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2-3 months contract with a local authority  

Job Purpose

• Working out of the Environment, Sustainability and Leisure’s (ES&L’s) Programme Management Office (PMO), the Programme Manager will be responsible for leading the delivery of the Streets for People programme. Our Streets for People strategy sets out a bold vision and a firm commitment to improve our residents’ quality of life and take action on climate change, by changing how we all travel and use streets across Southwark.
  

• The Streets for People strategy was approved July 2023 and a delivery plan was approved in January 2025 which sets you how aim to deliver on our objectives. One of the key components of this plan are nine new Street space schemes, which will transform communities across Southwark.
  

• These schemes will discourage through-traffic from using residential streets and put in improvements such as wider pavements to improve accessibility for all ages and abilities; bike lanes separating cyclists from walkers, and more green space for communities to enjoy. Please visit the following link for an overview of the Streets for People programme.
  

Key Duties/Accountabilities

• Lead the development and delivery of a transformation programme that coordinates projects, and their interdependencies, in a way that ensures benefits realisation is maximised
  

• Provide effective line management and matrix management of project staff deployed to support programme delivery (contract staff or those from other service areas).
  

• Ensure allocation of common resources and skills within the programme's individual projects
  

• Produce, gain approval of, refine and update business cases that justify the initiation and/or continuation of the programme (and/or the projects within them) in terms of the benefits, costs and risks
  

Essential Experience Required

• Experience of establishing and leading local government transformation and change programmes and delivering benefits (outcomes and financial) or equivalent programmes in a public sector setting is essential.
  

• Experience of assessing and managing risk and vulnerability in the context of delivering tenancy management services is essential.
  

• Experience of working, through the full programme and project life cycle, from inception to completion, including management of relevant programme and project documentation e.g. PID, RAID etc. is essential.
  

• Experience of turning strategic ideas and objectives into practical, well organised delivery plans with a focus on results is essential.
  

• Experience of developing Target Operating Models to enable the application of a strategy or vision to a business unit, service or department
  

• Experience of leading, managing and motivating a team of multi-disciplinary practitioners to achieve programme and project objectives is essential.
  

Essential Qualification Required

• Ongoing certification to, for example, PRINCE2 and APM, and good knowledge of a variety of programme and project management methods including MSP and PRINCE2 is essential.
  

• Educated to degree level or be able to demonstrate or have substantial programme and change management work experience is essential.
  

Additional information to note

• Working hours: 36 hours per week.
  

• Location: London Bridge Station
  

• Working Patterns: Hybrid - There is a requirement to be in the office on Monday's and Tuesdays.
  

• Interview dates: Interview dates will be held on: 4th June and 5th June
  

The role closes soon please apply ASAP.  

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