The Role

South London Partnership (SLP) is a small and dynamic, close-knit team, working across the 5 boroughs of Croydon, Kingston, Merton, Richmond and Sutton, plus Wandsworth for health and care. The SLP team focuses on areas where collaboration leads to increased influence, increased powers and funding and better delivery of the services our residents need. 

About the Role

South London Partnership is supporting a large and exciting programme of transformation for the Directors of Adult Social Care of the six South West London boroughs of Croydon, Merton, Kingston, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth to help them best respond to the forthcoming social care reforms, CQQ assurance and delivering good quality personalised and integrated care as part of the South West London Integrated Care System. SLP are looking for a strong and experienced policy and programme manager to lead development and delivery of this programme. 

About you

You will have a good track record of delivering complex health and care transformation programmes in a multi-organisation context to achieve meaningful change coupled with a good understanding of social care and the forthcoming reforms. 

You will be a strong people leader and have a track record of building relationships across a range of stakeholders, developing and implementing projects and be driven by producing high quality and impactful outcomes. You will be an excellent communicator with well-developed influencing skills able to communicate complex information to senior audiences across local government and the NHS.

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Overall leadership and programme management of the SWL ASC Transformation Programme so it delivers on its key outcomes – by managing a wide range of partners and stakeholders across multiple organisations and applying consistent and robust programme management methodology
• Lead the ongoing development the SWL ASC Transformation Programme
• Lead delivery of specific projects within the SWL ASC Transformation Programme, working with colleagues across boroughs and NHS to scope, plan, design and deliver
• Proactively seek out funding opportunities, including developing bids, to support the ambitions of DASSs and expand the scope and influence of the SWL ASC Transformation Programme
• Work closely with SWL ICS partners to develop and deliver joint areas of work
• Apply expertise on social care and social care reform, developing policy positions and papers on key issues in adult social care
• Promote sharing of best practice, learning from experience and from other and the spread of innovation across boroughs and the wider health and social care system.

Contact for queries or informal discussion about the role: Sam Mason, Samantha.Mason@southlondonpartnership.co.uk or 07957 297981.

Benefits

We recognise the importance of a good balance between work and home life so we do everything we can to accommodate flexible working and other arrangements. Please just let us know in your application or at any stage throughout the process (and beyond) if these are options you’d like to explore. We also offer a generous holiday allowance of 39 paid days (pro rata) including bank holidays and a wide range of learning and development opportunities.

In addition, we offer a comprehensive range of staff benefits such as membership of the Local Government pension scheme, childcare vouchers, new technology scheme, interest-free loans on annual travel cards, discounts with many leisure activities, restaurants, shops and other establishments.

Indicative Recruitment Timeline

• Closing date: 11:59pm on Sunday 25th September 2022
• Shortlisting date/s: week commencing 26th September 2022
• Interview date/s: week commencing 3rd October 2022

Useful Information: The closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once enough applications have been received. We strongly advise you to complete your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Please note that the advertised dates for interviews may change due to the current Covid-19 situation. If they do, we will let you know as soon as possible. Your health and wellbeing are our top priority. Should you become unwell due to Covid-19 during the recruitment process we would very much appreciate receiving an update from you as soon as possible.

Equality Statement

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions to the Councils and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

Important information

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Applications should be in form of a short CV detailing employment and education history, skills and experience and a supporting statement of no more than 1500 words setting out how you meet the job profile and person specification. 

Richmond and Wandsworth Councils