Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC) is passionate about providing high-quality services to our communities, residents and businesses. This means we must employ and retain the most talented and dedicated people.
Situated within the heart of the Cambridge-Peterborough Growth Area, Huntingdonshire is a beautiful district that boasts thriving market towns and many attractive villages, each with its own identity. We are an innovative and forward-thinking local authority whose residents are at the heart of our decision-making.
At HDC we want to employ staff who embody our icare values (Inspiring, Collaborative, Accountable, Respectful, Enterprising), all of which support our ultimate purpose of putting our customers first.
Job details
The Project Manager will play a vital role in connecting the corporate transformation goals with operational execution across HDC.
You will lead on translating these goals into actionable project plans that drive measurable outcomes, fostering accountability and improving return on investment. You will help deliver a modern Transformation PMO that applies good governance standards and assurance across projects and programmes, as well as enabling value-driven outcomes.
About the role
1. Enabling strategic alignment – You will align projects with corporate transformation goals and PMO framework. You will ensure resources are allocated efficiently and that efforts are directed towards benefits with highest business impact.
2. Leading project initiation – You lead and support services with the creation of project documentation that enables strategic alignment and provides a sound foundation for delivery and success.
3. Managing projects – Providing project management for corporate projects run by the Transformation team and interim project management support to ensure continuity of delivery whilst dedicated project management resource is established.
4. Building consistency in delivery – You will assist services with successful delivery of transformational change programmes and projects, guiding project teams through transformation, fostering a culture that embraces adaptability.
5. Provide assurance and mitigate risk – You will work across the project portfolio to undertake assurance tasks as identified by the Transformation PMO as well as proactively addressing potential issues before they impact any of your own project timelines or budgets.
6. Improving agility and responsiveness - You will be equipped with managing various project demands within the Transformation PMO, responding quickly to new challenges, and leveraging project expertise and adapting to changing demands to ensure project success.
7. Community of practice - Leading a centre of excellence to share learning and skills on project management to enable Council staff to fully share good practice and learn from each other. Providing peer to peer support to encourage and enable ambitious standards of compliance with the PMO framework.
About you
Knowledge
8. Project and programme management: High level knowledge and understanding of applying programme and /or project management.
9. Local government: Good knowledge of local government and services, understanding the drivers for change and improvement, and challenges or opportunities impacting the sector
10. Transformation: Proven knowledge of transformation, service design and service improvement models and good practice.
11. Change management: Good knowledge or methods and techniques to manager and influence behavioural and cultural change.
Qualifications
12. Educated to degree level or equivalent.
13. Current project management qualification or relevant experience.
An offer of employment is conditional upon having the right to work in the UK. HDC does not hold a Sponsorship Licence and is unable to provide a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) or take over sponsorship for any role.
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