Support our NEL community to have a healthier, happier older age.
Job Title: Project Lead
Salary: £38,000 - £45,000 dependant on experience (equivalent to NHS AfC Band 7)
Contract Type: We are open to part-time or flexible working applications
Closing Date for applications: 25th March 2022
We are looking for a talented, creative project manager to drive Care City’s work in innovation, research and workforce development. You will be a confident leader at Care City, shaping and delivering projects that contribute to our overall strategy. This is a chance to develop your career and to make a difference at a place where big ideas meet real public services, and help them to do better.
The aim of this role is to assist us in our mission to work with our community and local system to build the best environment for local people to have a healthier, happier older age, through research, innovation and development. You will be responsible for leading projects and managing project teams, alongside developing and nurturing relationships with partners and stakeholders. You will ensure projects are adequately planned, resourced and that all project contributors are supported in delivering to high standards, on time and within a set budget.
You will have experience of project and people management, but also be keen to contribute to Care City’s wider strategy and project pipeline development by sharing insights and learnings from your work, research and the stakeholders you collaborate with. You are looking for a challenge and wanting to be inspired, with the drive and determination to make a real difference to the lives of our East London community.
About us
Care City is a non-profit project-based organisation, composed of twelve smart, committed people working as a dynamic, supportive team to deliver both measurable improvements in healthy ageing for the local population and to act as a catalyst for regeneration across north east London. Our team is our most valued asset and we place importance on working with kindness, empathy and compassion, towards each other, our community and partners. We do not subscribe to traditional models of leadership - but encourage compassionate leadership which eschews hierarchies and places equal value on each voice within the team.
Originally co-founded in 2013 by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (LBBD) and North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT), we became an independent Community Interest Company (CIC) in 2019, existing primarily to benefit our North East London community and reinvest any profits in our social purpose.
We are delivering a number of diverse projects, for partners ranging from NHS England, The Health Foundation, London Borough of Barking & Dagenham and North East London Health and Care Partnership. At present, our work includes helping inspire young people and job seekers of East London to consider local careers in health and social care, improving hospital discharge processes with support from our local carers network and piloting exciting AI scheduling software to help District Nurses spend less time travelling and more time delivering care.
With this range of work, the partnerships to achieve real, practical change and the freedom to develop new projects to support healthy ageing in North East London, we are able to help colleagues to learn from diverse projects, focus on the areas they are most passionate about and work with us to develop programmes of work for the future, which grow as they develop.
For informal chats prior to application please contact Lindsey Carter, Senior Business Manager: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
