Job Description

The Role

Social Work England are the specialist regulator for social work in England, focused on enabling positive change in social work. Every day, social workers support millions of people to improve their chances in life. We are taking a new approach to regulating social workers in their vital roles. We believe in the power of collaboration and share a common goal with those we regulate – to protect the public, enable positive change and ultimately improve people’s lives.

Working with the Senior Project Delivery and Improvement Manager, you will play a crucial role in the organisation by leading a range of projects and improvement activities to support delivery of our strategic aims and business objectives. Your contributions will have a significant and long-term impact on organisational efficiency and effectiveness.

We’re looking for an experienced and adaptable person who can quickly familiarise themselves with organisational challenges, analyse the situation, identify how to address them and deliver the necessary changes with appropriate controls and stakeholder management techniques.

Your experience of successful project delivery to time, cost and quality, along with ability to identify and deliver improvements, will assist us in delivering the changes we need to continue to develop our organisation.

You will be joining a small, diverse and busy team of project delivery and improvement managers who work with teams and leaders across our business. As a team, we work to support each other, share challenges and manage interdependencies between our individual responsibilities. We work closely with other areas of the business planning and improvement team to ensure our work aligns with the organisations plans and risk mitigation activities.

What you will do

• Lead the projects assigned to you, working with the other Project Delivery and Improvement Managers and internal and external stakeholders at all levels of seniority.
• Define, scope and plan projects to deliver new capabilities that enable delivery of the organisation’s strategic objectives and mitigate risk.
• Track and manage project progress against plans, identifying risk and issues throughout, identifying appropriate mitigations, contingencies and resolutions.
• Identify the business benefits expected from the successful delivery of project objectives. Work with the project sponsor to help realise the benefits.
• Identify the impact of changes and interdependencies on existing systems, processes, future developments, and other projects within the wider organisation.
• Produce and maintain key project documentation in line with the project management methodology, throughout the project life cycle.
• Provide clear and accurate briefing papers and other reports for key stakeholders, including the executive leadership team and board.
• Develop, maintain and manage effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Liaise with other parts of the organisation to develop innovative, timely and cost-effective solutions to organisational problems.
• Use a variety of methods, including recognised continuous improvement tools, to analyse and understand problems and identify potential solutions.

Your skills, knowledge and experience

• Experience of successful project delivery to time, cost and quality in complex and developing organisations
• Ability to analyse highly complex, cross-organisational problems and design and implement innovative and effective solutions that enable delivery of strategic objectives.
• Experience of managing ongoing change, including process and system improvements, resource management across multiple teams and the people aspects of change.
• A recognised project management qualification or able to demonstrate a sound understanding of the principles of project management.
• A strong understanding of continuous improvement methodology, principles and techniques. A relevant qualification would be desirable.
• An understanding of the concept of benefits realisation.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written, including the ability to translate and communicate complex concepts effectively to stakeholders
• The ability to build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships and network at executive and senior management levels in order to deliver strategic and business objectives
• The ability to work autonomously and work on own initiative, managing conflicting priorities and maintaining pace of delivery.
• A demonstrable commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Details

• Job type:  Fixed term, 12 month contract
• Working pattern: Full time. We offer flexible working subject to business need.
• Salary: £39,358 per year, rising to £41,486 per year after successful completion of a 6-month probationary period.
• Location: Sheffield/Hybrid
• Benefits: flexible working, contributory pension, life insurance and benefits portal
• Interview dates: w/c 3rd July 2023

Application

During the application process, you will be asked to complete a statement of suitability. In this, you’ll describe how your previous experience, skills and knowledge meet the top 3 bullet points from the ‘your skills, knowledge and experience’ of the job advert.

How to Apply

Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: 40,000 - 60,000.

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