Programme Manager

Programme Manager

£500 per day Ltd (This is negotiable depending on experience)

Outside IR35

3-6 month contract

Hybrid working (1 day per week onsite)

Our client is seeking to recruit a Programme Manager to assist with a Transformation Programme for at least the next 3-6 months initially with potential extensions available.

This is a “hands on”, senior appointment that will see you providing senior leadership on multiple projects relating to the Council’s Early Intervention & Prevention agenda. You will be responsible for ensuring that multiple workstreams are delivered as a cohesive and integrated programme of work.

The client is looking for someone who is both pragmatic and dogmatic, that can work with people effectively on a journey through building the programme plan.

Benefits

• Senior, strategic level role with high visibility
• Competitive daily rate, outside IR35
• Stimulating and challenging project

Key Responsibilities:

• Ongoing programme management
• Development key programme documentation and timely reporting
• Senior stakeholder engagement and management – officer, political and partners
• Overseeing communications and messaging for a range of audiences
• Managing interdependencies to ensure timely delivery of programme milestones
• Managing programme risks and issues to ensure programme success
• Leading the governance arrangements and materials for all governance meetings
• Accountability for launching and delivering pilots  
• Tracking and managing delivery of programme benefits
• Managing the mobilisation of accelerator projects
• Supporting transition of services from the accelerator into roll out and then BAU
• Line management of project managers as required
• Managing the resourcing profile and budget for the programme
• Ensure mobilisation and delivery of the accelerator projects
• Ensure delivery of the EI&P TOM and Full Business Case

Requirements:

• Experience in delivering similar transformation roles in Local Government
• Understand how to drive and embed change at all levels within an organisation
• Have a proven ability to effectively engage and manage stakeholders at all levels
• Bring a structured programme management approach with appropriate rigour
• Bring clarity and pace to programme delivery in a complex environment

If you meet the above-mentioned criteria, we would love to hear from you. Please apply to receive more information. 

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