Welfare Policy Manager

Locations
Haringey, London
Salary
£380 - £400 per day
Sector
Housing, Revenues & Benefits, Revenues & Benefits
Type
Contract / Interim

Are you a Welfare Policy Manager looking for a London based Hybrid role ?

Morgan Hunt’s Public Sector and Government client is looking to recruit a Welfare policy Manager to provide support to the Benefit Manager and lead a 3 month project to review the Council’s approach to Tackling Inequality. This review will assess the current functions undertaken by the Council’s Financial Support Team and consider the options for delivering an improved Service

This assignment has been deemed inside of IR35 and will offer full time home working.

Ideally, the successful candidate will have the ability to:

Establish a strong mutual understanding of each other’s objectives, work, outputs, and outcomes

Establish a new approach to working together to ensure that residents, officers and members are clear about the respective service offer
Establish joint reporting on both teams’ outputs and outcomes
Inform a collaborative design of a new integrated service model to support residents experiencing financial hardship

This will involve:

Review of inflows/outflows
What is the current service offering
Operational capacity
Staff development requirements
Areas of failure demand
Review of outcome tracking
Could data be used to improve efficiency/effectiveness of service

Expected outputs

It is expected that, during the duration of the contract, the post holder will deliver:

* A comprehensive review document, covering all aspects highlighted earlier in this document

* Provide the Officers with a point of contact to input into the review and highlight opportunities for improvements

* A draft project plan to support Service improvements.

* Proposals for a new integrated team, including draft JDs & growth bid, if required

Key skills and experience

* Significant experience of Project Management, delivering agreed outputs and benefits on time and in budget

* Experience of planning project activities, estimating resource needs and monitoring progress against a plan

* A track record of delivering at pace in a complex organisation

* Experience of redesigning processes and services to deliver better value at lower cost

* Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including presentation skills, and an ability to engage effectively with a range of stakeholders, both within and outside the council. Experience of producing business cases, project briefs and other project documentation. * Experience of working effectively with a wide range of multi-disciplinary teams, senior managers, and partner organisations

* A good understanding of the issues Councils currently faces and the landscape across local authority / Corporate services, and the particular governance and accountability requirements

* Knowledge and understanding of equity issues in relation to providing public services

* Commitment to promoting and implementing the Council’s Equal Opportunities policies and anti-discriminatory practice.

* Adopts a can-do attitude by identifying problems/issues and finding solutions

If you’re looking to work from home with the occasional day in the office to present, for a Public Sector and Government client and feel you meet the essential criteria outlined above to be a Welfare Policy Manager, please contact the team with an up to date CV

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to permanent vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer. Job suitability is assessed on merit in accordance with the individual’s skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.

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