Job: PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION MANAGER

A Twelve Month Fixed Term Contract (Immediate Start)

My client is a newly formed consortia of charities who have successfully tendered to deliver a range of services to support individuals to live in the community.

They are now seeking to recruit an experienced Programme  Implementation Manager to work with them in the creation of an infrastructure that will enable them to deliver a broad range of services beginning in April 1^st  2012.

The Role

The Programme Implementation Manager will be responsible for:-

• Setting up the project from scratch, working with each of the partners to ensure a consistent and uniform service provision
• Setting up a centralised control referral and assessment function and developing the necessary back office systems which will engage with  service delivery hubs around Devon
• The design and development of systems to manage the processes involved in delivery of services.
• Support the development of an efficient and relevant staffing structure, ensuring that existing staff are working to the same contracts as new staff.
• The development of IT systems to administer all aspects of the new service
• The development of a marketing strategy to promote the service to key stakeholders
• The implementation of quality systems to ensure all services are delivered to the highest standards, working  within the parameters and service standards set within the contract and to ensure legal and contractual compliance

The Person

This role will suit someone who has previously had responsibility for developing a project from it’s earliest stages and who has the ability to develop complex  and efficient systems that will support the service  in an effective and well managed way over the next 2/4 years.

Specifically, they will:-

Enjoy the challenge of creating processes from scratch and be comfortable working from a blank sheet of paper and within tight deadlines

• Offer excellent Project Management skills and experience of project management tools.
• Be able to understand where the project needs to be in two years and create a structure that will enable the organisation to achieve this in a managed and efficient manner.
• Understand the importance of quality management  especially in the delivery of services and in implementing processes that will monitor and report key information.
• Demonstrate vision
• Demonstrate the ability to work with a number of partner organisations.
• Offer excellent written and verbal communications skill, able to confidently relate to a wide range of people.
• Have exceptional IT skills with proficiency in a range of systems and software.
• Be able to work autonomously, reporting regularly to the organisation in terms of progress.