Vacancies

Adult Social Care Improvement Project Manager

Main Responsibility

You'll be:

• Working closely with our operations managers, commissioners, and senior leaders, you’ll be responsible for managing projects within our Health and Care delivery plan, ensuring products are delivered on time and to a high standard. 

• Managing risks and measure the delivery of outcomes and benefits. 
• Facilitating workshops with managers and front-line staff to design solutions and plan delivery.
• Responsible for communicating progress and escalating issues to the senior leadership team for resolution.
• Passionate about promoting improvement in Adult Social Care, work collaboratively with colleagues across Staffordshire County Council and Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.
• Promote co-production and equity, ensuring the voice of the person is recognised in the design of improvements.

The Ideal Candidate

You'll :

• Be an inspirational team worker with experience in initiating and leading improvement projects. 

• Bring valuable knowledge of Adult Social Care, and experience working in local government and health would be an advantage. You will have skills in co-designing solutions to implement and embed change.
• Excellent planning and project management skills. 
• Be confident working across organisational boundaries, influencing and negotiating with project team members to ensure deadlines are met.

• Be a superb communicator.

• Have high level of personal drive and integrity, you’ll be committed to proactively solving problems and developing innovative solutions to improve outcomes.
  

Interview Date: 8th July 2025

To discuss this role further please contact Nicky Evans for an informal discussion about the role at nicky.evans1@staffordshire.gov.uk

If you have any difficulties attending the interview date, please note this within your application.

We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

Package Description

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too. 

Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance. 

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.