Project Manager – Children's Community Health Services

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Project Manager delivering change in Children's Community Health Services at Suffolk County Council. Leading complex projects, stakeholder management, and enhancing health outcomes for children in Suffolk.

Posted 4/29/2026full-timeIpswich • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £48,163 - £58,850 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Leading and managing complex projects within the Healthy Child Service, ensuring delivery against agreed outcomes, timescales and budgets.
Coordinating work to support the transfer out of Integrated Care Board (ICB) commissioned services.
Reviewing current estate usage and working with corporate property and partners to develop a future estates strategy.
Delivering projects that support digital transformation across the Healthy Child Service.
Producing key papers, business cases, cost–benefit analyses and benefits realisation plans.
Managing stakeholders across the Council, NHS, local authorities, and wider public sector partners.
Ensuring appropriate governance, equality impact assessments, GDPR compliance and information governance arrangements are in place.
Leading engagement and communication with stakeholders and service users to support service change.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Degree-level education or equivalent knowledge and experience.
Proven project or programme management experience in a public service or large, complex organisation.
Strong stakeholder engagement, influencing and communication skills.
Experience of service redesign, business analysis or transformation activity.
An evidence-led approach to problem solving, monitoring and evaluation.
Confidence working in a matrix environment and across organisational boundaries.
A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and alignment with our WE ASPIRE values.

Benefits

Comp & perks

up to 29 days annual leave entitlement (pro rata), plus UK bank holidays and two paid volunteering days
membership of a competitive Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
travel, lifestyle, health and wellbeing benefits
performance-related annual pay progression, in addition to an annual cost-of-living pay increase
training and encouragement to expand your knowledge
a variety of career development opportunities across our organisation
diverse and active staff networks
flexible working options, with the right to request flexible working from your first day

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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementbusiness analysisdigital transformationcost-benefit analysisbenefits realisationservice redesignmonitoring and evaluationgovernanceGDPR complianceinformation governance

Soft Skills

stakeholder engagementinfluencing skillscommunication skillsproblem solvingconfidence in matrix environmentscollaboration across organisational boundariescommitment to equalitycommitment to diversitycommitment to inclusionalignment with WE ASPIRE values

Certifications

degree-level education