted during the week commencing 11th March 2024.**

**Skills**:
Essential:

- The ability to establish and manage projects, risks and issues to a successful conclusion.
- The ability to work on own initiative under pressure and with effective time management skills.
- The ability to provide leadership and constructive support to colleagues working on S Improvement and Change Projects.
- The ability to provide leadership and constructive support to colleagues working on Business Improvement and Change Projects.
- Effective communication skills plus effective negotiation, persuasion and influencing skills.

**As this post meets the requirements of the Immigration Act 2016 (part 7), the ability to converse at ease with members of the public and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post.**

**Knowledge**:
Essential:

- Expertise in a project management approach to delivery of change.
- Working knowledge of the production of project management documentation including project briefs, project approach, project plans, project initiation documents, work packages, resource plans, risk & issues logs.
- Knowledge and understanding of the Council’s budget and Medium-Term Financial Plan cycles and the ways in which Business Improvement and Change Project targets can help meet these challenges.
- Understanding of the Council’s governance process to ensure that deadlines are met for effective decision making timelines.
- Up to date knowledge of computer systems i.e., the ability to use software packages such as Microsoft office (Including Project, Excel, Outlook, Word and PowerPoint).

**Experience & Qualifications**:
Essential:

- Educated to Degree level standard (Including HND, professional / enhanced skill qualification) or equivalent, or demonstrable work-related experience in appropriate areas.
- Experience of involvement in successful delivery of change.
- Experience in responding to quickly changing priorities and competing deadlines.
- Experience of full contribution as a team player.
- Experience of working on own and where required making and justifying robust and sometimes contentious decisions.

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