About the role
Are you looking for a position where you can make a real difference?
Cambridgeshire County Council is committed to creating a greener, fairer and more caring Cambridgeshire. We are seeking an enthusiastic programme manager to drive forward the initiation and delivery of our cross-cutting change programmes, to help us achieve this.
We are a family-friendly employer and will be happy to negotiate on working arrangements to achieve a good work / life balance. The role is currently available on a fixed term basis for 18 months.
The role sits within Cambridgeshire County Council’s Change Team, who work collaboratively across the council and the wider system to plan, implement and deliver the identified outcomes and benefits of the change and improvement portfolio. Using the council’s programme and project management methodologies, standards and practice, you will ensure interdependencies are identified and managed, initiate monitoring and control processes, maintain an overview of progress, issues and risks and undertake effective reporting. You will have proven experience of programme management in a large organisation, excellent stakeholder management and the ability to work across complex systems to deliver strategic change.
For more information or to chat about the opportunity please contact Jemma Roberts, Head of Change (Jemma.Roberts@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk)
What will you be doing?
- Lead the development and delivery of high-quality programmes and projects, to ensure that objectives are delivered, timescales and budget targets are met, and benefits are realised.
- Identify and manage the programme inter-dependencies, risks and issues, ensuring an appropriate level of governance and quality assurance is maintained and concerns escalated
- Devise, implement and manage systems for the delivery of projects within the programme which engage directly and appropriately with colleagues, partners and customers and where integration and co-ordination with other services and organisations is required to achieve the desired outcomes.
About you
You will have a good level of knowledge and understanding of:
- programme management
- stakeholder engagement
- leading, managing, coaching and developing diverse programme and project teams
You will be:
- Able to lead the development and delivery of high-quality programmes and projects, to ensure that objectives are delivered, timescales and budget targets are met, and benefits are realised.
- Able to manage stakeholder relationships within complex programmes and projects with an ability to influence and negotiate across a diverse and challenging community of stakeholders
- Ability to translate concepts and ideas into meaningful plans and action
- Motivated to make a visible difference to our communities and drive forward change
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
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