Programme Management
ECOTEC's research, consulting and management experience can help you develop your programme strategy, maximise impact, ensure spend targets are met and minimise risk.
We can deliver flexible services ranging from ad hoc advice, regular technical assistance or running an entire programme, including EU Structual Funds. In the last 5 years our UK clients have included central government departments like the Home Office, Cabinet Office and Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) as well as the New Opportunities Fund, Regional Development Agencies (RDAs) and Local Authorities.
Our management experience in this regional as well as national context means we can offer a range of benefits which include:
- full range of expertise in-house
- access to the policy expertise of over 250 team members
- tried and tested systems that can be adapted to suit any programme
- cost effective, fast set-up
We can help you:
Maximise visibility and impact
We invest time to understand the support needs of Managing Authorities and projects, working at all levels to support communication, dissemination and the 'mainstreaming' of outcomes into wider policy and practice.
Achieve targets
The pressure to achieve expenditure targets can be immense and tends to peak toward year ends. Our approach is to continually assess individual projects' capability to contribute toward targets - from pre-application support through to assessment and on-going monitoring and audit.
Our custom-built IT systems provide detailed analysis of expenditure profiles, allowing us to target support where it's needed most, through dedicated case-officers who develop a real understanding of individual projects.
Manage risk
Risk analysis is fundamental to our approach at all stages of programme management, in particular with regard to expenditure targets and eligibility rules. Our dedicated Assurance Team is on hand to conduct regular monitoring and audits that give peace of mind by addressing potential problems early on.
Ecotec does not do 'off-the-peg'. Our service will be developed to your precise needs and specifications. We can 'mix and match' programme management elements with other ECOTEC services, e.g. evaluations (ex-ante, interim, ex-post), surveys and consultancy.
Service Portfolio: Delivering HR and Learning for the Youth Justice Board
The Development Support Team at ECOTEC is responsible for the implementation of both the HR and Learning strategy on behalf of the Youth Justice Board (YJB). This work involves the development of local and regional partnerships to support strategic and operational planning, training needs analysis of staff working within custody and community contexts as well as the development of policies, procedures and evaluation systems to monitor the work.
In the first three years the primary focus was to help 80% of youth justice workers gain the Professional Certificate in Effective Practice (or equivalent under the National Qualifications Framework) by March 2006.
In addition to the two key aims (improve recruitment and retention and supporting the implementation of the YJB's effective practice strategy) as well as continuing to support the Corporate and Business Plan 2004/05 – 2006/07, the strategy also takes account of:
- Progression for those staff who have undertaken Effective Practice Quality Assurance (EPQA).
- Ensuring that new entrants to the workforce and others access the Gateway and other learning programmes.
- Providing opportunities for Operational Managers to undertake management development training so they can link Performance Management and effective practice through use of the Staff Appraisal Framework and EPQA.
- Opening up opportunities for existing and potential volunteers in youth justice.
- Progression for those staff who have undertaken the Professional Certificate.
- Gaining greater ownership of the learning programmes by Youth Offending Teams (YOTs).
- Ensuring effective links with the emerging integrated children’s services.
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