Improvement Delivery Officer - Early Years and Family Hubs

1 full time vacancy for an Improvement Delivery Officer role has arisen this is a 3 year fixed term post within the Early Years Team.

You will be expected to :

• To effectively manage and lead key change projects and service improvement work programmes across the Department.
• To support the delivery of Childrens' Services priorities and strategies.
• To undertake specific projects, research, analysis and produce reports on behalf of the Head of service, and the Senior Leadership Team.
• To support the logistical preparations and ongoing inspection readiness in relation to external scrutiny, including Ofsted and sector-led improvement programmes for Childrens' Service specific to Early Years and Family hubs.
• To support delivery of the quality assurance framework and other assurance mechanisms to enable progress on improvement to be evidenced.
• To liaise with stakeholders within and outside of the Council to support the above.

The Improvement and Delivery Officer is required to:

• To effectively lead, project manage and co-ordinate significant projects and work across Early Years and Family Hubs.
• To develop, maintain and review robust project plans to ensure delivery of objectives in a systematic and timely manner.
• Lead on the delivery of improvement programmes linked to agreed priorities, including the scoping, planning, implementation and review of work programmes within the Council, reporting at a GM, regional and national level .
• To review and report on the delivery of workstreams and projects to the Senior Leadership Team.
• To produce briefings, presentations and formal reports appropriate for identified target audiences including Scrutiny, Council and Lead Member briefings.
• To support relationships and co-production across the Partnerships and voluntary sector in Bury.
• To maintain a sound understanding of national, regional and local developments that may impact on the Department, ensuring the Senior Leadership Team are appropriately briefed.

You must

• Graduate level qualification or equivalent substantial experience
• Project Management Qualification (or significant experience of project management and willingness to achieve a relevant agreed qualification)
• Proven ability to influence, negotiate, and develop joint objectives with stakeholders and senior decision makers, and collaboratively achieving these objectives through effective relationship management.
• Experience of working in a programme / project management environment
• Experience of working in a high-pressured environment using initiative and managing and prioritising workloads within strict deadlines and timescales

You will report directly to the Early Years Service Manager and Lead for Family Hubs - Collette Radcliffe

You will work across the borough of Bury within our 5 neighbourhoods.

Normal hours of work are 37 hours per week based around the usual business working week. Dependent on service requirements, you may be required to work on a rota basis with some evening and weekends.

About Bury
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Appointment may be subject to a satisfactory disclosure at the appropriate level under the Disclosure and Barring Service.
In line with safer recruitment, please ensure that your application/CV covers your full employment history and there is a reason noted for any gaps in employment. Successful candidates will be asked to provide relevant references for the past ten years and character references will not be accepted.

Please note we are unable to support with sponsorship at this time.

As a Corporate Parent, ensure that the work and services you deliver considers our care experienced young people, promotes their life chances empowers them to influence the policies, services, and decisions that affect them, champions their rights, and ensure they grow up in the best possible way

Benefits of working for Bury Council
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We support employees to work with agility, where appropriate for the post and service requirements.
We are committed to Bury being an equal society that recognises values and embraces all people, regardless of any difference, for the skills, abilities and experiences they bring into the workforce and the wider community. Therefore we guarantee an interview for disabled people, looked after children/ care leavers, armed forces personnel (including reservists and veterans) and carers of adults or disabled children if they meet the essential criteria.

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.

Next steps

For an informal chat regarding the role please contact Collette Radcliffe at collette.radcliffe@bury.gov.uk
Interviews dates to be confirmed, interviews will be face to face and held within Bury

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