Programme Manager

Job Category : Interims
Location : London Borough of Haringey
Hours Per Week : 40.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:30
Salary: £468.49 per day

Development of new Family Hubs
Haringey are looking for someone that has excellent stakeholder management skills, evidence track record of successfully scoping and leading on the delivery of programmes/projects and has worked within large public sector organisation preferably within a children setting.
The role is to lead and support senior managers to develop the new Family Hubs in Haringey which will include:
• setting out the vision for providing families with the integrated support they need to care for their children from conception, throughout the early years, and into the start of adulthood. This is to enable parents to establish a firm foundation for their children, from which to meet their full potential in life
• producing the delivery plan setting out how Haringey will deliver on this new programme of work. This includes:
• how services should be delivered in line with the family hub model framework set by DfE
• what will be expected in terms of delivery plans, reporting, and evaluation
The post will be outside IR35 and at a maximum day rate of £500 depending on experience.
Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and Experience
Extensive knowledge of Children Services

Must be able to use initiative to decide relevant actions and make recommendations to Sponsor/ Manager, with the aim of improving deliverables and compliance to policies

Ability to make decisions autonomously, when required, on difficult issues, working to tight and often changing timescales

Demonstrated capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly

Knowledge of project principles techniques and tools such risk management, project life cycle and quality controls.

Problem solving skills and ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
Ability to analyse complex facts and situations and develop a range of options
Takes decisions on difficult and contentious issues where there may be a number of courses of action.

Strategic thinking – ability to anticipate and resolve problems before they arise

Experience of managing and motivating a team