Programme Manager - Policy and Transformation (Temporary for 12 months)
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We Are St Helens Borough Council
Located in the heart of the Northwest close to Liverpool, Manchester and Lancashire, St Helens is a transformational Council which is passionate and ambitious for the communities we support. We provide a wide range of local authority services to the residents, businesses, schools, and visitors to the borough. We can only do this because of our highly valued, highly skilled workforce.
Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.
Making A Difference as a Programme Manager in Policy and Transformation
Are you a Programme Manager looking for a role where you can showcase your ability while significantly contributing to Public Sector service delivery? Are you passionate about helping organisations transform and improve? Do you thrive on putting the customer first?
We have a fantastic opportunity for you to join St Helens as a Programme Manager in our Corporate Programme Management Office (PMO), managing one or more programme in our Strategic Transformation Portfolio. While the role is for an initial fixed term, we would hope that the successful candidate would be open to longer term programme management opportunities at St Helens Council should they become available.
About You
Ideally you will have a public sector background. You will have proven experience at running complex and large-scale programmes across a large organisation. You will be very driven, with a passion to achieve strategic improvements over the longer term coupled with an acute focus on day-to-day tasks to ensure strong programme delivery.
You will need:
• Proven success in programme management, ideally with a transformation context.
• Experience of achieving results across a cross-functional organisation.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills at all levels of the organisation.
• An ability to lead work via a matrix team.
• A genuine desire to understand and fulfil customer requirements.
• Team spirit, tenacity, and a focus on delivery.
Interested to Find Out More?
You can review our full job description details, and person specification information here.
If you would like an informal discussion about this role, please contact Davinder Gill, Corporate PMO Manager at davindergill@sthelens.gov.uk or Hannah Myers, Assistant Director at Hannahmyers@sthelens.gov.uk.
Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment.
St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Employer. This means that the Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within the interview/selection process.
Equality & Diversity
St Helens Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. Further information about Equality & Diversity at St Helens Council can be found here https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/equality
St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Employer. Disability Confident Employers lead the way in helping to take action that changes attitudes, behaviours, and cultures for the better.
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Principles: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership.