Project Manager
| Posting date: | 24 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £40,476 to £44,711 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 August 2025 |
| Location: | Sunderland, Tyne & Wear |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 2 days per week |
| Company: | Together for Children Sunderland |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Project Manager
Grade 8 (SCP 31-35) £40,476 - £44,711 per annum
Full time - Permanent
Interview Date: 11 August 2025
Together for Children is a unique, high performing company with a focus on driving improvement for children and families in Sunderland.
This is your opportunity to join our ‘Outstanding’ Company and make a difference!
We are proud that Together for Children Sunderland is rated ‘outstanding’ in a judgement by Ofsted in 2021, and have maintained the outstanding rating in 2025, in recognition of the stability of our very well supported and talented workforce who deliver an ongoing commitment to improving children’s outcomes. Join us and help us in continuing our outstanding journey!
The company is seeking a Project Manager to join its Transformation Management Office (TMO). This role will be focused on supporting the implementation of the national Families First implementation as well as many other strategic priorities across the company.
Using excellent project management skills, the role will be instrumental in ensuring delivery against the company’s business plan, in the ongoing improvement of the organisation and how we support the children and families of Sunderland.
The role will involve working closely with multi-agency stakeholders, partners, project sponsors and project leads across all services to ensure the effective delivery of projects and ensure all the appropriate project management material, including business case, plan, performance framework, risk log, issue log and communication plan etc. exist.
Visa sponsorship: We welcome applications from all nationalities; however, successful candidates must, by the commencement of employment, have the right to work in the UK.
If you are interested in this role and feel that you have the skills to bring to our organisation, we would be very interested to hear from you.
Please contact Kevin Brown, Strategic Programme Manager, Kevin.brown@togetherforchildren.org.uk Tel: 07809114979, who would be happy to have an informal conversation regarding the role.
Together for Children is committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse local communities that we support across Sunderland. We’re striving to build an inclusive workplace culture where all employees feel valued and diversity is celebrated by everyone.
As part of this commitment, we work collaboratively with our established employee networks:
Menopause Network
Accessibility Network
LGBTQ+ Network
Racial Equality Network
Armed Forces Network
We welcome and encourage job applications from candidates regardless of their age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race, and background.
If you have a disability please do reach out to our Accessibility Network Chair to hear how we can support you during the recruitment process and if you are successful, in the workplace EDI@togetherforchildren.org.uk
For further information on Together for Children, please take a look at our website:
https://www.togetherforchildren.org.uk
Nearly 40 per cent of foster carers combine fostering with other work. Those who do say that a supportive employer can make all the difference, enabling them to balance employment with caring for children.
Together for Children have a fostering friendly People policy for all foster carers in their employment (regardless of their fostering service). This includes offering foster carers flexible working and paid time off for training and settling a new child into their home.
As a Fostering Friendly employer, Together for Children also help promote Foster Care Fortnight™, our annual campaign to raise the profile of fostering and encourage people to consider becoming foster carers and offer children the care they need - Foster with North East - Foster with North East
Grade 8 (SCP 31-35) £40,476 - £44,711 per annum
Full time - Permanent
Interview Date: 11 August 2025
Together for Children is a unique, high performing company with a focus on driving improvement for children and families in Sunderland.
This is your opportunity to join our ‘Outstanding’ Company and make a difference!
We are proud that Together for Children Sunderland is rated ‘outstanding’ in a judgement by Ofsted in 2021, and have maintained the outstanding rating in 2025, in recognition of the stability of our very well supported and talented workforce who deliver an ongoing commitment to improving children’s outcomes. Join us and help us in continuing our outstanding journey!
The company is seeking a Project Manager to join its Transformation Management Office (TMO). This role will be focused on supporting the implementation of the national Families First implementation as well as many other strategic priorities across the company.
Using excellent project management skills, the role will be instrumental in ensuring delivery against the company’s business plan, in the ongoing improvement of the organisation and how we support the children and families of Sunderland.
The role will involve working closely with multi-agency stakeholders, partners, project sponsors and project leads across all services to ensure the effective delivery of projects and ensure all the appropriate project management material, including business case, plan, performance framework, risk log, issue log and communication plan etc. exist.
Visa sponsorship: We welcome applications from all nationalities; however, successful candidates must, by the commencement of employment, have the right to work in the UK.
If you are interested in this role and feel that you have the skills to bring to our organisation, we would be very interested to hear from you.
Please contact Kevin Brown, Strategic Programme Manager, Kevin.brown@togetherforchildren.org.uk Tel: 07809114979, who would be happy to have an informal conversation regarding the role.
Together for Children is committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse local communities that we support across Sunderland. We’re striving to build an inclusive workplace culture where all employees feel valued and diversity is celebrated by everyone.
As part of this commitment, we work collaboratively with our established employee networks:
Menopause Network
Accessibility Network
LGBTQ+ Network
Racial Equality Network
Armed Forces Network
We welcome and encourage job applications from candidates regardless of their age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race, and background.
If you have a disability please do reach out to our Accessibility Network Chair to hear how we can support you during the recruitment process and if you are successful, in the workplace EDI@togetherforchildren.org.uk
For further information on Together for Children, please take a look at our website:
https://www.togetherforchildren.org.uk
Nearly 40 per cent of foster carers combine fostering with other work. Those who do say that a supportive employer can make all the difference, enabling them to balance employment with caring for children.
Together for Children have a fostering friendly People policy for all foster carers in their employment (regardless of their fostering service). This includes offering foster carers flexible working and paid time off for training and settling a new child into their home.
As a Fostering Friendly employer, Together for Children also help promote Foster Care Fortnight™, our annual campaign to raise the profile of fostering and encourage people to consider becoming foster carers and offer children the care they need - Foster with North East - Foster with North East