Project Manager (Families First)

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
 

• Job Title:                            Project Manager (Families First)
• Job Location:                     Shire Hall 
• Salary:                               £36,124 to £45,718 per annum 
• Hours per Week:               37.00 
• Contract Type:                   Fixed Term 
• Duration:                            18 months 
• Closing Date:                     09/04/2025 
• Job Requisition Number:   11063 
• This post is not open to job share

About The Team & Role

We are looking to appoint two experienced Project Managers into the multi-disciplinary Families First Partnership Programme team. As Project Manager, you will support the Programme Leads and subject matter experts to deliver a comprehensive programme of consultation and co-design, developing innovative new ways of working across early help, child in need, child protection and kinship care. 

About You

Are you looking for an opportunity to progress in your project management career, develop experience of supporting whole system transformation and change programmes and contribute to changing outcomes for children in Gloucestershire? The Families First Partnership Programme is a national programme leading reforms of the children's social care and early help system including the introduction of Family Help and Multi-agency Child Protection Teams to deliver against the ambitions of the Keeping Children Safe, Helping Families Policy Document and Children Wellbeing and Schools' Bill.

The successful candidate will demonstrate proven experience of delivering complex partnership projects within the children's sector. They will have excellent time management, planning, and reporting skills. They will have a working understanding of partnerships involved in children's safeguarding and be able to work effectively within multi-agency and local authority governance structures, communicating effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

About Us

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
• An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for
• employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
• An in-house Occupational Health service
• Employee discount scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.

How to apply

Please write your application with consideration for the essential criteria on the Job Profile. This should include examples why you should be considered; the experience, skills and knowledge that you would bring to the post.

For an informal discussion about this role, please contact  Clarisse Forgues, Children’s Service Programme Manager (Clarisse.forgues@gloucestershire.gov.uk)  01452 328514 or Becky Lewis, Assistant Director Families First Partnership Programme (Becky.lewis@gloucestershire.gov.uk)

Interviews are likely to be held on 16th / 17th April 

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Project Manager (Families First) Job Profile

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities.  Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.