Project Manager

Hackney is one of the most dynamic and progressive local authorities in the UK. We are a resilient, vibrant, and creative borough in the heart of London, with strong, diverse communities and a powerful set of shared values.

Over the past twenty years, the Council has built up first-class services, outstanding public infrastructure, and a reputation for excellence, innovation, and ambition. We are leading the way on essential work such as our fight for equity in Hackney with a particular focus on becoming an actively anti-racist borough. But the work doesn’t stop there, we are proactive in our approach to bringing fairness to all aspects of life including gender, neurodiversity and across the poverty divide.

Hackney has the ambition to be the best. If you share this aspiration then we would like to hear from you. Adult Services is recruiting three Project Managers to deliver complex transformational change projects across Adult Social Care. 

Adult Social Care’s vision: Building on Strengths, Making Connections

“We want you to achieve what matters to you, in partnership with our communities in Hackney. Where you need support, together we can find a solution that keeps you safe, well and independent.” 

Our department’s key behaviours: 

– Working together 

– Communicate honestly 

– Encourage wellbeing 

– Accountable and learning 

The Transformation team is a dynamic and creative team that has a unique role in influencing and transforming services to ensure the department meets its vision and to champion the department’s behaviours. We use inclusive project management approaches and work in partnership with residents, staff and partners to deliver an ambitious programme of change. 

In this recruitment process, we are looking for candidates who: 

– Have a good understanding of adult social care, and a proven track record in project management and leading change and transformation in Local Authority or similar settings. 

– Are good networkers, have experience of building strategic relationships and have a strong background working with and leading diverse stakeholders.

– Are excellent communicators, problem solvers and influencers.

You may also be responsible for line management of Project Officers and Management trainees. 

The 2 roles available are described below. Please state which role(s) you are interested in and in which order of preference when applying. 

1x Project Manager – Understanding Demand & Maximising Prevention – 2 Year FTC / Secondment

This role will join the team on a fixed term contract for 2 years and will be working on our prevention programme. This work covers a range of different initiatives that cut across the whole health and social care system; including changes to how we provide holistic support to people approaching social care for the first time, how we ensure people remain stable while waiting for an assessment or a review, and how we support those with the most complex needs to keep them well. As well as delivering partnership projects, the programme supports culture change within individual teams, ensuring all staff have the capability, motivation and opportunity to work preventatively on a day to day basis to prevent, reduce and delay support needs. 

2x Project Manager – Reablement – 1 Year FTC / Secondment

The role will join the team for 1 year on a fixed term contract specifically working  on the Reablement programme . Our vision is to take a “reablement and enablement first” approach to Adult Social Care and over the last few months we have piloted  this approach with residents being discharged from hospital . The next steps will be to expand this approach to include community based referrals which will require significant changes to current ways of working. 

We are working towards Hackney Council’s corporate vision, which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud; a place that celebrates diversity and where everyone can feel valued, included and involved. In order to achieve this, we look for people who are: Proud; Ambitious; Pioneering; Open; Proactive; Inclusive. 

Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of race, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, pregnancy and maternity, age and marital status. We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination

and disadvantage caused by social class. We also welcome those interested in flexible working. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people, as this group is currently under-represented in our workforce. 

For an informal discussion about the roles, please contact Kat Buckley (kat.buckley@hackney.gov.uk)

As a Council, our most outstanding asset is our staff, who are highly dedicated to serving our residents and committed to our goals as an organisation.

If you want to work in a place where you can represent our values so we achieve the best for our residents, please click on the apply button below.

We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Therefore, we do not accept supporting statements or CV’s.

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Closing date for applications: 12 July 2026 (22.59)

Interview date: W/C 03rd August 2026

We are also working towards our vision, which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud; a place that celebrates diversity and where everyone can feel valued, included and involved. In order to achieve this, we look for people who are: Proud; Ambitious; Pioneering; Open; Proactive; Inclusive.

Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation. We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We also welcome those interested in flexible working. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people, as this group is currently under represented in our workforce.

The Council has a dedicated employment support service (Hackney Works), which offers Hackney residents guidance in relation to applying for jobs. If you are thinking about applying for a job, please contact the Hackney Works team to find out what support is available: hackneyworks@hackney.gov.uk