Senior Project Manager (Children's Social Care)

Senior Project Manager (Children's Social Care)

Rate: Negotiable day rate (Inside IR35, umbrella)

Hybrid

Duration: Until May 2026

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver projects within Nottingham's Children and Education Services Transformation Programme
• Manage service improvement projects and workstreams across Fostering, Children in Care, Leaving Care and First Response
• Ensure projects meet agreed objectives, deliverables, outcomes and benefits, including improved outcomes for children and families and reduced costs
• Develop and maintain Project Initiation Documents (PIDs), business cases and delivery plans
• Produce and present monthly highlight reports, updates and performance information
• Develop and monitor KPIs and benefits realisation
• Lead change management activity to embed a continuous improvement culture
• Work closely with Directors, Heads of Service and frontline practitioners
• Identify and manage risks, issues, dependencies and mitigations
• Provide clear, structured reporting to the Transformation Delivery Lead and senior stakeholders

Key Requirements

• Proven experience delivering transformation and service improvement projects within Children's Social Care
• Strong change management capability in complex and challenging environments
• Experience working with senior leaders (Directors, Heads of Service) and operational teams
• Professional Project Management qualification (e.g., PRINCE2, APM, PMP or equivalent)
• Strong experience producing PIDs, business cases and highlight reports
• Confident managing KPIs, benefits, costs and delivery milestones
• Background in non-IT transformation projects within local authority Children's Services

If you have the relevant experience, please apply today!