Job Details
Title: Programme Manager - Sefton & St Helens
Reports to: Programme Director
Direct Reports: Senior Programme Officer
Contract type: Fixed-term contract until 31st August 2027 (Further extension subject to funding)
Hours: 5 days per week (37.5 Hours) Worked between Monday- Friday
Salary: Grade 2 - £40,736 - £44,056 (5% employer pension contribution,
Medicash and group life assurance, 27 days annual leave per annum for FTE plus bank holidays)
Location: Contractually based from our Liverpool Office, with some flexibility to work from home, subject to business requirements and line manager approval. Regular travel to programmes in the Liverpool City region and occasional travel to other areas, as required.
Role Summary
The Programme Manager is responsible for managing the day-to-day delivery of the Project for the community at local level. You will be working closely with a number of public sector, education sector and third sector agencies serving low-income communities. You will support these groups and the Right to Succeed programme team in overseeing the planning, delivery and review of the third year of the programme, quality assuring a delivery programme to address the needs identified by the Steering Group and working with all stakeholders to develop collaboration, shared approaches and a common vision, within an agreed framework, aimed at meeting the development, wellbeing and connectivity needs of those children and families deemed most at risk through a collective approach. A background in youth, community or Early Years working would be an advantage in this role.
Key Objectives of this role:
Programme Manager - Sefton & St Helens
You will work with the Programme Director, programme team and wider Right to Succeed team to ensure the delivery of an effective programme:
- Support the key stakeholders in each area, and develop and maintain relationships of trust and influence in order to further the aims of the programme.
- Support the identification of key areas of strength and development within the current delivery provision for children and young people, particularly in relation to early identification of need and effective intervention for children, young people and families.
- Facilitate meaningful discussions and a collective impact approach between service providers, education providers and local agencies to co-design solutions to meet identified needs, using a range of creative approaches including workshops and consultations.
- Coordinate the meaningful engagement of residents and young people in the project, building on the knowledge and relationships developed by local organisations and community groups.
- Support the identification of training and development needs in relation to the programme and liaise effectively with local and national partners to build the capacity of professionals.
- Help local partners to reflect on the learning gained through this work and spread that learning throughout their agencies and across the project to multi-agency colleagues.
- If or when required provide line manager support to a Programme Officer, supporting them to carry out their role effectively.
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How to Apply
To apply for this position, please download and complete the application from our Careers webpage www.righttosucceed.org/careers and email it, along with your CV, to [email protected] by 12pm on Friday 21st August 2026.
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Key Responsibilities:
Ensure the programme is delivered to a high standard
- Work with internal stakeholders to ensure effective planning, timescales, partnerships, interventions, data collection and measurement frameworks for the programme.
- Design and develop processes that will provide clarity around accountability for programme targets and key areas of activity.
- Oversee the monitoring of performance at a local level, ensuring that the programme is performing as expected and highlighting areas of performance concern.
- Help shape the culture, infrastructure and systems of local programme partners to inform the iterative development of the programme.
- Facilitate the sharing of best practice and learning across the local partners in your area.
Build partnerships & manage relationships
- Oversee relationships with local partners, ensuring the right relationships are in place and managed to the highest levels of care. With support build and manage local level partnerships with best practice deliverers, influencers, schools, and commissioners in your area.
- Ensure that memorandums of understanding and contracts with all local partners on the Project set clear expectations regarding deliverables and the way the partnership is represented publicly.
- Ensure that robust processes and procedures are in place for managing all partnerships effectively, particularly in reference to new local partners.
Communication and representation
- Work with Right to Succeed and regional contacts to build awareness of the Cradle to Career Project in your region.
- Act as an ambassador for Right to Succeed and the Place Projects at a local level and work with the Regional Programme Director to identify opportunities whereby key thematic learning can be shared both locally and nationally.
Support the wider team to:
- Identify partnerships that could lead to further funding for the charity’s work in this area.
- Understand the opportunities to replicate and scale the programme and ensure that the processes and procedures behind the programme support this.
- Ensure learning from both external research and operational practice is reported back in order to enhance organisational learning and improve future practice and programme design.
- Ensure robust and efficient feedback and reporting mechanisms to funders and trustees.
- Identify the CPD requirements, tools and resources required to enable high-quality delivery of our projects and provide support in their design and delivery where required.
- Work more collectively with other areas of the organisation, through the early identification and communication of potential opportunities for collaboration.
Please note the critical responsibilities of this role are described above. They may be subject to reasonable changes from time to time in line with business needs.
Travel
This role will require significant local travel between schools and other agencies within Sefton and St Helens areas depending on the successful candidate, and occasional travel to Right to Succeed’s offices. It is essential that the post-holder has access to a car or excellent transport systems in order to travel efficiently between locations.
Person Specification
Experience (essential)
- At least 3 years’ experience in the not-for-profit or public sector
- Proven experience of managing relationships with a range of senior stakeholders - including senior leaders of local agencies and services working with children and young people
- A track record of leading successful initiatives targeting improved child outcomes or tackling inequality
- A track record of working with organisations to enable them to more effectively support the children, young people and families they work with
- A track record of facilitating effective conversations between the community and local services
- A track record of youth and/or community work
- Effective line management
Experience (desirable)
- Experience leading engaging and interactive meetings and workshops with a range of stakeholders
- Experience leading in one of the following: youth work, social care or Early Years
- Experience delivering cultural change within an organisation
- Experience in translating analytical research into practical recommendations and concrete actions
- An understanding of research led practice
- An understanding of collective impact approaches
Skills (essential)
- Proven organisational and project management skills
- Ability to influence, inspire and initiate change
- Ability to adapt style to work within the Right to Succeed programme management structure
- Ability to manage conflict
- Excellent relationship management skills and ability to work with a wide variety of stakeholders
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to draw up practical and effective solutions
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team working on a larger project
- Effective communication skills including strong written English skills (report writing, research and presentation)
- Sound ICT skills
- Numerate with the ability to analyse and interpret data from a range of sources
- Ability to work on multiple tasks at the same time and to plan effectively to meet programme deadlines
- Ability to be highly self-motivated, flexible and effective as a professional
Skills (desirable)
- Ability to deliver training
- Experience of using coaching to enable a solution-focused approach
- Experience of the use of Appreciative Inquiry
Knowledge (essential)
- Ability to represent the charity and project credibly with local stakeholders and partners
- A developing understanding of the evidence base around children’s outcomes
- A developing knowledge of effective community engagement
Knowledge (desirable)
- Understanding of the local voluntary, community and social enterprise landscape in the Liverpool City Region
- Previous experience of working with the public sector
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Timetable
Applications invited by: 12:00pm on Friday 21st August 2026
1st interview: Friday 28th August 2026 (Online)
2nd interview & Task: Wednesday 2nd September 2026 (In person in Liverpool)
These dates may be subject to change.
Queries
For queries about the role or, for additional information, please contact: [email protected]
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Pay: £40,736.00-£44,056.00 per year
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Liverpool
