Programme Manager

SDSA; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Hybrid working

Job summary

The RCC Programme Manager role, hosted by SDSA Leicester on behalf of East Midlands local authorities, focuses on shaping regional care collaboration across the East Midlands. It requires coordinating complex workstreams, maintaining governance and ensuring measurable delivery against strategic ambitions.

Based in Leicester with hybrid working and regular travel, the post is a fixed-term or secondment opportunity until 31 March 2028, subject to funding and approval. 37.5 hours per week.

Qualifications

• Experience in programme management in health and social care settings is desirable.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams across organisations and maintain governance.
• Strong coordination, reporting and assurance skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain integrated programme plan, milestones and critical path across RCC workstreams.
• Coordinate governance, meetings, papers and action tracking; produce timely reports for RCC Director and partners.
• Manage risk, issues, dependencies and decisions; track delivery against milestones and benefits.
• Facilitate workshops and meetings; support development of a sustainable RCC operating model.

Job description

Job Role: Programme Manager, East Midlands Regional Care Cooperative (RCC)

Salary & Benefits: £50,000–£60,000 a year, 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, generous pension scheme, hybrid working arrangements. Secondment arrangements may differ.

Contract type: Fixed-term contract or secondment opportunity until 31st March 2028, with continuation subject to funding and approval. Any secondment arrangement will be subject to agreement with the successful candidate's current employer.

Basis: Full time (37.5 hours)

Employment location: The role will be based in Leicester, with hybrid working and regular travel across the East Midlands.

Job category: Programme management, project management, children's social care and commissioning, sufficiency, market shaping and improvement.

Host organisation: RCC roles will be hosted by SDSA Leicester on behalf of the East Midlands local authorities.

Help shape the future of children’s care, regional sufficiency and collaborative commissioningacross the East Midlands. The East Midlands is creating one of the country’s new Regional CareCo-operatives (RCCs) – a major public sector reform programme covering all ten upper-tier localauthorities, bringing together regional commissioning, sufficiency planning, fostering development,market engagement, data and improvement activity through a powerful new collaborative model.

Role Overview

The RCC Programme Manager will help provide the organisational discipline, coordination and deliveryconfidence needed to turn the East Midlands RCC’s strategic ambition into organised, measurableand sustainable delivery.

The role will maintain programme plans, governance, reporting and assurance across multipleorganisations and workstreams, helping partners manage complexity, maintain momentum, clarity andaccountability. We are looking for a calm, organised and collaborative programme professional whocan create structure, maintain momentum and support confident delivery across a complex regionalpartnership.

Key Responsibilities

• Programme Planning and Coordination: Maintain the integrated programme plan, milestones, deliverables and critical path across RCC workstreams, and turn strategic priorities into practical delivery plans.
• Governance and Reporting: Coordinate programme governance, meeting cycles, papers, decisions and action tracking, and produce clear, timely reports for the RCC Director, boards, partners and national stakeholders.
• Risk, Assurance and Performance: Maintain programme risk, issue, dependency and decision logs, track delivery against milestones, outcomes and benefits, and provide programme assurance through accurate information and evidence-based reporting.
• Partnerships and Continuous Improvement: Build effective relationships across local authorities, RCC workstreams, SDSA and regional and national partners, facilitate workshops and meetings, and support continuous improvement and the development of a sustainable RCC operating model.