Commissioning Programme and Project Manager

Job description

Job responsibilities

Hours: 37 per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Service Area: Adult Social Care

Department: Community and Health Services

Can you help support Bath & North East Somerset Council to programme manage better outcomes for Adults?

A great opportunity has arisen to work within the Adult Social Care and Health Commissioning Team to appoint a permanent Programmeand Project Manager (BCF) to manage the Better Care Fund Programme and other short term projects. This is an opportunity to join a Team leading the transformation and integration of working across the Adult Social Care Council Directorate and Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW) Integrated Care Alliance (ICA). You will be responsible for managing the Better Care Fund and a number of key projects creating changes in the system, guiding and leading projects across health and social care provision. You will play a key role in contributing to the development of commissioning strategies, working with key stakeholders and service users to help develop services, with a strong emphasis on data analytics and data management

The role will take forward projects across health and social care work including:

• Home care and care homes
• Community discharge
• Workforce and recruitment
• Housing and homelessness

You will already have a good understanding of services for adults or be able to demonstrate transferable skills working with children and young people. You will need to enjoy working in a busy and fast paced environment with competing projects and deadlines, taking the lead for projects and programmes and working with other team members. You will be able to demonstrate good experience of running significant change projects in health and/or social care including skills in data management. You will be well organised, flexible and analytical. You will have a good understanding of the project cycle and the associated research and analysis to develop service specifications, reports and business cases that can support decision making.

We are looking for someone with relevant or transferable experience and skills in project management and delivery with excellent communication and partnership working skills. You will be someone who enjoys making a difference and can use data, reports, feedback and personal integrity to commission and oversee social and health care which improves wellbeing for people in Bath and North East Somerset. You will have data interpretation and report writing skills together with the ability to work within regulatory and procedural guidelines.

This is a significant opportunity if you are looking for the next step in your project management career and are interested in a new challenge to join an enthusiastic and hardworking multi-disciplinary team.

B&NES is a progressive council to work for with a competitive salary structure, commitment to training and CPD, public sector pension scheme and a reward scheme that includes access to the amazing heritage sites within the locality.

Current working practice is to work flexibly across the range of offices in B&NES and home. Your main place of work will be the award-winning, modern Civic Centre in Keynsham, halfway between Bath and Bristol, easily accessible via car or public transport, with a train station 5 minutes walk away.

Why B&NES Council?

We offer a wide range of benefits, to ensure that you are paid fairly for your work, have the flexibility to enjoy a great work/life balance, and have the support you need. These include:

• A competitive salary package
• A range of flexible working and hybrid working options, including flexi-time, four regional offices and home-working, dependent on service requirements
• A generous holiday allowance and special leave provisions
• The Local Government Pension Scheme
• A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme whatever life throws at you; we are committed to supporting you and your well-being at work and home
• Professional and personal development including in-house training and accredited qualifications including Aspiring Manager and Leadership Development
• Discount scheme including the VECTIS card that offers numerous local discounts including cycle to work and free entry to numerous local attractions with B&NES

Interested to find out more?

If you are interested in this post and require more details after reading the job description or just to chat through the role and whats involved, please contact Judith Westcott on 07929 769 566

To apply

Please use the online application facility.For further information on applying please see Application Form Help page on the Jobs website.

Bath & North East Somerset Council has one overriding purpose to improve peoples lives. We havefour core values which shape every aspect of our working lifeand how we look to the future. These values are to beBold, Empowered, SupportiveandTransparent.

Please explain in your application how you could incorporate these values into the role you are applying for.

As an equal opportunities employer, Bath & North East Somerset Council is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and is opposed to discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us.

Interview Date:9thJune 2023

Safeguarding Statement:

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable groups and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of this commitment anyone working in a post with children or vulnerable groups will be expected to undertake an Enhanced DBS check with/without barred list checks.

As this post involves working within one of these groups, we will require a Disclosure & Barring Service check and/or subscription to the DBS online service. The suitability of all prospective employees or volunteers will be assessed during the recruitment process in line with this commitment.

Please note the Council operates a policy of prior consideration for roles for any individual on the Councils at-risk register. This means should a redeployee express an interest in this role, providing they meet the essential criteria for the role, they will be interviewed before any shortlisting or interviewing of external candidates.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• See Job Description

Desirable

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Bath & North East Somerset Council

Address

Bath & North East Somerset Council

Market Walk

Keynsham

Bristol

BS31 1FS

Employer's website

https://beta.bathnes.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)