Cares Academy Project Manager

Location Dagenham
Job type Permanent
Salary £66,156 - 71,850 per year
Reference 208015

Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a new permanent position available for a Project Manager within the Care Academy Service to work Full Time (Fixed Term of 9 Months) based in Barking & Dagenham.

The salary for this permanent Project Manager job is up to £71,850per annum.

Main duties:

  • As a Project Manager your role will be key in enabling us to achieve that vision, leading the establishment and governance of the CARES Academy, which we are aiming to launch by April 2024.
  • This critical role involves setting up the governance structure, managing the Academy board, and collaborating with key stakeholders to ensure the academy's successful design and delivery.
  • The role also requires supporting a graduate in the development of the project plan and implementation of the Academy post launch alongside supporting with their project management skills and knowledge.
  • This is a fixed-term, 9 month role, during which time you will establish the academy, embed the academy and put us on the path to excellence.
  • The Social Care Academy (the LBBD CARES Academy) aims to embed best practice across our Children’s Services, through setting out a clear practice model, with a comprehensive training package for staff and a clear and transparent career pathway for social work progression.
  • This is an exciting time to join us as we are on a journey of improvement and this role will be key to delivering that. We believe our staff are our best asset and therefore we are determined to support our social workers from the very beginning of their time with us.

Requirements of this Project Manager role:

  • A social Work Qualification or equivalent.
  • Understanding of relevant legislation.
  • Registered or eligible for registration.
  • have a degree or equivalent level of qualification/training, as well as a relevant project/programme management qualification (e.g. PRINCE 2, Agile, MSP) or an equivalent qualification.

Contact:
This Project Manager job is advertised by Stefan Garrett; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.

Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).

With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.