Project Manager - Children's Social Care

Starting salary: £42,687
Job Level: Level 4, Zone 2
Work Location: 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: 2x Fixed term / Secondment – 12 months
Closing date: Sunday 6 November 2022, 23:59
Interviews to be held: 15th November
Alternative flexible working options available / open to discussion

Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.

About us

Camden is listening to everyone, including you. We’re giving a platform to people inside and outside our community. Because, we’re not just home to the UK’s fast-growing economy. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today. And we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all.

The role

We have two new roles as Project Manager. One role is working within the Supporting People Strategy Team to support positive change across Children’s Safeguarding and Social work. The role will manage the development, planning and delivery of a range of complex projects to bring about effective and positive change across Children’s Safeguarding and Social Work. You will work flexibly to lead the successful delivery of a number of projects within the wide-ranging programme. This is an exciting time to work with Camden’s Children’s Safeguarding and Social Work teams, following our recent ‘outstanding’ rating from Ofsted in Spring 2022.

The other new role as Project Manager is working Family Hubs in Camden. This is an important role to manage the development, planning and delivery of Family Hubs in Camden. Building on a robust and comprehensive Children’s Centre offer, the post holder will work flexibly with sector specialists to lead the development and implementation of a Family Hub delivery plan involving a range of partners including local parents.

If you have a preference to a service please state within your application.

As Project Manager will develop and maintain relationships across the organisation, with practitioners, managers, elected members, partner organisations, and residents. You will use key project management tools to analyse issues identifying solutions, scope potential areas of work, and plan, deliver and monitor projects to ensure they are delivered on time, to budget and deliver the desired benefits.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and will require an Enhanced DBS.

About you

You will have substantial experience of having successfully managed projects on time and within budget using sound project management methodology and tools in a complex environment. This will include substantial experience of working in or with Children’s Services or similar environment.

You will be a confident communicator with the ability to liaise with internal and external stakeholders of varying seniority. You will be able to draft key project documentation such as business cases, risk registers, and formulate realistic project plans in collaboration with key stakeholders and have experience of using these tools to plan, drive and deliver change. You will be able to analyse problems, identify root cause and develop a range of solutions, which will add value. You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to analyse data to present complex information and recommendations in a clear manner to a range of audiences.

To find out more about what it is like to work at Camden, meet some of our People by visiting 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/our-stories'.

Working for Camden

We’re ready to welcome your ideas, your views, and your rebellious spirit. Help us redefine how we’re supporting people, and we’ll redefine what a career can be.

If that sounds good to you, we’d love to talk.

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits as well as joining a flexible working employer. Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' to see full details of our benefits.

Additional information

To view the Job Profile, please CLICK HERE or copy and paste the below URL into your browser: http://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/HPRMWebDrawer/Record/9768589/file/document?inline 

To apply for this job please follow the "Apply" link. In the ‘Why you?’ section of the application you will be required to demonstrate how you meet the role criteria noted in the Job Profile under the “About You” section.

Inclusion and Diversity

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.