The Opportunity
We are working with an organisation who are embarking on a major three-year Modernisation Programme designed to transform how services are delivered to improve operational effectiveness, reduce costs and improve customer experience. With over 40 projects underway and a significant savings agenda to deliver, this is an opportunity to play a key role in driving meaningful change across some of their most important services.
This is a genuine chance to get in right at the beginning of the transformation and make a real difference.
The Role
- Lead the delivery of business change and transformation projects across a diverse portfolio of modernisation initiatives.
- Work closely with senior stakeholders across areas including HR, Finance, Housing, Education, Adult Social Care, Children's Services and other frontline services.
- Develop and manage project plans, governance, risks, issues and reporting to ensure successful delivery.
- Facilitate workshops, gather requirements and support the development of business cases and transformation initiatives.
- Drive projects from concept through to implementation, ensuring agreed outcomes and benefits are achieved.
- Collaborate with Business Analysts, Programme Managers and service leaders to identify opportunities for improvement and service redesign.
The Person
- Proven experience delivering business change, transformation or service improvement projects within complex organisations.
- A hands‑on Project Manager who actively drives delivery and removes obstacles rather than simply reporting progress.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to challenge constructively and influence senior leaders.
- Experience managing projects through the full lifecycle, including planning, governance, risk management and benefits realisation.
- Comfortable working in environments where not all the answers are known and able to bring structure to ambiguity.
- Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and workstreams simultaneously.
- Experience within local government, public sector, education, NHS or highly regulated environments would be advantageous but is not essential.
- PRINCE2, Agile or equivalent Project Management qualifications are desirable.
- The role is initially being offered on a 2 year Fixed Term Contract basis but is likely to extend. They'd like employees ideally in the office on a hybrid basis roughly 2 days per week and the office is North East London / Essex.
- Salary circa £50-60k + benefits
