Programme Lead

Job Introduction

Royal Greenwich Integrated Commissioning are looking for a skilled and experienced leader to fulfil the role of Programme Lead supporting the development of Integrated Neighbourhood teams in Greenwich.

The Royal Borough of Greenwich Council and the South East London Integrated Care Board have come together to create an integrated approach to commissioning services within Greenwich Place. this postholder has a key role in implementing this new approach.

Royal Borough of Greenwich Adult Health and Social Care services collaborate with residents so they can live the best lives they can, by working together to identify strengths and support independence. We are develoing a new long-term vision with the help of residents and partner organisations, which will build on all our strengths to support health, wellbeing, and independence. Our vision for Health and Adults' Services will focus on the principles of prevent, reduce and delay, to support residents to maximise their independence and receive services using a strengths based approach.  We have also developed our Health and Care plan priorities which are overseen by the Healthier Greenwich Partnership. (See: Health and wellbeing strategy 2023 to 2028 | Royal Borough of Greenwich (royalgreenwich.gov.uk)

The right candidate will support the development of Integrated Neighbourhood Teams in Greenwich, working with a range of stakeholders from across the Greenwich system including those from health, social care and voluntary sector. The candidate will work closely with the established programme team to further develop our approach to working in an integrated way, supporting programmes of work including embedding new preventative approaches to support residents to maximise their independence and how best to support residents to regain their independence following a hospital admission or change in life circumstances.   

We are looking for a candidate with a strong commitment to working in complex, multi organisation partnerships, bringing stakeholders together from a range of organisations to develop a collective approach to delivering service improvement. You will be passionate about improving outcomes for those in our local communities, making sure local offers are designed with local people and partners and delivering these to time as well as within available resources. This will include multi-million-pound partnerships.

Among other duties, the person will work at a senior level, manage political sensitivities and relationships with multiple stakeholders at all levels; they will lead on engaging with external partners in the acute, primary and secondary care VCS and community sectors, foster and maintain excellent working relationships to develop project plans that will deliver the required impact and the transformational change across portfolios. You will be a collaborative and empathetic leader able to convene partnerships and maintain long term relationships in an environment of growing complexity whilst meeting diverse resident needs in person centred ways.

Please view the Job description and Person specification for more information about this vacancy.

Due to the high level of applications, we are unable to accommodate individual conversations with prospecting candidates, however if you have a specific question that is not already covered in this job description, or the JD and Person spec, please contact commissioning-comments@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

Please note this is a hybrid position.

Closing date 11th September

Interviews w/c 15th September

If you require any assistance in viewing or accessing this opportunity, please contact recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or call 020-8921-8977 

Safer recruitment: Royal Borough of Greenwich is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any roles which involve working with children, young people or vulnerable adults, or roles in which the duties will involve access to sensitive information relating to children, young people or vulnerable adults, the Royal Borough will take up references prior to interview. You should provide details of referees including your current and previous employers, covering the last 5 years. Candidates can request for us not to send a reference request to their current employer prior to interview by emailing us at recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.

As part of our Safer Recruitment Policy, a full employment history is also required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment. Unless otherwise stated, a Basic DBS check will be undertaken as part of the pre-employment checks for successful candidates.

High Volume Applications: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date should there be a high volume of applications received.

DBS: This role requires an Enhanced DBS. (This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act,1974).

Full Employment History: A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated. 

Early Advert Close: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any job advert earlier than the advertised closing date where there is reason to do so (for example high volume of applications).

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statements addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statements section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

Salary: Salaries advertised are for a standard working week of 35 hours unless otherwise stated. Please use this 'Salary Calculator to help you calculate a pro rata salary.

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