Fostering Project Manager - Council

Role: Fostering Project Manager REF 115538
Contract Length: Until November 2025
Location: Reigate, Surrey
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £500 per day
Security Clearance: DBS

Spinwell is recruiting for a Fostering Project Manager for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.

RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE FOSTERING PROJECT MANAGER

• Oversee the end-to-end delivery of assigned projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and in line with the Council’s transformation objectives.
• Ensure project outputs support and contribute to the programme’s objectives in collaboration with the Programme Manager.
• Manage the allocation and utilisation of resources across the project, ensuring effective use of people, finances, and materials to achieve project goals.
• Track project progress, ensuring milestones are met and providing regular updates to senior leadership and stakeholders on performance, risks, and issues.
• Proactively identify risks and issues that may impact project delivery, implementing effective mitigation strategies to ensure projects stay on track.
• Manage a wide range of internal and external stakeholders, ensuring their ongoing support and involvement throughout the project lifecycle.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project documentation, including plans, schedules, and status reports, ensuring accuracy and alignment with project goals.
• Proactively identify opportunities for process improvements and contribute to the ongoing improvement of project management practices and methodologies, ensuring lessons learned are captured and shared for future projects.

  SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE FOSTERING PROJECT MANAGER

  • Degree qualified, or significant vocational experience demonstrating development through involvement in a series of progressively more demanding relevant work/roles.
  • Professional qualification, or able to evidence knowledge and understanding of appropriate business disciplines.
  • Comprehensive knowledge of computerised business systems in terms of functionality and capability (some roles).
  • Knowledge of principles, practices, policies and procedures relating to business planning and financial and organisational management.
  • Proven written and oral communication and interpersonal skills with good negotiation and influencing skills and the ability to work collaboratively with internal and external partners/professionals.
  • Ability to understand, meet and exceed customer expectations.
  • Proven problem solving skills, and the ability to exercise high levels of initiative to devise and implement workable solutions.
  • Proven ability to manage a range of projects through to completion.
  • Significant practical or professional experience and understanding of business, supporting service teams and/or providing support to the public.
  • Previous management experience including staff supervision, development and organisational skills."

If you are a Fostering Project Manager, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!

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