Transformation Programme Manager - Oxford, United Kingdom - Oxfordshire County Council

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    Job summary

    Children, Education and Families (CEF) is directorate of dedicated childrens services professionals faced with continuing increases in demand, costs, and complexity of needs across social care and special educational needs and disability (SEND).

    In response, our vision and strategy are to transform services to secure even better outcomes for children and young people and improved financial sustainability.

    To achieve this, we have a portfolio of service transformation programmes to shape and deliver, which will enable us, amongst other things, to become increasingly focused on early help and intervention, working more effectively with our local area partners.

    Our investment in CEF has created several vacancies. We are looking for experienced transformation and change management professionals to join our newly established CEF Transformation Team to shape and deliver programmes of complex change that will make a difference to children, young people, and their parent carers. Its a really exciting time to join us

    Main duties of the job

    This is a senior specialist role, responsible for transformation leadership and the successful delivery of priority programmes that involve service design and improvement, change management and continuous improvement. As part of this you will:

  • Work with, and gain commitment from stakeholders to the vision, objectives and expected measurable outcomes for service transformation initiatives, including culture change.
  • Provide expert support advice and guidance to transformation and change proposals including the most suitable approaches to service/operating model design, change management and continuous improvement.
  • Provide a joined up and coherent approach to service transformation programmes that draws on best practice and that is in align with corporate approaches, the councils values (Delivering the Future Together) and aspirations (Childrens Oxfordshire Way) to develop new ways of working across all service.
  • Line manage a small number of CEF transformation team members.
  • About us

    Join Oxfordshire County Council on an exciting journey towardsDelivering the Future Together, our ambitious transformation programme which will enable us to be an employer, partner, and place shaper of choice. Were seeking the right people who can help us get there while embracing our value of daring to do it differently, as we continue to strive to do better.

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