SEL Fostering Hub Programme Manager (Full Time)

New Start; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Borough of Greenwich is seeking an experienced Programme Manager to lead the Foster South-East London initiative. The role focuses on planning, delivery, and measurement of outcomes across multiple partners and grant conditions.

You will manage complex projects, monitor budgets, and report to senior leaders. This is a secondment or fixed-term opportunity, offering collaboration across Children’s Services and external organisations, with a strong emphasis on improving services for children

Qualifications

• Proven experience in managing and delivering complex programmes or projects, preferably grant-funded.
• Experience developing and maintaining programme plans with milestones, budgets and funding requirements.
• Strong partnership and relationship-building across services and external organisations.
• Ability to identify and manage risks, issues and dependencies to keep delivery on track.
• Experience using data and performance information to monitor progress and demonstrate impact.
• Excellent communication to present complex information clearly to senior leaders and funders.

Responsibilities

• Provide programme management oversight for Foster South-East London.
• Ensure projects are well planned, deliverable on time and within budgets.
• Monitor risks, dependencies, and grant conditions; escalate and resolve blockers.
• Prepare high-quality reports and updates for boards and funders.
• Collaborate across Children’s Services and partners to drive improvements and outcomes.

Skills

Programme management

Grant-funded programmes

Stakeholder engagement

Budget monitoring

Risks & dependencies management

Communication skills

Governance reporting

Cross-organisational collaboration

Tools

Data & insights

Job description

Jobs

SEL Fostering Hub Programme Manager

More Information

Salary

PO6 (£54,267 - £57,402)

Expires

30/10/2026

Location

London (Greater), London (Greater)

Job Type

Full Time

Are you an experienced programme or project manager with a passion for improving outcomes for children, young people and families? Are you confident managing grant-funded programmes and working with partners to turn ambitious plans into successful, measurable projects? Then we have a role for you!

The Innovation and Improvement teams focus on the development and delivery of projects and programmes across Children’s Services and support our drive for continuous quality improvement. We work with colleagues, partners and senior leaders to develop and deliver initiatives that build on our strengths, address areas for development and ensure children, young people and families thrive across Royal Greenwich.

We are looking for a Programme Manager to lead the successful development and delivery of Foster South-East London;

The role will provide strong programme management oversight, ensuring projects are well planned, effectively delivered and able to demonstrate clear outcomes and impact. You will work across organisational boundaries, bringing together colleagues and partners, managing risks and dependencies, monitoring budgets and grant conditions, and ensuring delivery remains focused on agreed objectives.

Recent projects and initiatives that the service has helped to deliver have included:

• Opening a new children’s home for adolescent young people
• A dedicated Mentoring programme for children in our care and care leavers
• Comprehensive innovation and change management projects, including the development of new services for children and families
• Collaborative programmes designed to strengthen services and improve outcomes for children, young people and families

We are looking for a Programme Manager (fixed-term or secondment opportunity for 1 year) with:

• Proven experience of managing and delivering complex projects or programmes, ideally including grant-funded programmes
• Experience of developing and maintaining effective programme plans, monitoring delivery against milestones, outcomes, budgets and funding requirements
• Strong partnership and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively across Children’s Services and with external organisations and stakeholders
• An ability to identify and manage risks, issues, dependencies and barriers to delivery, escalating appropriately and supporting teams to find solutions
• Experience of using data, insight and performance information to monitor progress, demonstrate impact and support continuous improvement
• Excellent communication and engagement skills, with the ability to bring people together around shared objectives and communicate complex information clearly
• A strong understanding of project and programme governance and the ability to produce high-quality reports and updates for senior leaders, boards and funders
• A genuine interest in improving services for children, young people and families, with a commitment to keeping their needs and experiences at the centre of all you do

This role is available as a secondment opportunity to Royal Greenwich employees and Foster South-East London partners.

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Acting Head of Projects and Partnerships David Travis; [e-mail] or Acting Assistant Director Olajumoke (Jummy) Hemsley; [e-mail]

Company: Royal Borough of Greenwich

Salary: PO6 (£54,267 - £57,402)

Location: London (Greater), London (Greater)

Sector: Corporate Services

Sector: Facilities Management

Sector: Health and Social Care

Job Role: Manager