Principal Service Improvement Officer

Grade I scp 31 £43,149 to scp 35 £47,665
Contract: fixed term 12 months
Hours: 37 per week
Essential qualification: Project management qualification
Interview date: 17 November 2026
For further information about this role, contact: tammy.tatman@bolton.gov.uk

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The Role

We’re looking for a Principal Service Improvement Officer to join our team for 12 months to provide maternity cover. Your main focus will be supporting organisational restructures, providing a clear, structured and consistent approach. You’ll co-ordinate activity, documentation, timescales and governance, helping to keep projects on track from initial scoping through consultation and implementation. You’ll also have the opportunity to support smaller service improvement projects across the Council.

This post sits within the Transformation Team, which includes a Programme Management Unit, Programme Management Office, Change Unit, and Service Improvement. We’re a friendly team who support the council to deliver strategy transformation and continuous improvement

About You

You’ll be organised, proactive and comfortable working with a wide range of colleagues. You’ll have experience of supporting service improvement or organisational restructure activity, with the ability to co-ordinate competing priorities and work to deadlines. You’ll be confident producing clear reports, briefings and project documentation, and bring a practical, structured approach to helping services achieve their improvements.

About Us

This is your opportunity to join us at an exciting time as we have strong ambitions for the borough.

Bolton is a great place to work. We are a welcoming organisation that wants to contribute to a place where people feel active, connected and prosperous. We are passionate about improving the outcomes and experience of Bolton people. We want Bolton to be a vibrant place built on strong cohesive communities, successful businesses and healthy, engaged residents.

As an employer we want to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment, by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits, including discounts and exclusive gym membership prices and salary sacrifice schemes. In addition, we offer a generous annual leave allowance, flexible work opportunities, access to a Pension Scheme, as well as a range of employee wellbeing and support services.

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This organisation has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. That means we will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester local authority or NHS organisation that has signed the commitment, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority, giving you access to our service-related benefits. Please see the home page of greater.jobs for more information.

For more information about working for Bolton Council, please see greater.jobs; for advice and support with your application, contact recruitment@bolton.gov.uk