Project Manager Ipswich, England
Job description
Are you an experienced Project Manager, or someone who feels they have the knowledge and drive to make a difference? are you looking for a new opportunity to utilise your skills and experience in the third sector? Are you approachable, process and target driven, used to working to tight deadlines and supporting staff to meet goals through objective setting? Then we would like to hear from you.
As a Project Manager, you will support the development and delivery of Adult Services within Suffolk Family Carers, managing relationships, staff and devising new initiatives.
You will initially focus on supporting the Carers Assessment Teams at Suffolk Family Carers to deliver quality, timely assessments.
Additionally, as part of this role you will:
· Be responsible for the recruitment, management and supervision of staff including development and coaching
· Prepare for and actively participate in supervision, objective setting and development discussions.
· Support the success of the organisational strategy and agreed contract outcomes by helping set direction through team and individual objective setting.
· Develop and oversee the implementation of processes and monitoring tools in order to provide effective services.
· Proactively identify development opportunities, developing action plans
· Manage budgets and data collation
In addition to the above, we are looking for someone who has:
· Detailed knowledge of health and social care structures
· Knowledge of carers assessments, or similar
· Knowledge of Working within tight deadlines and a firm understanding of achieving targets
· Ability to identify and implement improvement to processes and procedures
· An understanding of dementia
· Experience of managing, implementing and developing a service with the ability to effectively manage change
· A good understanding of the impact of a caring role, health inequalities and how they affect individuals
· A solution focused, proactive approach
· Excellent IT skills, including Excel
You will need to be able to work flexibly and be able to travel between locations as required.
This role will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, which will be carried out following acceptance of any offer made to the successful candidate
But why work for us?
For over 30 years Suffolk Family Carers have been helping family carers of all ages across Suffolk get the support they need to live fuller lives. We provided information, advice and guidance to thousands of family carers each year and is recognised nationally as the GSK Impact Award winner 2019.
Our credible representation of family carers’ needs enables us to campaign on issues that affect them, to ensure their voices are heard. We will keep driving change across society to enable family carers to have a life of their own alongside their caring role.
We offer some great employee benefits, which include:
· flexible working and hybrid working opportunities, depending on role
· enhanced annual leave entitlement
· competitive salary
· Various wellbeing at work initiatives
If you would like to work for an organisation that values people as individuals with diverse opinions, cultures, lifestyles and circumstances we would like to hear from you.
To apply, it is essential that you read the job specification before uploading your cover letter and CV. Your supporting statement should clearly evidence how you meet the role requirements (set out in the person specification section of the job spec).Are you an experienced Project Manager, or someone who feels they have the knowledge and drive to make a difference? are you looking for a new opportunity to utilise your skills and experience in the third sector? Are you approachable, process and target driven, used to working to tight deadlines and supporting staff to meet goals through objective setting? Then we would like to hear from you.
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months
Salary: £32,019.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Flexitime
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Wellness programme
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
Application question(s):
- Do you have experience of completing carers assessments?
Experience:
- Management: 1 year (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Ipswich
Reference ID: SFC Pro Manager
