Senior Programme Manager - Youth & Family Transformation

Tripod Partners; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Tripod Partners in the United Kingdom is seeking a Programme Manager to lead a portfolio of high-profile transformation projects across Family Help, youth services and care leaver support in Nottingham.

This hybrid role requires strong governance, clear planning and stakeholder management, with delivery from design through to evaluation while ensuring value for money and measurable outcomes for children, young people and families.

Qualifications

• Significant experience of managing complex transformation programmes in Local Authority / Trust Children Services.
• Experience across organisational boundaries and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Knowledge of services for children, young people and families.
• Experience of project governance, risk management, financial monitoring and benefits realisation.
• Experience of co-production or meaningful engagement with children, families or communities.
• Project or programme qualification – MSP / Prince2 or APMG

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain clear project plans, milestones, dependencies, budgets, benefits and success measures.
• Lead projects through discovery, options development, business case approval, implementation, mobilisation and review.
• Establish proportionate governance arrangements and provide reporting to programme boards and partners.
• Identify and manage risks, issues, assumptions, constraints and interdependencies, escalating concerns with practical solutions.
• Coordinate input from Family Help, youth services, children’s social care, commissioning, property, finance, HR, digital and data.
• Build relationships with schools, health, police, voluntary and community organisations, providers and partners.
• Ensure children, young people, care leavers and families are meaningfully involved in service design and delivery.
• Support procurement, grant funding and contract mobilisation as required.
• Manage project resources and expenditure, ensuring value for money and compliance.
• Develop outcomes and benefits frameworks; use data and learning to drive improvement.

Skills

Strategic planning

Programme leadership

Stakeholder management

Governance

Communication

Problem-solving

Analytical thinking

Resilience

Job description

Tripod Partners in the United Kingdom is seeking a Programme Manager to lead a portfolio of high-profile transformation projects across Family Help, youth services and care leaver support in Nottingham.

This hybrid role requires strong governance, clear planning and stakeholder management, with delivery from design through to evaluation while ensuring value for money and measurable outcomes for children, young people and families.