Advert Text About The Role The London Borough of Merton is delivering a bold transformation of Adult Social Care through the Live Well in Merton programme, aligned with our borough-wide strategy Building a Better Merton Together. This ambitious programme focuses on improving outcomes, promoting independence, and embedding sustainable change for residents. As a Live Well in Merton Commissioning & Project Manager, you will play a key role in driving this transformation. Working closely with the Commissioning & Programme Lead and wider team, you will identify service challenges, analyse data, and implement improvement plans. You’ll collaborate with service areas, corporate functions, and external partners to deliver meaningful change that improves the lives of Merton’s residents. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with strong analytical, organisational, and communication skills who is passionate about public service transformation and eager to contribute to a high-profile, resident-focused programme. Social Care is special here, so come join the team Come and work in a supportive environment at Merton Council, where you’ll do a social care role that matters in a place where you matter. Our ‘social care roles / staff’ do important jobs, and we’re focused on looking after you so you can look after others. Our people stay because we have a great culture, and staff tell us their colleagues are the best thing about working here. About You We’re looking for someone who :

Strong understanding of adult social care services, commissioning principles, and service redesign, with awareness of transformation approaches and project management methodologies (e.g., PRINCE2, Agile, Lean). Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities, strong written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to manage competing priorities while working collaboratively across teams. Proven experience supporting service improvement or transformation projects, ideally within public sector or health and care settings, and using data to inform decisions and reporting. Ability to build effective relationships, influence across organisational boundaries, and contribute to co-production activities with residents and partners.

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