Project Manager - Specialist Children’s Care

Project Manager - Specialist Children Care  

Start ASAP 3 months. Inside IR35. Hybrid working, based in East London

Woodrow Mercer are currently looking for an experienced Project Manager to support a trust in East London, starting as soon as possible. 

The right candidate will support and lead on the Specialist Children’s Care and Support Team Project, to develop and deliver against project plans, identifying key milestones and using Improvement Methodology to track each Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle to measure improvements and to demonstrate a positive change.

Job Description:

• This project will include complex multi-dimensional projects strands that will have wide reaching impact across the organisation.
• Leading and coordinating input from senior managers and clinical service leads to deliver and define business improvements, taking accountability for project success.
• The post holder will support the delivery of projects, management of changing demands, processes and maintain appropriate and comprehensive records of project progress.
• To engage with and work within the project management systems including maintaining a progress/risk log and record relevant issues relating to projects.
• To ensure the project is taking due consideration of relevant issues in the broader health care economy.
• To support project teams to ensure projects are delivered to plan and on time continuously analysing and assessing the overall delivery of project aims and providing adequate and timely resolution in failures to meet project targets.
• To be responsible for supporting projects to ensure a project structure which meets project management principles, governance requirements, including financial management and the delivery of the project work.
• To work with project team members for the themes in developing a project plan with clear milestones and timescales of achievements towards the objectives and goals of the individual projects.
• To engage with children, young people and families to ensure they are fully involved in the development and implementation of the key worker model
• To provide reports to the key stakeholders both internally and externally on progress.
• To establish and use a reporting / escalation framework which is integrated with the overall performance monitoring framework.

If you are a strong and motivated Project Manager with a passion to make a change, as well as enthusiasm and drive, with the willingness to go the extra mile to achieve what is required the staff and the services then we would love to hear from you.