Job summary
*Job title: Project Manager - Transformation Programme
*Organisation: Unitary Authority
*Contract type: Permanent or 24-month FTC (up to you)
*Employment type: Full-time
*Working hours: 37
*Salary: £51,800 - £57,100 (depending on experience)
*Working Environment: Hybrid, average 2 days per week in office
*Location: South Essex, England
*Annual leave: 25 days up to 32 days - based on length of service
*Pension: Local Government Pension Scheme - one of the most generous pension schemes in the UK
*Additional benefits include wellbeing support, learning and development, and a range of salary sacrifice schemes.


Your new role
*Lead critical projects supporting the council’s transformation agenda, working with multidisciplinary teams to improve a range of services for residents and visitors.
*Deliver solutions, lead complex projects, manage stakeholders, and ensure clear governance through effective communication and project management tools.
*Drive high performance, manage risks, and maintain project control in a matrix environment.


What you’ll need to succeed
*Deliver projects from start to finish, ensuring solutions meet time, quality, and budget constraints.
*Manage stakeholders and build strong relationships with key stakeholders and project board members.
*Maintain control of project delivery, using standards and tools for clear governance.
*Handle multiple projects across various service areas.
*Coordinate internal and third-party resources for successful project delivery.
*Identify and manage project risks with appropriate controls and escalation.
*Produce high-quality project documentation and communications.
*Develop and track detailed project plans.
*Lead all project stages and development plans.
*Monitor progress and take corrective action as needed.
*Organise and run project meetings.
*Provide regular project updates and reports.
*Manage project budgets.
*Ensure dependencies on other projects are identified and managed.
*Facilitate smooth transition of projects to business as usual, including documentation handover.
*Align projects with corporate strategic aims and priorities, delivering benefits and identifying impacts.
*Provide quality assurance, project health checks, and performance monitoring.
*Work autonomously, re-prioritizing and escalating tasks as necessary.
*Mentor less experienced staff.
*Collaborate with all council departments.


What you’ll get in return
*Proven experience managing the end-to-end delivery of complex non-technical service design or operational/business change projects in a public sector organisation to a variety of customers, leading complex, high-profile, time-dependent projects to successful delivery.
*Experience working in a local authority or the wider public sector (NHS, health, blue light services) will strengthen your application.
*Excellent knowledge of project management tools and techniques, including stakeholder management, planning and dependency management, issue and risk management, and budget and resource management.
*Ability to manage resources in a matrix environment, coordinate and motivate others, which is essential to the success of this role.
*Experience in transformation/ change management and business/operational readiness.
*Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
*Competence in financial management.
*Excellent MS Project skills and the ability to create robust project schedules with a traceable critical path


What you need to do now
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