Salt are recruiting for an immediate requirement with a local government client of ours who is looking for a Project Manager (Adult Social Care).
This will be a 7 month contract with a set daily rate of £500. It would be a mainly remote role with 1 or 2 days a month expected in office, based in Bristol.
Key Responsibilities:
- Bring together and lead the resources needed to evaluate each of the available options
- Develop business cases for the proposals that emerge from the evaluations and progress these through the organisation's decision-making processes
- Establish and maintain appropriate governance for the project, including progress reporting to the project board
- Updating and maintaining key project controls (e.g. plan, RAID log, budget management) using our project management software
- Reporting progress to Transformation Programme Director of Adult Social Care
Skills/Experience:
- Delivery of change within the Adult Social Care system, with an understanding of current ASC related legislation.
- Strong communication skills with a proven ability to communicate effectively to varied stakeholders, including Executive Directors and politicians. There will be a requirement for internal communications, public consultations and other project/programme related reporting.
- Ability to deliver and lead change workshops/consultations to large audiences.
- Significant experience of options appraisal and business case development
- Familiarity with public sector procurement, including preparing tender and contract documents, and securing and delivering Social Value outcomes.
- Ability to control budgets relating to allocated projects and achieve financial targets set out. This includes forecasting, monitoring, authorising, reviewing and controlling expenditure. As required perform commercial risk analysis, and value management activities and reporting.