Project Manager

Role Responsibility

The challenge:

Social care and health services across Kent face several significant challenges in the years ahead, as the population is living longer and with more complex needs; increasing demand on the health and care sector. We are committed to maintaining and improving high quality services, despite funding challenges faced by all public sector organisations. To help us achieve our ambitions, we have a dedicated Innovation Delivery Team to drive and deliver successful change within the organisation.

The opportunity

We are offering an exciting opportunity within Adult Social Care and Health (ASCH), to lead on a variety of new and existing high-profile projects that will help contribute towards the organisation’s strategic objectives.  We are looking for a motivated individual who can make an impact from day one and can effectively communicate with stakeholders at all levels of the organisation, to manage the delivery of successful change within the Directorate.

In this Project Manager role, you will be leading on high-priority projects at a strategic level. You will manage a project team made up of Project Officers and Project Support (potentially across several projects concurrently), and may have line management responsibilities. You will need to pro-actively drive the work forward and be able to make decisions and independently plan next steps, as well as frequently keeping key stakeholders apprised with regular updates throughout the project(s).

The Person

Resilience, adaptability, confidence and a motivation to make things happen and drive change forward are essential skills for the role. You will need to act on your own initiative, make decisions, be innovative, constantly be forward thinking and work with minimum guidance / instructions, overcoming obstacles along the way. You will also need to work in an agile way, using design thinking principles and balancing a range of disparate tasks in order to meet tight deadlines and work under pressure effectively.

You must be able to demonstrate excellent project management skills from conception to delivery, including financial monitoring; planning; improvement cycles; the ability to interpret data and identify opportunities; and the ability to present this information to a wide audience. Leadership, interpersonal, negotiation and motivational qualities are essential. You will be supported in developing your project management skillset and knowledge further throughout the secondment.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

This post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Application to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Interviews: Week commencing 27th September 2021.

We would like successful candidates to start as soon as possible. 

Contact Details

For further information on this role please contact Darren Avery by e-mailing Darren.avery@kent.gov.uk or by calling 03000 410075.

Alternatively, you can e-mail the team mailbox at InnovationDeliveryTeam@kent.gov.uk or call on 03000 421901.

About the Company

KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note – if you are interested, please apply as soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.