Senior Programme Manager
Role Overview
Lead a strategic review and develop a business case to guide future service delivery decisions.
Report to the Associate Director for Children's Social Care Transformation.
Work autonomously with senior leaders and subject matter experts, without a dedicated project team.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Lead a strategic review and develop a business case to guide future service delivery decisions.
Report to the Associate Director for Children's Social Care Transformation.
Work autonomously with senior leaders and subject matter experts, without a dedicated project team.
Key responsibilities
- Lead business case development, research, analysis, options appraisal, and recommendations.
- Design stakeholder engagement and market testing; develop financial, operational, governance, and implementation strategies.
- Prepare reports, presentations, and briefings for senior leaders; manage risks, issues, dependencies, and assumptions.
- Establish governance, reporting, and assurance frameworks; build stakeholder relationships and advise throughout the review.
- Progress work independently, meet tight deadlines, and support evidence-based council decisions.
Essential requirements
- Extensive complex programme, transformation project, or strategic review leadership experience; strong programme and project management background.
- Proven business case and options appraisal experience, including work with senior stakeholders and executive leadership.
- Strong analytical, strategic, stakeholder engagement, influencing, reporting, presentation, and communication skills.
- Expertise in complex risk, dependency, and governance management; able to work independently in complex organizations.
Desirable experience and qualifications
- Local government experience; background in Children's Services, Education, Adult Learning, or public-sector transformation.
- PRINCE2, MSP, or equivalent programme/project management qualification.
- Service redesign or alternative delivery model review experience.
Contract and pay
- Three-month contract at £550 per day (umbrella).
- 36 hours per week; paid bi-weekly.
Workplace
- Hybrid working; role location stated as Surrey.
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