About You
Do you love turning complex ambition into real‑world change? Do you love working with senior leaders and Project Managers to cut through noise and focus on what really matters? Do you love building delivery confidence, not just producing paperwork? If that sounds like you, keep reading.
What you’ll be doing
* Lead the overall programme management of key programmes, ensuring delivery of outcomes and benefits across a sub‑portfolio typically containing 10–15 initiatives.
* Shape and define programme delivery approaches, plans and controls.
* Own and maintain programme‑level RAAIDD management, escalating and resolving risks and issues through governance.
* Manage programme finances, including internal and external control totals.
* Ensure delivery within defined governance frameworks and support effective decision‑making at programme board level.
* Oversee scheduling and resource management across the programme, working with project managers assigned to individual initiatives.
* Lead stakeholder engagement and communications to maintain momentum and visibility.
* Manage dependencies within the programme and, where required, across wider Authority initiatives.
* Support pipeline management as part of a wider sub‑portfolio, contributing to prioritisation to ensure the right projects are delivered at the right time.
Qualifications
* Proven programme management experience delivering complex change in a governance‑led environment.
* Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across different levels.
* Comfortable managing multiple workstreams and balancing competing priorities.
* Pragmatic decision‑maker with a flexible, outcomes‑focused approach.
* Sound understanding of project lifecycles and procurement processes.
* Confidence producing clear, concise programme reporting for boards and senior leaders.
* Highly visible, proactive and motivated—able to establish credibility quickly and operate with minimal supervision.
* Desirable: experience working in the public sector.
Role Details
Role location: Hybrid working (on average 2 days working out of the Mansfield office).
Equal Opportunity & Diversity
We’re proud to be an inclusive employer and are committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities, and we actively promote equality of opportunity throughout our recruitment process. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we offer a guaranteed interview to applicants who meet the minimum selection criteria and identify as disabled or from a minority ethnic background. We recruit based on your skills, experience and potential, not your ethnicity, background, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic. We anonymise applications to reduce unconscious bias and focus solely on what matters: your ability to succeed in the role.
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