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The Environment, Sustainability and Leisure (ESL) department is recruiting a Project Manager on a 7-month secondment or fixed-term contract to the Programmes and Change team, part of the Climate Change and Strategic Support division. The division includes three distinct teams: Climate Change, Programmes & Change and Performance & Delivery. The division is responsible for a number of Southwark 2030 and the Council Delivery Plan priorities: climate change, energy; departmental programmes, projects, transformation and change; and departmental performance, delivery and business support.
The Programmes and Change team works across ESL to provide programme and project management support to strategic priorities, including on Streets for People, Southwark 360, Southwark Stands Together, and Leisure Strategy development. The team also delivers change and transformation, such as through service reviews with colleagues to review and improve processes, this has looked at a whole range of services, from how the council handles noise complaints, to sports pitch bookings, to No Recourse to Public Funds, to Health and Safety, and much more. It is a fast-paced Programme Management Office (PMO) environment where collaboration is king, a test-and-learn culture exists, iteration is encouraged, and human-centred design underpins what we do every day to drive innovation and continuous improvement in the services offered to resi...