Alternative Provision Improvement Project Manager (Hybrid) needed in Bournemouth, £250 per day PAYE - Reference: 5247825

The core purpose of this project is to ensure that the wider service that oversees the Alternative Provision, can be redesigned to ensure all children and young people are given the best chance to succeed whatever placement they attend.

It will align services across children’s services to ensure there is a clear process for referral, placement and monitoring of children and young people currently accessing alternative provision.

It will ensure that the budget spent is used in the most effective way to ensure children and young people are supported at the earliest opportunity and able to maintain their full-time provision.

• Use established systems to track key programme/project metrics, benefits, budgets, risks and highlight variances/trends in order to manage and control programme/project progress and contribute to effective governance of the programme/project

• Provide advice and subject matter expertise in project, change management and approaches, so that projects within Children’s Services Improvement are delivered in accordance with techniques and best practice (inc. Alternative Provision Improvements).

• Review and interpret programme/project management related functional policies or processes, develop and recommend changes and provide advice to colleagues to ensure their effective implementation.

• Plan and carry out regular project quality reviews in order to identify, assess and take action to mitigate risks to project success

• Build effective client relationships with internal and external stakeholders or customers to help them understand project objectives and progress, ensure the client brief is adhered to, and to deliver assigned part of programmes/projects and support effective collaboration. This will involve influencing, persuading, and understanding the needs of others in the delivery of projects

• Develop business cases, funding bids, and reports, and provide advice and expertise to assist in the securing of funding, to develop and improve management of projects, and improve services

This is a full time role on a temporary contract basis  

If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to [email protected] quoting the reference number.

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