Programme Office Lead

6 days ago


Manchester, United Kingdom Smart DCC Full time

Job Title: Programme Office Lead - Delivery Pathway Pilot
Contact Type: Contract
Contract Duration: 1 Year
Working Hours: Full-time
Payscale: Competitive Salary plus Benefits
Location: Manchester, London, or Nottingham - Hybrid Working Arrangement

Job Description:

As a Programme Office Lead for our Delivery Pathway Pilot, you will play a pivotal role in launching our new delivery pathway. You will be responsible for managing project timelines, monitoring resource levels, challenging risk and issue logs, and ensuring review cycles are adhered to. Additionally, you will qualify assumptions, track project dependencies, prepare and facilitate stage gate reviews, and ensure quality input into reporting and drive action from insight.

You will work closely with our existing framework programmes, identifying and mitigating service risks, maintaining our business as usual operations, and acting as a pivotal contact point. Your expertise will be essential in ensuring the smooth delivery of the pilot and meeting our organisational goals.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to critically review current ways of working, drive continuous improvement, and action particularly on the pathway pilot. Other PMO activities will be required as necessary.

Requirements:

  • 2+ years' experience in a programme or project-related field (e.g., PM or PMO)
  • Experience of using a PPM toolset to manage plans, resources, risks, and issues
  • Self-starter with a 'can do' approach, able to work independently and as part of a team in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
  • Exceptional organisation skills, with the ability to be flexible and adaptive, pivoting priorities to meet multiple conflicting project demands
  • Comfortable with working through ambiguity to implement structure
  • Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, and collaboration skills – ability to work effectively across internal and external teams
  • Ability to influence and drive improvements to project quality and ensure alignment with DCC standards and methodology
  • Demonstrable experience of working in a similar programme and project environment within a technology industry
  • Competent in using Microsoft suite of tools including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Excel, Teams, and working knowledge of MS Project
  • Excellent organisation skills – managing own tasks and those of other team members
  • Work collaboratively with external stakeholders/Users/Customers
  • Solution-focused – not just finding problems but solving them strategically by getting to the root cause
  • Growth mindset – looking for opportunities to improve
  • Effective communicator – both written and spoken, communicating clearly not just what but also why and how you do things
  • Comfortable working in high-pressure environments

Benefits:

  • Competitive Salary plus Benefits
  • Opportunity to work on a high-profile project
  • Collaborative and dynamic work environment
  • Professional development and growth opportunities
  • Inclusive and accessible recruitment process

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