Programme Manager x 5

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Kirklees
Corporate Strategy, Commissioning & Public Health
Strategy and Innovation
Policy, Partnership & Transformation
Programme Manager
37
5
Huddersfield and surrounding areas
Permanent
Grade 14

£48,474 - £50,512

We’ve been on a journey over the recent years to develop a very different organisation, one which is outcome focused We want Kirklees to be a place which combines a strong and sustainable economy with a great quality of life; a place with thriving communities, growing businesses, high prosperity, low inequality and where people enjoy better health throughout their lives.

The Council and its partners are undertaking a significant portfolio of transformational change activities that impact across the whole of the council and Kirklees. Delivering complex whole system-wide changes, focused on improving outcomes, requires us to be whole system leaders and consider new ways of working to meet the needs of citizens.

For this role we are looking for people who bring a whole system thinking approach, and can enable transformation through providing independent support and challenge to groups, stakeholders and with partners to:

  • Understand the outcomes we are trying to improve – from the perspectives of multiple stakeholders;
  • Assess all of the data and intelligence, existing programmes and the external environment to fully understand the context in which we are working;
  • Co-produce and manage programmes that contribute towards our shared outcomes, realise sustained benefits, and make change stick.

You will report to the Head of Transformation and Culture Change and will work with colleagues across the council and partnership who are looking to transform what they do and how they do it. You will work in a highly collaborative way with colleagues from other key enabling functions.

A key element of this role is the ability to work with stakeholders to make change happen ‘on the ground’ and to develop systems to ensure that robust governance and quality assurance measures are in place to monitor the effectiveness of the programme and the impact on outcomes. .

Requirements for this job include:

  • Ensures the processes to deliver programmes are transparent and accountability for all decisions is clear and agreed.
  • Ensures programmes are tracked against the wider corporate strategy and vision
  • Is responsible for ensuring the work is planned in a way to effectively achieve the required results
  • Describes how benefits to the organisation are identified, defined, tracked and optimised
  • Supports collaboration of change projects between the Transformation Team and other service areas
  • Effectively manages the resources relevant to any assigned programme office arrangements
  • Undertakes financial modelling and monitoring to ensure an understanding of services in scope and compliance with budget requirements
  • Ensures lines of communications with all stakeholders are in place
  • Keeps all information up to date to continually track the changing environment
  • Audits programmes to ensure standards are being followed

You will have day to day management of programmes of work ensuring that all services in scope are involved. You will plan and design the programme proactively monitoring progress, resolving issues, and initiating corrective action as appropriate.

You will have line management responsibility for Project Managers and/or Project Officers within the Transformation Team.

For an informal conversation about the role and remit please contact Imogen Heywood or Hannah Elliot, Transformation Leads at Imogen.Heywood@kirklees.gov.uk or Hannah.Elliott@kirklees.gov.uk

In order to be shortlisted for this job please demonstrate how you meet the Person Checklist as detailed on the attached Job Profile.

 

Provisional interview dates: 9th &10th November (interviews will be conducted via Microsoft Teams).

Clair Ashurst-bagshaw is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information. 
We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: jobs@kirklees.gov.uk or phone: 01484 221000 and ask for ‘Recruitment’.
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25 October 2020, 11:55 PM

Important Information

This vacancy is closed to applications.