Project Manager - Transformation - Yate

As a Project Manager in the Transformation team, you will join a high performing and supporting environment, playing a key role in leading transformational change across council services.

Leading and managing key projects across the council, you will scope and deliver on a range of change initiatives in varied service areas. It will be your responsibility to support the development and implementation of ambitious, complex and multi-faceted transformation projects, incorporating system redesign and implementation, organisation improvement, behaviour change and delivery of savings.

Driving change across the council, you will support with improving outcomes for our service users and deliver value for money services, stimulating innovation with significant benefits to our residents and businesses. As an experienced project manager, you will use a flexible approach to develop, lead, manage and implement a range of complex and innovative projects across the council.

Providing sound expertise, advice and information, you will research and analyse opportunities for innovation to establish new efficient and effective ways of working, ensuring that council activity is lawful. We adopt a matrix management approach, and you will ensure team members are motivated to maintain a highly competent, creative and participative culture.

It will be your responsibility to manage, review and resolve any issues relating to budgets, financial information and resources so that agreed targets are met, reports are prepared and delivered and council resources are used efficiently, ensuring value for money.

We require you to hold a relevant project management professional qualification, degree or equivalent specialist qualification. You will be able to demonstrate your experience of project management and project delivery, including public and stakeholder engagement and risk management. It is essential that you have a detailed knowledge and understanding of relevant legislation, regulations and codes of practice, alongside knowledge of research, development and evaluation techniques. You will use your initiative to maintain relevant, current knowledge of trends, approaches and methodologies.

You must be able to think strategically, innovate, problem-solve, adapt and bring creativity into project delivery. It is key that you can collaborate and communicate with colleagues from across the organisation, including senior officers and elected members, as well as a range of external stakeholders. You will be able to manage and develop a team or a number of smaller teams, ensuring all team members are valued and understand their contribution to the council.

This is a limited term contract until August 2028.

We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance. We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.

As part of our benefits package you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities. We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here. We’re providing essential services across our internal network to ensure we can fully support our community. We’re positive and forward thinking, always looking for new and innovative ways of working and we’re ambitious about the future.

We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference. We’re making a difference, be part of it!