Caroline Webb Email and Phone Number

Deliver a customer focused project management service, including provision of expertise and guidance on project related issues in support of the Early Help Strategy. Provide expert assistance with the delivery of medium sized or large projects and to be responsible for the delivery of small and medium projects and in both instances work closely with clients to ensure efficient service provision. Responsible for provision of project management expert assistance and quality assurance on a range of Early Help projects, ensuring that their development and renewal through a complex project methodology process comply with Council standing orders, and Corporate Strategy. Provide advice and guidance to clients on project processes and governance, ensuring each project’s “check-points” cover the necessary requirements to deliver project and business benefits. This will require influencing senior colleagues to comply with the corporate framework.Responsible for continuous improvement initiatives aligned to Early Help, and am able to identify areas for improvement, design solutions and delivery approaches and deliver these into operation and effectively deploy this within the service

To complete ad-hoc tasks as directed by the Chief Executive and Executive Directors.Connecting and aligning the strategic objectives to projects and programmes and reporting this to Board Members. To Provide Project/Programme Managers, Directors and Executive Directors with advice on governance routes, funding proposals and Corporate Transformation Board requirements.Attending Transformation Board and Procurement Board documenting actions and decisions made at the Board meetings, and following up after Board to ensure actions are shared and progressed.Provide guidance on the creation and maintenance of project and programme documentation.Interpret and analyse detailed project and programme information, summarising this information to inform Board papers, providing insight and recommendations. Gathering and analysing information required by Board Members to evidence specific areas of focus. Liaising with Finance to ensure that project and programme costs, budgets and savings (actuals and forecasts) are recorded and monitored regularly and accurately. Translating detailed finance information (costs, budgets and savings) into easy to read summaries for Board Members. Identifying and evaluating project and programme risks, issues, dependencies and benefits; ensuring that all stakeholders are informed and provide detailed recommendations for resolution. Working directly with PwC, the Councils Strategic Partner, and building up credible relationships with them.

To provide support to the Project Manager in all project governance and documentation. Responsible for maintaining the change control of project documents. Collect, co-ordinate and analyse any management information required. Plan and assist in the development and staging of a variety of events, including meetings, seminars, briefings, etc. Analyse & interpret complex information in order to prepare reports & plans. Communicate with and develop good working relationships with a range of people, such as clients, senior managers, key project contacts in order to provide project related information relative to project progress, whilst ensuring continuous sharing of information across different stakeholders of the project. Liaise with Project Managers and Project Sponsors to identify and gaps where project documentation is not complete or does not conform to Project Management Standards. Responsible for regularly handling, processing and storing confidential information relating to the service. Write and present various reports e.g. budget summaries, highlight reports RAG (red/amber/green) project status. Create and maintain various project record documents such as “Risk Register” and “Issues Log”. Highlight potential project risks and issues to the Project Manager if identified in the plan. Reporting on progress as required.