Job Introduction
Job title: Programme Manager
Salary: £53,577 - £59,161
Location: Cunard Building, Water Street, Liverpool L3 1AH
A bit about us:
Liverpool is home to vibrant, energetic and engaged communities, people who take real ownership of their local area and are passionate about making our city a better place. We've got ambitious targets to meet by 2025 and we need people who are driven, dynamic and ready to deliver the very best for our communities. Public service is more important than ever, and this role represents a real opportunity to make a difference to our communities by transforming the way we work and placing our residents at the heart of everything we do.
Working at Liverpool City Council provides an opportunity to contribute to your community and make a positive impact on the lives of residents. Our values shape how we work to deliver public services, and how we communicate with the residents we serve. We care about the best outcomes for local people, through our public services.
We are proud of our world-famous thriving city with its rich culture, affordable housing, stunning waterfront and our beautiful green spaces – there’s really something for everyone!
The Role:
Liverpool City Council is embarking on an exciting transformation portfolio of unprecedented breadth and scale. Our Transformation Team is recruiting for a Programme Manager to co-ordinate our key transformational programmes.
The transformation portfolio touches on all areas of Council activity and you’ll be joining a pool of programme managers who work across the entire portfolio. However, initially you are likely to be working on one of the following programmes:
- Community Transport: A review and revision of the Community and Home-to-School travel services.
- Children’s Social Care Sufficiency: Looking at ensuring we have sufficient in-house Children’s homes, residential placements and fostering placements.
- Homelessness: Reviewing and redesigning our approach to homelessness and temporary accommodation.
Our programme managers make a big difference to the people who live and work in Liverpool. The work is high-profile with complex stakeholder groups, and there is often uncertainty and unknowns to contend with. You have the chance to contribute to a new team and deliver real, tangible improvements throughout the organisation. We are working at the heart of this transformation and it is an exciting time to join our team.
You will work closely with staff in our Directorates to help scope and plan our exciting transformation programmes for smooth implementation. You will work closely with the programme team to safely deliver the planned outcomes. You will ensure your programme manages risks and issues to avoid delays, increased costs and other impacts to outcomes. You will engage with stakeholders impacted by the programme and communicate effectively. You will have line management responsibility for programme staff, ensuring they are supported to meet their work and development goals.
We’d love to hear from you if you’re passionate about delivering change that benefits the people who live and work in Liverpool. Alongside having the foundation of a programme management qualification or relevant experience, you will be able to work in a flexible and adaptable way to help us achieve our transformational outcomes. You'll be able to scope and plan high-profile programmes, aligning them to the Council’s objectives and making sure there is the right governance to support them. You'll provide strong leadership, being able to build a team around a shared vision and lead them to successfully deliver the programme and its outcomes. It’s important that you have excellent interpersonal skills to work with complex stakeholder groups across multiple organisations.
Our offer to you:
- At least 27 days holiday rising to 32 after 5 years service.- option to purchase further days
- Agile working - A “Flexibility First” approach to Agile working where flexibility is the norm rather than the exception.
- Part of the Local Government Pension scheme – option to join the AVC scheme-
- Progression - opportunities and training through a wide range of high quality learning
- Health and Wellbeing - offer including Employee assistance programme
- Cycle to Work and Travel Pass Schemes
- Drive Time – a salary sacrifice car lease scheme
- Family friendly policies with enhanced leave
- Discounted Gym Memberships
- Employee Volunteering Scheme
- Medicash
Next steps:
Closing Date for this role is: Tuesday 30 July 2024
The interview process will be in 2 stages, the first stage is a technical interview to be held on Thursday 15 August 2024, the 2nd stage is a stakeholder interview to be held on Wednesday 21 August 2024 and Thursday 22 August 2024.
If you would like to talk to a member of the team about the role or have an informal discussion, please contact – Angela Cottrell at angela.cottrell2@liverpool.gov.uk
Liverpool City Council is committed to fostering a workforce representative of the communities we serve. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe in appointing candidates based on their skills, experience, qualifications, and abilities. To support this commitment, we guarantee an interview to candidates from under-represented groups who meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.
If you require any reasonable adjustments in line with the Equality Act 2010, such as an application form in a different format or additional time to complete your application, please contact us at recruitment@liverpool.gov.uk
Although we advertise on Jobs go public, and other websites, your application process will be directed to our Tribepad system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered on Tribepad, including your invite to interview if you are shortlisted. Please check your emails regularly, including Spam/Junk, after the closing dates for notifications. Please ensure you complete your full profile, work and education history in Tribepad.
We reserve the right to close vacancies earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If interested, please complete an application as early as possible.
