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Project Manager - South West Regional Project Bristol, England

Bristol City Council

Full Time Bristol, England 42503 - 45495 GBP ANNUAL Today

Job description

Part Time - 18.5hrs per week, Fixed Term - 12 months

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced project manager who is passionate about improving outcomes for young people leaving care to lead a development programme across the southwest region to level up the local offer to care leavers.

Each local authority has a duty to publish their offer to young people leaving care in their area, this would include support with housing, education, employment, transition, health, finance, and wellbeing.

As the project manager you will be responsible for leading and co-ordinating the project to deliver the programme outcomes.

The aims of the project are:

To develop and publish a core local offer for the region that has been co-produced with young people to reduce inequalities for care leavers across the region.
Share best practice and scale up opportunities.
Work with public, private, and voluntary agencies to ensure commitment and guarantees for care leavers.
Enable care leavers to access information regarding support services via a digital app. to reduce delay in accessing services.
Increase opportunities in education, employment, and training, thereby reducing the number of care leavers who are not in employment, education, or training (NEET) across the region.
Improve opportunities and access to services/resources in the areas of housing/independent living, leisure, financial support, emotional health, and wellbeing.

The role will involve co-production with young people and partnership work across the public, private and voluntary sector.

You will be required to adapt to emerging themes and areas of development and incorporate these into the delivery plan.

The role is hosted by Bristol City council but works across B&NES, Bristol, Devon, Swindon, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire and the project is overseen by a steering group with representation from each Local Authority.

Please note that this role is subject to an Enhanced DBS Check.

Why Bristol City Council?

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.

Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

How do I apply?

If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.

To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.

It is Bristol City Council’s practice to request references for candidates that have been offered a job. However, if you are applying for a job that requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check then we will request your references once you have been invited to an interview.

For permanent Bristol City Council employees, this post will be a secondment.

For employees who are currently on a fixed term contract with Bristol City Council, the secondment must not extend beyond the end of the fixed term period to ensure there is a substantive post to return to.

If you are currently a casual worker or a member of an employment agency (currently working with Bristol City Council) this post will be a fixed term contract.

The role would be based at B-Bond, Smeaton Road, Bristol.

If you would like more information about the role please contact Maria Finlayson [email protected] or Amanda Braund [email protected]

At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.

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