Job Description – Interim Project Manager (Catalyst Futures)
Location : Woking / Hybrid (minimum two days on-site) Hours : 35 hours per week Contract : 6-month fixed-term (with potential extension, subject to funding) Salary : £48,000 per annum (FTE) – pro-rata for six months Reports to : Chief Executive Officer Direct reports : None — works through matrix task-groups and secondees
Catalyst Support is delivering Catalyst Futures – a time-bound transformation programme to integrate services, bolster financial resilience and sharpen impact across Surrey.
The Interim Project Manager will :
Plan and Coordinate – translate senior-leadership ambition into a detailed, six-month delivery plan with clear milestones, work-streams and risk controls.Drive Service-Improvement Projects – steer priority projects to completion, using Lean / service-design methods to improve client experience, access and cost-efficiency.Enable Partnerships and Culture Change – maintain strong working relationships with NHS partners, local authorities and VCSE allies, ensuring every activity reflects Catalyst’s ethos of Supporting Wellness Together .Key ResponsibilitiesDomain
Primary Deliverables (6-month focus)
Project Planning and Governance
Produce and own a detailed Catalyst Futures Delivery Plan, KPIs and benefits-tracker for the six-month period.Serve as secretariat to the Catalyst Futures Steering Group; issue highlight reports and decision logs.Execution and Service Improvement
Build and run a light-touch Project Management Office (templates, RAID log, timeline).Map as-is services, lead redesign workshops and oversee implementation of quick-win improvements.Stakeholder and Partnership Management
Act as day-to-day contact for NHS primary-care networks, SABP, Surrey Heartlands ICS, local authorities and VCSE partners on Catalyst Futures outputs.Negotiate short-term KPI variations or data-sharing agreements to support pilots and proofs-of-concept.Risk, Finance and Data
Maintain the programme RAID log, risk register and budget tracker; escalate issues promptly.Work with the Finance Manager to monitor spend against the six-month budget envelope and evidence cost-saving / social-value benefits.Commission ad-hoc analytics; publish concise dashboards for the Steering Group.Culture and Change Enablement
Model Catalyst values of kindness, integrity and commitment; ensure all project outputs embed trauma-informed, person-centred practice and EDI principles.Coordinate staff, volunteer and client engagement sessions (briefings, webinars, consultations).Person SpecificationExperience
5 + years managing complex service-improvement or transformation projects in charity, NHS or local-authority settings.
Proven track record of delivering projects to time, cost and quality without direct line-management authority.Success working with NHS commissioners and providers on partnership contracts or pilots.Mental-health, substance-use or broader VCSE experience.
Delivery inside an Integrated Care System (ICS).Knowledge and Skills
Project-management methodologies (PRINCE2, MSP, Agile).
Contract and commissioning processes in health / social-care.Lean, Six Sigma or service-design tools.Strong stakeholder-influence skills and high digital literacy (MS 365, Smartsheet / Planner, basic data-viz).Change-management accreditation (Prosci / ADKAR).
Power BI or similar analytics tools.Qualifications
Degree or equivalent professional experience.Post-graduate diploma in health, social-care or charity management.Values and Behaviours
Embodies kindness, integrity, commitment.
Inclusive, trauma-informed; comfortable with ambiguity; delivers pragmatic solutions at pace.Coaching or mentoring accreditation.Working Arrangements and BenefitsFlexible 35-hour week; hybrid working with minimum two days in Woking or Surrey service hubsAnnual-leave and pension entitlements pro-rated to six-month contractLife assurance, EAP and tailored wellbeing supportProfessional-development budget (access to change / PM training during contract)Short-listed applicants will deliver a 10-minute presentation on accelerating voluntary-sector and NHS collaboration to improve client pathways within a six-month horizon.
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