Derbyshire County Council are looking to recruit a highly motivated and experienced Programme Manager to effectively manage our most high complex, high risk and high-cost programmes and projects within a fast-paced environment, as part of a newly created Portfolio Management and Transformation function.
At Derbyshire County Council, we’re truly ambitious about building on our success to date and continuing our journey to becoming a more modern, effective and Enterprising Council. We are focused on delivering best in class services that help create opportunities for our residents and communities, as well as a great place to live and work. We’re also committed to improve and reform both our services and our culture to meet our communities’ changing needs.
This newly created function will work alongside our Senior Leaders and Directors to provide professional, high-quality programme and project management approaches, to successfully deliver the change and improvements to achieve our ambition. You will provide a business partner role to our front-line services, translating business requirements into clearly scoped, well-structured and robustly planned programmes and projects delivering tangible impact.
You will draw on your extensive experience in managing programmes and projects in a large, complex, and political environment to provide professional advice, guidance, as well as managing change to required time, cost and quality controls, to realise benefits to our residents and communities.
This role will report into the Assistant Director for Portfolio Management and Transformation, and work alongside the Head of Portfolio Management Office and other Programme Managers to form the leadership team for the function. You will have line management responsibility for project resource including Project Manager(s) and Project Officer(s). You will also work alongside your peers in HR, Finance, Comms, ICT and other key support services to define, structure, scope and manage change effectively.
Key Responsibilities:
The focus of responsibilities include:
1. Lead the scoping and planning of key programmes and projects, translating business objectives into tangible deliverables with a structured approach and clear ownership and accountability.
2. Provide a business partner lens to scoping potential programmes of change by advising on pipeline, changing priorities, dependencies, known issues to resolve, and potential risks to mitigate.
3. Define and manage programme approach to plans, budgets, governance, risk, change management and benefits realisation in line with the Portfolio Management Office standards, tools and approaches.
4. Engage and build relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all levels and across all departments, ensuring consistent and effective communications, proactively identifying, and managing risk and issues as they arise.
Qualifications & Experience Required:
5. Programme/project management qualification in a recognised methodology PRINCE2, MSP, APM
6. Excellent leadership and organisational skills, including attention to detail, multitasking and meticulous planning.
7. Proven experience of leading multiple or large complex projects or programmes in a dynamic and challenging environment
8. Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills, both oral and written, with an ability to influence at all levels.
9. Ability to manage a team and different stakeholders.
10. Adaptability to operate in ambiguity, resilient, with ability to challenge the status quo.
The above lists are not exhaustive, please look at the attached relevant job and person profile for further detail about the role.
What we offer you:
11. 34 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays.
12. Flexi time, allowing up to an additional 2 days of leave per month.
13. Training and development opportunities.
14. Generous local government pension scheme.
15. Access to a comprehensive wellbeing package.
16. and much !
How to Apply:
Submit your CV and a supporting statement. Your supporting statement should outline the reasons for your interest and your skills, knowledge, and experience, taking account of the requirements set out in the job and person profile for the role and not exceed more than 2 sides of A4.
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Closing date for applications: 5 May 2024
Provisional Interview Dates: 15 and 16 May 2024
Apply now and take the first step towards a fulfilling career with us! By joining Derbyshire County Council you will have access to a range of amazing rewards and employee benefits, including our generous annual leave scheme, excellent local government pension and fantastic employee discounts. To discover more detail about the rewards and benefits available to you, click
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This role currently offers hybrid working options which will be to subject service needs, there'll be an opportunity to discuss working arrangements for this position at interview.