Programme Manager - Public Health & Wellbeing

Programme Manager - Public Health and Wellbeing (Fixed Term 12 months)

This is an exciting post where you'll provide high-level programme management leadership to deliver two ambitious programmes of transformation: The Community Assets programme and the Public Health Nursing Transformation.

The Community Assets programme reviews how the Council's building assets are being used to improve outcomes for residents and communities whilst identifying savings for the council.

The PH Nursing programme aims to review and optimise the use of Council resources to improve our offer for young families in Sutton whilst optimising operational efficiency in a context of budgetary and human resource pressures.

Reporting to the Assistant Director of Wellbeing, you'll be employed by the London Borough of Sutton and will sit within the Public Health & Wellbeing directorate.

To be successful in this role, you will need to develop strong partnerships across the wider organisation and with NHS and voluntary sector partners, to deliver successfully on our ambitions.

To be successful in this role, you will have extensive experience of best practice programme and project management methodologies, and evidence of having applied these to deliver complex and high profile projects and programmes.

You'll have knowledge of innovative approaches to transforming services within the public sector, with a good understanding of the key issues and pressures within the NHS, local authorities and of service users.

Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop effective constructive relationships quickly across organisational boundaries will be required to excel in this role.

Drive, energy and determination to move the programmes forward will be essential.

In Sutton, there is much for us to be proud of both as a council and as a borough. This includes high levels of resident satisfaction, the quality of our services, our success in addressing our financial challenges to date, the way that we involve and engage with residents on key issues facing the borough, and the enthusiastic and motivated staff that we employ.

Looking ahead, there are plans for the delivery of new homes and new schools and the London Cancer Hub is being developed, while the Council is also seen as a driving force within the South London Partnership of five outer south west London boroughs focused on strategic growth, regeneration and investment.

All of this demonstrates a good track record and an authority that is ambitious and set to deliver more improvements for the borough. We've set out our vision for the future of Sutton in our corporate plan - Ambitious for Sutton. This strategic plan will shape the outcomes we achieve, the services we provide, and the impact we have on residents, to make Sutton a great place to live, work and raise a family.

Situated in Zone 5, Sutton is less than 30 minutes by train from central London, and south and south west London are easily accessible by public transport. There are 10 train stations which serve key neighbourhoods within the borough providing direct connections to London Victoria, London Bridge, London Blackfriars and St Pancras International. Sutton also has direct rail connections with Epsom, Dorking, Guildford and Horsham, as well as Wimbledon for an interchange with the London Underground and West Croydon for the London Overground. There's also an extensive road network which provides close and easy access to the M25 and M23.