Wraparound Care Programme Manager

About the role

The National Wrap Around Care Programme

The government’s ambition is that by 2026, all parents and carers of primary school-aged children who need it will be able to access term time childcare in their local area from 8am-6pm, so that parents can access employment and improve labour market participation.

To support this ambition, the government announced that it will provide up to £289 million of start-up funding over two academic years to support local authorities and providers in England to introduce or expand childcare provision on either side of the school day, which parents of primary school-aged children will be able to pay to access.

You will be responsible for defining, developing and successfully delivering the DfE’s Wraparound Care Programme in North Northamptonshire. This will involve working in a collaborative manner with teams across the local authority, schools, families, childcare providers (including private providers, childminders, community and voluntary organisations and early years settings) to assess supply and demand and expand wraparound childcare provision that is accessible to children and families, including those with SEND.

What will you be doing?

Programme Manager - Delivering the DfE’s new Wraparound Care Programme brief through to design and delivery.

Strategy - Understanding and interpreting the DfE’s vision for its strategic aim of the Wraparound Care provision in North Northamptonshire.

Stakeholder Management - Developing effective relationships with stakeholders and partners both internal and external to the local authority.   

Risk & Issue Management – Developing, manage and monitor the project risk and ensure that the risks are costed and mitigated to the lowest possible level in line with the project budget.

Finance – Taking responsibility and accountability for managing the programme budget maximising value for money.

Procurement & Leadership - Identifying and awarding contracts for the Wraparound Care provision.

Principal Responsibilities

• Coordinate the wraparound provision as directed by the Programme Lead
• Develop and deliver a commissioning strategy for wraparound childcare provision in collaboration with stakeholders and providers
• Consult with parents/carers, providers, as needed about demand for wraparound childcare
• Provide business planning and marketing advice and guidance to new and existing early years childcare providers and schools to develop, support and sustain childcare provision for children from reception to year six
• Inspire, influence, and motivate head teachers, governors, managers, lead partners, senior education leaders and early years/childcare practitioners
• Work closely with the finance officer and providers to complete funding applications and business plans to support the development of high-quality, sustainable provision

Safeguarding

• North Northamptonshire Council are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all employees to share this commitment. The suitability of all prospective employees will be assessed during the recruitment and selection process in line with this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS check and Barred list check.

About you

The successful candidate will be agile and flexible enough to adapt ensuring the project has flexibility within its parameters to allow for change should the strategy, regulations or outcome require change during the delivery of the project.

You will be educated to degree level or with equivalent experience and have a relevant project management qualification or equivalent alongside knowledge and experience of managing complex projects. 

Our benefits

We offer:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• agile and flexible working arrangements to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

Our benefits

We offer:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• agile and flexible working arrangements to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

About us

We are a new unitary council, established in April 2021; we are one of the largest unitary councils in the country. Our vision for North Northants is to be 'A place where everyone has the best opportunities and quality of life'.

Our priorities are:

• helping people live active fulfilled lives
• caring for our young people, providing them with high quality education and opportunities
• enabling a thriving and successful economy
• leading on a green and sustainable environment
• ensuring our communities are connected so they can shape their lives and where they live
• providing modern public services

Our values, as chosen by our staff, are - Customer-focused, Respectful, Efficient, Supportive and Trustworthy.

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