Project Manager - Neighbourhood Working


Company:	Reading Borough Council
Salary:	£51,928 to £55,224 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Reading, RG1 2LU
Working pattern:	Hybrid - 2 days remote
Job type:	Temporary
Posting date:	7 Sept 2026
Closing date:	27 Sept 2026

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Summary

37 Hours per week - Full Time – Fixed term for 18 months

We are looking for an experienced and ambitious Project Manager – Neighbourhood Working to lead a major programme of transformation that will help reshape how health, care and community services work together across Reading.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a leading role in implementing integrated neighbourhood working, bringing together partners across Primary Care, Community Health, Mental Health, Adult Social Care, Public Health, voluntary and community organisations and acute services.

Your work will help deliver better outcomes for residents through a stronger focus on prevention, integrated care, admission avoidance and care closer to home.

We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.

We support hybrid working, it’s important to us that working arrangements are designed to enable our employees to excel and within this role you’ll have the opportunity to work in a way that suits your lifestyle.

About The Role:

Reporting to the Integration Programme Manager, you will lead the design, mobilisation and implementation of complex, system-wide neighbourhood working projects.

You will work with senior leaders and partners across the health and care system to develop sustainable neighbourhood models, coordinate multi-agency activity and ensure projects are delivered to agreed timescales, budgets and quality standards.

You will:

Lead the implementation of integrated neighbourhood working across Reading.

Develop and coordinate multi-agency teams across health, social care and voluntary sector partners.

Manage project plans, risks, dependencies, budgets and milestones.

Work with senior leaders, clinicians, commissioners and operational managers to drive transformational change.

Use population health management data and community insights to support neighbourhood priorities.

Produce reports, presentations and governance updates for senior partnership boards and stakeholders.

Support the delivery of wider health and care priorities including prevention, demand management and improved hospital discharge pathways.

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