Job Category : Interims
Location : Newham Dockside, London Borough of Newham
Hours Per Week : 36.00
Start Date : Immediate Start
Start Time : 09:00
End Time : 17:00
Salary: £380.39 per day
Levelling Up Fund – Programme Manager
Newham Council is excited to offer this new opportunity to an experienced project and programme management professional with a proven track record for governance, management and delivery.
Newham is to be the recipient of substantial funding from Central Government for two ‘Levelling Up’ fund submissions made earlier in the year and a substantial proportion of the funding is for projects to be delivered by the Environment and Sustainable Transport team, including an active travel corridor, low traffic neighbourhoods, healthy school street schemes, urban greening and other walking and cycling connectivity improvements.
Now that these bids have been confirmed as successful, the E&ST department therefore needs an experienced interim programme manager lead for a period of 3-6 months to:
• Confirm financial management arrangements with Govt. for the bids and for the individual projects in each, including budget management and invoicing and cost reclaim processes.
• Develop a delivery and resource plan for the projects within the timescales set by MHCLG, including the job specifications of the roles required and the team structure.
• Co-ordinate programme and project inputs across the department to ensure the successful and efficient delivery of all elements of the programme
• Implement a robust governance process, to effectively monitor and make decisions on the progress of projects and for succinct reporting on each scheme in the programme, to both a Departmental Levelling Up project board and also to an overarching Council-wide board
We would expect the successful candidate to have a proven ability to deliver a large, multi-million multi-project programme containing disparate projects types to time and budget, and to have the necessary organisational and interpersonal skills to ensure the smooth delivery of the programme outcomes. Experience in the area of transport, highways and greenspace would be an advantage as the projects are focussed in these areas, but is not considered essential if the other organisational and management attributes needed for the role can be demonstrated.
The role will also require the co-ordination of project team members spread widely across the organisation and the preparation of all necessary reports to Cabinet, Lead Members and the funding body as required for project delivery, so good multi-level communication and adaptable people skills will also be important for this role.
This is a one-off opportunity to be involved in the delivery of a truly transformational investment in Newham, with a real chance to impact positively on people’s lives with a level of funding not usually at a Local Authority’s disposal.
KNOWLEDGE:
Knowledge of risk management and experience of managing risk
Awareness of information governance issues and legislation
An understanding of the political context and environment.
An understanding of procurement processes and principles
EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS
Educated to degree level or equivalent level of work experience relevant to the field.
EXPERIENCE:
Experience of delivering large, complex, multi-stakeholder programmes using proven programme management techniques.
Financial awareness and budget management experience.
Extensive knowledge of innovative equality and diversity interventions.
Awareness of their own responsibilities and accountabilities when working at senior management level and experience of engaging with stakeholders, including in a political environment.
Understanding the organisation’s vision and goals and is able to translate this into effective service delivery and business innovation at a senior level and with partners.
Providing clear measures of success and delivering constructive performance feedback in order to achieve identified aspirations and outcomes for service users.