Regional Targeted Projects Lead (Education & Health)

Connect2Dorset; Dorchester; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 92,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote and hybrid opportunities

Flexible assignments

Job summary

Connect2Dorset is seeking an experienced Regional SW RIIA Targeted Project Manager/Project Officer to support education, SEND, health and children's social care initiatives across the Southwest. Flexible, interim assignments may range from one day per week to multiple workstreams, with remote or hybrid delivery.

You will lead cross-agency collaboration, develop plans, manage risks, and report progress to senior leaders, delivering tangible service improvements for children and families in a

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering successful projects, programmes, or service improvement initiatives.
• Experience working across complex stakeholder environments.
• Experience managing multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Strong project planning, coordination, and delivery skills.
• Experience facilitating meetings and engaging stakeholders at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate targeted projects across Education, SEND, Health, and Children's Social Care.
• Develop project plans, timelines, milestones, and delivery frameworks.
• Monitor progress and ensure projects remain on track and within agreed timescales.
• Identify and manage project risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across multiple organisations.
• Chair and facilitate project meetings, workshops, and regional network forums.
• Produce reports, presentations, briefing papers, and recommendations for senior leaders.
• Support transformation, service improvement, and change initiatives.
• Share learning, best practice, and innovation across the Southwest region.
• Track outcomes and ensure projects deliver measurable and sustainable improvements.

Skills

Communication

Relationship building

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Independent worker

Report writing

Analytical thinking

Decision making

Tools

PRINCE2

Agile

APM

MSP

Job description

Connect2Dorset is seeking an experienced Regional SW RIIA Targeted Project Manager/Project Officer to support education, SEND, health and children's social care initiatives across the Southwest. Flexible, interim assignments may range from one day per week to multiple workstreams, with remote or hybrid delivery.

You will lead cross-agency collaboration, develop plans, manage risks, and report progress to senior leaders, delivering tangible service improvements for children and families in a