Company: barnsley council
Location: Barnsley
Job Description:
Overview
In this role you support Barnsley’s Children in Care Sufficiency Strategy by steering cross-functional workstreams within the Programme Management Office. You will translate complex demand and cost data into actionable programme intelligence for senior governance and ensure milestones are met. You’ll collaborate with social work teams, commissioners and the PMO to maintain progress and escalate risks early. This is a mission-driven position focused on improving outcomes for looked after children and strengthening commissioning across services.
Pay / Benefits
- flexible working
- health and wellbeing support
- training and development
- competitive pay
- excellent pension scheme
- employee discounts
Responsibilities
- Maintain programme governance and track milestones across the Children in Care workstream
- Analyze complex demand and cost data and translate insights into reports for senior leadership
- Produce clear reports and briefings to support gateway decisions
- Spot drift, escalate risks, and support proactive risk management
- Collaborate with social work teams, commissioners and the Head of PMO to keep the programme on track
- Support development and operation of internal residential provision and kinship initiatives referenced in the strategy
Key requirements
- Subject matter expertise in looked after children, placement sufficiency or children in care commissioning
- Strong analytical skills with ability to interpret trends in data
- Excellent written communication for reports and governance materials
- Experience working with social work teams, commissioners or programme delivery
- Attention to quality and accuracy of outputs
- analytical thinking
- clear written communication
- cross-functional collaboration
- data analysis
- reporting to senior governance
- interpretation of trends from complex data
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Posted: October 1st, 2026