Project Manager (Transitions Programme)

Job description

Contract Terms

Grade: PO5
Salary: £50,574 – £53,607 per annum
Contract Type: 2 Year Fixed-Term Contract (36 Hours per week)
Closing Date: Sunday 26th January 2025
Interview Date: Week commencing 3rd February 2025

About Haringey

Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other. A place that is proudly distinctive. We’ll be celebrating all this and more as the “rebel borough” when we are the 2027 London Borough of Culture.
Our history champions change-makers and everyday rebels; revelling in our differences, battling discrimination, championing equality, and doing things our own way. Haringey’s people are a huge asset, with knowledge, expertise, and passion. Our staff members embody our organisational values: Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative and Community-focused. These values keep us looking forward, ambitious for the future, and continuously striving to do our very best for all of our residents.

About the Team

As part of the Children’s Programmes team, you will play a central and significant role in meeting the team’s business objectives and priorities through proactive project and programme management. You will contribute to the delivery of high-quality projects that are performance-managed, needs-led, evidence-based, and offer best value to provide positive outcomes for children and families in Haringey.

About the Role

We are seeking a Project Manager to join our team to enhance service delivery for children, young people and families in Haringey. The post holder will work on our Transitions programme, which supports the development of a service focussed on supporting 14–25-year-olds as they progress from Children’s to Adults social care.
Key responsibilities:

• Manage projects allocated by the Strategic Programme Lead, ensuring approval at all necessary stages.

• Deliver high-quality projects within budget, on time, and using effective project management approaches and techniques.

• Develop project briefs, create necessary documentation, and define the tasks and activities required to complete each project.

• Prepare and refine business cases that justify projects, and create project plans that optimize delivery and secure the resources required to deliver the project.

• Write and update project specifications, ensuring correct storage and filing.

• Conduct research on options and solutions, gathering evidence and information that justifies the chosen approach.

About You

The ideal candidates will have experience in planning and managing projects, ideally in a public sector environment, and have a good understanding of the methodology and documentation required. The candidates should be effective in working with different teams, senior stakeholders, and external partners. You will also have experience in working in the children’s services sector, preferably in Early Help, SEND, and/or Social Care. Proficiency in utilizing various Microsoft packages and project management tools in a professional setting is a must.
The successful candidates should also demonstrate the following skills and attributes: 

• Good organisational skills.
• Self-motivation and a can-do attitude.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively in a team.
• An analytical mindset, coupled with the ability to spot meaningful solutions.

Working for Haringey

At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits of a diverse workforce so welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities so that we continue to make a difference to our residents and community.  Our benefits package includes a leave entitlement of up to 31 days + bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture that provide both financial and money-saving discounts.
Please note: we reserve the right to end this advert before the noted deadline if we receive sufficient applications. If you wish to apply for this role please ensure that you do so as soon as possible.
Additionally, we are aware that automated emails may be diverted through to junk email folders.  Please continue to check these through the application process.  If you have any questions about the status of you application please contact ResourcingHub@haringey.gov.uk