£500 Per Day
Full Time
Contract
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
Social Care
Posted 23 hours ago
Expires In 28 Days
Job Description
SEND Transformation Programme Manager
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
Rate: £500 per day
Working Arrangement: Hybrid working – some office presence required
Contract: Temporary
We are currently recruiting for an experienced SEND Transformation Programme Manager to join a local authority in Stoke-on-Trent.
The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the delivery of the authority’s SEND Reform and Improvement Plan, driving transformation activity and ensuring progress against key priorities.
This is an excellent opportunity for a programme management professional with experience in SEND transformation, local authority improvement programmes and partnership working.
Key Responsibilities
Location: Stoke-on-Trent
Rate: £500 per day
Working Arrangement: Hybrid working – some office presence required
Contract: Temporary
We are currently recruiting for an experienced SEND Transformation Programme Manager to join a local authority in Stoke-on-Trent.
The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting the delivery of the authority’s SEND Reform and Improvement Plan, driving transformation activity and ensuring progress against key priorities.
This is an excellent opportunity for a programme management professional with experience in SEND transformation, local authority improvement programmes and partnership working.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the project management and coordination of priority SEND transformation workstreams.
- Monitor and report on progress against agreed milestones, deliverables and performance indicators.
- Support programme governance arrangements and prepare reports for senior leaders and partnership boards.
- Coordinate evidence gathering, action tracking and documentation to support inspection readiness.
- Support the delivery of High Needs Block recovery, sufficiency planning and demand-management initiatives.
- Identify, monitor and escalate risks, issues and dependencies that may affect programme delivery.
- Work collaboratively with education, health and social care partners to support and embed SEND reforms.
- Track improvement actions to ensure delivery within agreed timescales and maintain accurate programme documentation.
- Proven experience in programme or project management, ideally within a local authority.
- Experience supporting SEND transformation, reform or improvement programmes.
- Strong organisational, analytical and reporting skills.
- Experience of programme governance, risk management and monitoring performance against milestones.
- The ability to work collaboratively with senior stakeholders and multi-agency partners.
- Experience supporting inspection readiness and improvement planning would be advantageous.
- Ability to attend the office in Stoke-on-Trent as required.