About the role
At NNC we want to attract talented individuals who aren’t content with 'doing what we have always done', who want to positively inspire change and who share our aspirations to deliver exceptional services across North Northamptonshire.
After becoming a Unitary Council in 2021, we're coming to the end of our local government reorganisation and are in the process of setting out our next strategic objectives. These will guide the creation of a clear transformation plan and associated portfolio to enable the delivery of our ambition and evolution.
The successful candidate will be one of a number of project managers tasked with defining, developing and successfully delivering the projects within this portfolio. These will contain wide ranging outputs, stakeholder groups and complex interdependencies
To enable effective design and delivery of these projects, you'll be working with Change Engagement Manager(s), Project Support Officers, Business Analysts amongst a wide range of stakeholders. The projects you'll be responsible for will contribute to the delivery of the organisations strategic objectives.
What will you be doing?
You'll be responsible for the delivery and implementation of projects within NNC's transformation and service improvement portfolio. With input from stakeholders you'll define project scopes, create business cases (including costs and benefits), recognise risks and constraints and plan out delivery.
During delivery you'll proactively manage tasks, risks, budgets, schedule and stakeholders to achieve the desired results.
You'll need to lead, manage and develop members of the project team, ensuring clear understanding and high quality products. You'll need to brief, train and clearly task members of the project team to ensure that your projects are delivered on time and on budget.
You'll need to challenge, influence, advise and work in partnership with programme managers, senior change leaders, new partners, executives and staff across the council
You'll need to ensure that you and members of your project teams employ good discipline in following project framework guidance related to documentation and governance.
You'll need to ensure that project stakeholders are engaged and well communicated with through the projects lifecycle to increase the level of benefit realisation and embedding of the change.
You'll need dynamically prioritise tasks and demands, manage expectations and flex to meet demand.
About you
We are looking for a highly driven, capable and affable manager who is both comfortable following polices and procedure as they are challenging the norm, breaking down boundaries and building relationships.
Someone with a demonstrable track record in a change environment, including defining and managing projects and delivering and imbedding their desired outputs.
Someone who is a change professional, who has knowledge of industry best practice, project discipline and methodologies and can translate their use to a local government change environment.
You must be able to demonstrate the ability to effectively understand, document and communicate a projects status and evidence management and resolution of risks and issues.
You must be adept at building and maintaining relationships with your teams and the wider business community.
You will have a proven record of driving desired outputs and be able to respond positively to changing circumstances.
If this sounds like you then we'll welcome your application, please get in touch.
Your application should set out your experience, credentials and reasoning as to how and why you meet the principal responsibilities and specification set out in the Job Description
Our benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
1. a competitive salary
2. a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
3. lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
4. generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
5. hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About us
Our Values and Behaviours
Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:
Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy
Our Key Commitments
Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.
We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.
North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.
Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk)