Job Title: Family Hubs Project Coordinator
Location: Hybrid role - Working from home, Office, and on site visits around Northampton
Rate of Pay: £260 per day Umbrella or £200 per day PAYE
Working Hours: Full Time - 37 hours
Type: Temporary Role - 12 Weeks

Opus People Solutions are working with North Northamptonshire Council to recruit for a Family Hubs Coordinator.
Purpose of the job
North Northamptonshire was identified as one of the 75 national Local Authorities designated as a ’Family Hub Development’ authority. The Council receives funding, which has/will enable it to transform services and enhance the accessibility of support on offer. The programme’s primary aim is to elevate the quality of family service delivery, address imbalances, tackle inequalities and push for better health and educational outcomes.
We currently have an opportunity for a driven person to join us as our Project Coordinator. You will plan, develop, and manage projects that encourage and empower parents, carers, babies, children, and young people to access services across family hub sites and the network of community services across North Northamptonshire.
The Project Coordinator will be responsible for
•Supporting the transformation programme to transition to business-as-usual across the parenting support, infant-feeding and perinatal mental health and parent-infant relationships funded workstreams
• Coordinating video projects alongside the Communications Officer and Video Production team, ensuring the successful delivery of live-action promotional service videos and customer journey animation videos.
• Collaborate with the digital transformation team during phase 2 of the website development to ensure accurate, up-to-date service information and parenting support timetables are accessible to all residents.
• Coordinate onboarding funded services onto the new electronic event booking system.
As the Project Coordinator, you will be an integral part of the Family Hubs Funded Services Portfolio, managed directly by the Interim Strategic Commissioner. Your role will be closely linked to the Family Hubs Programme Lead, and together, significant initiatives will be undertaken to enhance the quality of family service delivery and improve health and educational outcomes.
You will be skilled in motivating and inspiring others, engaging and building relationships with ease across a wide range of people, and creating partnerships with other organisations and communities.
With excellent organisational skills, you will be proficient in planning and managing multiple projects
North Northamptonshire Council has a long-term commitment to being an organisation for everyone—reducing inequality, valuing diversity, enabling inclusion, and ensuring everyone is treated with dignity and respect. We aim to be a truly inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.
The key objectives include:
• Manage strategy implementation and establish performance, quality, and evaluation systems.
• Supporting the Family Hubs Programme business as usual plans to transition pilot projects into core service delivery in partnership with health and social care partners
• Developing organisation or project standard operating procedures.
• Supporting the planning and delivery of workstream groups, task and finish groups, and workshops.
• Working with stakeholders, parents and carers to ensure relevant, up-to-date, timely service information and advice is available on the family hub website to improve uptake and access:
• Develop marketing strategies to promote parenting programs, including online and offline promotional efforts.
Principal responsibilities
This is not a comprehensive list of all the tasks the post holder may require. It illustrates the general nature and responsibility of the work to be undertaken.
* Coordinate with health and social care partners to ensure seamless transition and integration of services.
* Support ongoing activities and initiatives across funded workstreams, including parenting support, infant feeding, perinatal mental health, and parent-infant relationships.
* Coordinate all aspects of video projects, including live-action shoots and animation production, working alongside the appointed video production team to plan, schedule, and execute projects.
* Serve as the main point of contact between the production team and other stakeholders, including clients, internal teams, and vendors
* Assist in the implementation and monitoring of programs and activities across the funded workstreams.
* Design and establish comprehensive standard operating procedures (SOPs) for organisational processes or specific projects.
* Train staff and stakeholders on SOP implementation and adherence to ensure operational consistency and efficiency.
* To flex across projects and programmes during pinch points to provide extra capacity to team members where necessary
* To provide sound administrative support to the Interim Strategic Commissioner and Family Hubs Programme Lead, undertaking research, planning and logistical support as needed.
* Facilitate the planning, coordination, and execution of workstream groups, task and finish groups, and workshops.
* Collaborate with team members and stakeholders to define group activity objectives, agendas, and deliverables.
* Provide logistical support, including scheduling, venue coordination, and materials preparation for workshops and group sessions.
* Ensure effective communication and documentation of group activities and outcomes to stakeholders and leadership.
Essential
* Driver
* Previous Project Coordination experience
* Children’s service background not essential, but desirable
For more information or to process your application for this role, please apply online now.