12 Month Fixed Term Contract / Secondment Opportunity
At Hackney Council we have an ambitious vision to make the borough fairer and safer, greener and healthier and a great place for every child to grow up. To help deliver that vision, we are recruiting a Project Manager who will work on managing and delivering a range of key projects across the Children’s Emotional Health and Wellbeing Portfolio. This role will lead projects to build and develop our services, with a focus on early intervention and prevention in children’s emotional health and wellbeing. This work will be underpinned by a commitment to co‑production and resident voice.
This role will be based within the Emotional Health and Wellbeing Team (Children and Education Directorate), and will interact with residents (children, young people and adults), departments and a range of services both inside and beyond the council, including Health, Education, Social Care and the Community and Voluntary Sector.
Our work is underpinned by a commitment to integrated working to secure the best outcomes for children and families, and informed by our Children and Young People’s Emotional Health and Wellbeing Strategy. We bring together health, education, social care and VCS partners to work as one, ensuring every child gets the right help, at the right time, in the right way.
Who are we looking for?
You will have strong experience of project management in the public sector, working with a range of stakeholders to co‑produce and implement improvements which deliver positive outcomes for children and young people.
You will ideally have experience of managing projects related to one or more of the following: children’s social care, health, education, and ideally in a context of integrated or joint working across sectors.
You may be an organisational powerhouse, a natural relationship builder, a strategic thinker or a creative problem‑solver. Whatever your background, you are driven by a relentless desire to make things better for children.
You will be curious, brave, and believe in the power of collaboration.
An Enhanced DBS Check is required for this role.
Why Hackney?
- Our Systemic, Trauma‑Informed and Anti‑Racist (STAR) practice model informs everything we do.
- Following on from our Anti‑Racist Summit in October 2023 we remain committed to dismantling systemic racism, discrimination, injustice and making anti‑racism a foundation of our practice.
- We provide wide‑ranging and excellent training and development opportunities; we will help you to develop excellent practice, leading to career advancement at your own pace.
- We are an innovative borough where we collaborate to support change for the children and families we work for and for each other.
Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We also welcome those interested in flexible working and particularly welcome applications from disabled people, as this group is currently under represented in our workforce.
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