Improvement Change and Delivery Lead

Birmingham City Council; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Birmingham seeks an Improvement Change and Delivery Lead to oversee project management and implement continuous improvement programmes for children's services. The ideal candidate will have experience in change management, a proven track record in leading teams, and the ability to foster stakeholder relationships. This role supports the council's focus on delivering value and improving outcomes for children and families.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of managing change and improvement programmes.
• Educated to graduate degree level in a relevant field.
• Experience in leading teams and setting objectives.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate a small team of Project Managers and Officers.
• Manage a pipeline of projects for the Children and Families Directorate.
• Build effective working relationships with stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Change management

Data analysis

Stakeholder engagement

Leadership

Education

Graduate degree

Project management certification

Job description

As a key member of the Strategy, Governance and Planning team, you will lead and coordinate the activity and outputs of a small team of Project Managers and Project Officers to facilitate and support transformation and continuous improvement programmes across the Children and Families Directorate.

With your team you will manage an established pipeline of projects, developed by the Head of Strategic Governance, Planning and Improvement, to deliver critical programmes to help embed systematic models of service design and delivery able to sustain better outcomes for children and families. You will bring technical expertise to the team and inspire confident implementation of change management and data and business analysis to project cycles, end to end.

We are looking for a confident strategic project management lead, able to deliver effective project and programme management in a technical systematic fashion. We are looking for a dynamic, bold and ambitious Improvement Change and Delivery Lead to join our new and expanding team.

An experienced and credible project and change lead, educated to graduate degree level with a proven track record of successfully managing and implementing change and continuous improvement programmes using programme, project and change management methodology and associated tools and techniques across concurrent workstreams. You will have the ability to lead people and set clear objectives.

You will have significant experience of building effective working relationships with stakeholders and negotiating and influencing at all levels. Putting children, young people and families across Birmingham first at all times is at the heart of everything you do, you will manage resources, operate within financial priorities to deliver value for money for the Council and our strategic partners while ensuring the best possible services and outcomes for children, young people and families.

Key Priorities:

• A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
• An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
• A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
• A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
• A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that represents the communities we serve. Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people.