Programme Manager - Social Care Improvement

A boutique consulting business is seeking an experienced Programme Management Consultant for a six-month assignment supporting a high-profile UK charity through a significant operational transformation. You will bring structure, pace and clarity to the programme, strengthening governance, performance management and delivery across a complex, purpose-led organisation.

Client Details

Our client is a boutique consulting business advising a high-profile UK charity that provides essential services to people and communities across the country.

The charity is progressing an ambitious transformation agenda designed to improve service outcomes, operational performance, productivity and financial sustainability. Working alongside senior leaders and internal subject-matter experts, the consultancy will help translate these ambitions into a focused, achievable and well-governed programme of work.

This is an opportunity to combine rigorous programme management with a genuinely meaningful social purpose. The environment is collaborative, values-led and complex, requiring someone who can listen carefully, establish credibility and introduce greater delivery discipline without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.

Description

The Programme Management Consultant will take individual responsibility for shaping, coordinating and accelerating a six-month transformation programme.

You will work closely with senior leaders to clarify priorities, establish effective programme governance and create a transparent view of progress, risks, dependencies and decisions. Your role will be to help the organisation move from broad ambition to focused, measurable and sustainable delivery.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Complete a rapid assessment of the existing transformation portfolio, delivery capability and performance arrangements.
• Translate strategic objectives into a prioritised six-month programme plan with clear outcomes, milestones and accountabilities.
• Establish proportionate programme governance, including decision forums, reporting cycles, escalation routes and change controls.
• Create and maintain an integrated programme plan, delivery roadmap, RAID log and dependency map.
• Clarify roles and responsibilities across senior leaders, operational teams and enabling functions.
• Define practical success measures, KPIs and reporting dashboards covering service, operational, financial and delivery performance.
• Produce clear, decision-oriented reporting for executive and programme governance meetings.
• Identify emerging risks, delivery barriers and competing priorities, recommending practical interventions.
• Facilitate programme reviews, planning sessions and senior stakeholder workshops.
• Coordinate interdependent workstreams without taking operational ownership away from internal leaders.
• Use performance data and operational insight to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Support initiatives involving data foundations, business intelligence, technology, AI, systems and operating-model development.
• Strengthen internal programme management capability through coaching, templates and pragmatic delivery disciplines.
• Build constructive relationships across the organisation, creating alignment while respectfully challenging assumptions and weak ownership.
• Develop a clear handover and sustainability plan so that improvements continue after the assignment concludes.

Profile

The Programme Management Consultant will lead a six-month transformation assignment for a high-profile care charity.

Working with senior and operational leaders, you will:

• Assess current programmes, performance and delivery capability.
• Turn strategic priorities into a clear six-month delivery plan.
• Establish practical governance, reporting and accountability.
• Create an integrated programme plan, roadmap and RAID log.
• Develop KPIs and dashboards covering service quality, workforce, productivity and financial performance.
• Identify underperformance and agree focused improvement plans.
• Lead programme reviews and senior stakeholder workshops.
• Coordinate workstreams, risks and dependencies.
• Strengthen internal programme and performance-management capability.
• Deliver a sustainable handover and next-phase plan.
• This is a hands-on, one-person assignment requiring someone who can quickly create clarity, pace and measurable progress

Job Offer

Outside IR35 Day Rate - Outcome Based with deliverables