Role: Programme Manager (Drug & Alcohol Services) REF 1556083
Contract Length: 3 months initially with option to extend
Location: Hybrid/Ipswich
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £400 per day
Spinwell is recruiting for a Programme Manager for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.
RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE PROGRAMME MANAGER
- Support the Strategic Leadership Team to develop and deliver the Public Health and Communities Strategic plan
- Effectively lead your Function by building and enabling a high-performing team and managing complex programmes of work
- Ensure the resources made available are managed effectively, innovatively, and efficiently.
- Work with and influence executive level partners and develop the wider networks and partnerships that Public Health and Communities & council needs to enhance its services to the citizens of Suffolk
- Support the development of professional and technical standards by maintaining effective liaison and networks
- Challenge and influence wider Suffolk System through questioning performance and delivery of outcomes and facilitating strategic priority setting
- Explore opportunities to integrate and develop effective working at a strategic level with key partners, including other public sector bodies, voluntary and community sector and providers.
- Be acutely aware of and sensitive to changes in the political environment, providing leadership for change that focusses on achieving transformation across the Council and the Suffolk system in the context of fewer resources
- Ensure that national and locally agreed performance standards are reflected in the work of Public Health and communities
- Empower people to understand complexity in systems and facilitate the co-production of strategies and plans.
- Work with the Knowledge and Intelligence function to ensure an ‘evidence led’ approach that incorporates local and service intelligence alongside data to inform priorities and activity.
- Provide mentoring to colleagues within Public Health and Communities, transferring skills and knowledge where appropriate.
- Ensure that the Public Health and Communities has appropriate representation on relevant strategic partnership and facilitates the connections between different forums, partnerships, and functions
- Budget Management and the achievement of savings plans when required for services within operational control
- To embed the promotion of the County Councils’ and Directorate vision, values, objectives and priorities both internally and externally.
- Have a high-level understanding of where strategic decision making is made across Suffolk and how governance works across the system and be able to influence and inform the development of this in the changing context of public services
- Effectively resolve complex, multifaceted issues to ensure outcomes are delivered
- To role model the leadership behaviours set out in the corporate competency framework in line with the WeASPIRE values.
SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE PROGRAMME MANAGER
- Suitable professional qualification at post graduate level or equivalent experience in a relevant area of work.
- Professional qualifications/registration as appropriate to the role.
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Demonstrates a passion for making a positive difference for Suffolk.
- Shares our WE ASPIRE Values and strives to lead by example in relation to these.
- A strong commitment to fairness and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).
- Strives to continuously improve in everything they do, taking the initiative to learn and develop.
- Brings creativity into their work through innovation and openness to change.
- Collaborates well with others and offers assistance and support to colleagues.
- In-depth knowledge of legislation, guidance and national policy relevant to the role.
- Significant experience of having successfully managed services within a local authority and/or large, multifunctional organisation with comparable scope, size, and complexity
- Proven ability to challenge existing practice, provide leadership and make a positive contribution to the provision of services, delivering cultural change to embed the improvements whilst maintaining performance
- Proven leadership skills with the ability to create a vision and inspire people to deliver
- Proven experience of delivering services with an emphasis on quality, innovation, and efficiency
- Ability to recognise strengths and talents of team members to support them to realise their full potential and deliver high quality outcomes for the service
- Experience of leading teams through change, including motivation skills to ensure staff understand business drivers and take ownership of their responsibilities.
- Proven ability to train and develop staff and create high performing teams
- Self-confidence, perspective, and emotional intelligence to facilitate open and honest relationships and discussions to ensure the effective delivery of services
- Applies highly effective influencing and negotiation skills to ensure good partnership working and agree workable solutions to complex problems to achieve shared outcomes
- Ability to identify problems and take independent action to agree and apply solutions.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills to convey varied and/or complex information with a range of audiences, including stakeholders at all levels
- Critical and analytical thinking skills to develop a whole picture understanding of multiple and continually evolving situations
- Experience of managing budgets
If you are a Programme Manager, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!
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