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At Sandwell Children’s Trust, we firmly believe that the voice of the child should be at the centre of everything we do. We are on an ambitious journey to ensure that children and families in Sandwell are safe and empowered to thrive.
Our‘Sandwell Deal’,brings together our offering that make Sandwell Children’s Trust a great place to work.
What we can offer you:-
- Generous annual leave of up to 31 days, plus 5 additional days for long service recognition.
- Your birthday off paid in addition to annual leave entitlement and 8 Bank Holidays, plus a concessionary day at Christmas.
- We recognise individual loyalty with service awards from 2, 5, 10 and every 5 years onwards.
- Flexible working patterns that suit you and all of our roles have well-defined career progression.
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Job title: Senior Programme Officer
Grade/Salary: Grade G (£44,253 - £49,817 per annum)
Contract Type: Fixed term until 31 March 2028
Working pattern: 37 hours per week
Location: Oldbury/Hybrid
Closing date: midnight on Friday 20 November 2026
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Programme Officer to join the Systems Team for a fixed-term period.
The role
- To both lead and assist in the delivery various projects across Early Help, Sandwell’s Children’s Trust and partner organisations with a focus on Early Help and National Government Programmes.
- Provide a source of expertise and experience on Liquidlogic (SystemC) Systems, related Government Projects and performance information to a variety of service users.
- Support the design and delivery of a single view of child data, bringing together information from across systems and partner organisations to support service improvement, improved insights, safeguarding and strategic planning.
- To support and assist the ongoing project management and development of the Liquidlogic (SystemC) Case Managements systems with internal and external partners to improve outcomes in line with Department for Education (DFE) guidance and reporting commitments as outlined by (DFE) guidance.
- Provision of Liquidlogic (SystemC) 1st and 2nd tier helpdesk support to Sandwell’s Children’s Trust and Partnership.
- Responsible for collating, manipulating, analysing and interpreting large, complex data sets, the production of statutory returns and assist with Performance Information to support programme delivery, service improvement and statutory requirements.
About you
- Educated to degree standard in a relevant field or minimum 5 years’ experience within Children’s Social Care / Trust Environment.
- Specialist knowledge of National programmes and how these aligns with local priorities.
- Understanding of statutory Key performance indicators and frameworks operating across the range of services in Sandwell Children’s Trust including: Social Care, Families First National Programme and Early Help.
- Detailed technical knowledge of Liquidlogic (SystemC) systems and how they are used in practice. 3 years’ experience of partnership working with external agencies such as Health, Police & other Local Authorities and exercising highly developed advisory, negotiating and persuasive skills.
- Knowledge of change management processes, in particular in relation to systems projects.
- Experience of using reporting and data analysis tools with a knowledge of SQL and PowerBI.
We are committed to creating an inclusive environment. Reasonable adjustments are available at every stage of the recruitment process and throughout employment, helping everyone to thrive, perform to the best of their ability, and achieve success in their role.
Sandwell Children’s Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups including children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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