Project & Change Manager

Belmont Recruitment are looking for an experienced Project & Change Manager to work with Staffordshire County Council on a temporary contract. This is a full-time role working 37 hours per week (Mon – Fri) based at the Council’s Family Hub. We are looking for candidates who are experienced with all aspects of the change experience with particular focus on project management, stakeholder management, communication, solution design and delivery.

You will be responsible for working with senior stakeholders to shape and provide a project management structure and framework to support a key project within the Adult Social Care directorate. You will drive Business Change on behalf of stakeholders across the business and will be able to respond quickly to the demands of complex change programmes.

This role is to lead on the Project Management of the Household Support Fund for Staffordshire. The successful candidate will be required to lead and monitor the schemes being delivered by the Council accordingly.

Main Duties:

* Lead on the management of the staff delivering the schemes.

* Lead on the compliance for the scheme.

* Complete the MI return for the DWP.

* Report on the progress and ensure accurate data recording.

* Monitor the scheme to ensure we are meeting the DWP requirements and spend.

* Liaise with professionals to engage them with the scheme and promotion.

* Lead on any Freedom of information requests and complaints.

Essential Criteria:

* Utilising and working with one or more business improvement or change management methodologies (e.g. Prince2, Agile, MSP, Lean Six Sigma etc.), demonstrating practical experience with a number of tools and approaches.

* Proactive relationship building with a high level of emotional intelligence.

* Experience of change management consulting with colleagues at all levels, developing credible and trusted working relationships.

* Working in collaboration with partners, driving change activity across a business area or organisation and using your influencing and negotiating skills to achieve agreed outcomes.

* Ability to work at pace to deliver outputs to tight deadlines.

* Experience of delivering projects in partnership with NHS & Local Authority partners (preferrable).

If this role is of interest to you, please apply with your updated CV