Children's Services Reform Manager

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	12 Chwefror 2026
Cyflog:	Heb ei nodi
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	Competitive
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	14 Mawrth 2026
Lleoliad:	Bolton, BL1 1RU
Cwmni:	inploi
Math o swydd:	Parhaol
Cyfeirnod swydd:	75785872

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Grade: N scp 50 £62,443 -scp 53 £65,663
Contract: Permanent
Essential Requirement: DBS, Management experience in local government, health, commercial or voluntary sector.
Essential Qualification: A relevant degree level qualification or equivalent.

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The Role
Bolton Council are seeking to recruit a Children’s Services Reform Programme Manager. The successful candidate will work with senior leaders to develop programmes of work to reform Children’s Social Care, Education and SEND in Bolton. This will include delivery of the Families First Partnership Programme and SEND reforms detailed in the forthcoming school’s white paper.

They will need to engage with a wide variety of stakeholders, including Children Services, Health services, Police, schools and parents. They will use a variety of project management methodologies and approaches to ensure skills the role will provide the day-to-day coordination and management of the project, using the most appropriate methodologies and approaches that meet the needs of the project and to ensure their success.

The role will involve developing and coordinating programmes of work across the Council, NHS, schools and the voluntary sector.

About You
You will have a track record of successfully delivering complex change programmes across Children’s Services in local government and across schools and partner organisations.

About Us
This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS with check of relevant barred list is therefore required for this post.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English as per the person specification.

This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk

Supporting Documents

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↗ Staff Benefits
↗ Our Values & Behaviours
↗ Documents for DBS
↗ Documents for Right to Work
↗ Children’s Services Reform Manager JD

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