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Programme Assurance Officer

2 weeks ago

Manchester M BG, United Kingdom Transport for Greater Manchester Full time £569,268 - £630,792 per year

Are you passionate about delivering high-impact infrastructure projects that improve lives and communities? If so, now's the time to join us at Transport for Greater Manchester

We're leading one of the UK's most ambitious transport transformations, investing over £2.5 billion in infrastructure over the next five years. From new bus interchanges and tram extensions to electrification and active travel schemes, we're building the future of transport, right here, right now

Your Role

As a Programme Assurance Officer in our Audit, Risk and Assurance Team, you'll play a key role in ensuring the successful delivery of major infrastructure projects across Greater Manchester.

You'll work independently and collaboratively to provide high-quality assurance services to our Executive Team, engaging with Project and Programme Managers, technical experts, and senior stakeholders. Your focus will be on construction-led transport infrastructure projects, not IT systems.

Your responsibilities will include:

  • Supporting the delivery of our Integrated Assurance Strategy
  • Leading and contributing to Gateway Reviews, Health Checks, and other assurance activities
  • Producing robust, independent assurance reports on project and programme delivery

For more info see Job Profile below.

Who are we?

Welcome to the Risk and Assurance Team at Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) - a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation at the heart of one of the UK's most ambitious transport transformations. We provide independent assurance to TfGM's Executive and the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, helping to ensure the organisation has strong foundations to successfully deliver a large, complex, and technically diverse portfolio of capital and revenue projects.

We undertake assurance activities across our extensive portfolio of projects and programmes covering a significant number of areas within the different modes of transport infrastructure throughout Greater Manchester including Bus infrastructure, Metrolink, Rail, Electrification, Interchanges, Zero Emissions, Clean Air, Active Travel and Business Change just to name a few

We're proud to support projects that make a real difference to people's lives, ensuring they're delivered on time, within budget, and with the customer at the heart of everything we do.

What you'll bring

What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.

We're looking for a versatile and experienced project professional with a strong background in construction related infrastructure delivery.

To thrive in this role, you'll bring:

  • Solid experience across the full lifecycle of infrastructure construction projects, ideally within transport or public sector capital programmes
  • Strong knowledge of project and programme management tools and methodologies
  • A keen eye for detail, with the ability to identify risks and opportunities and provide clear, evidence-based recommendations
  • Excellent communication skills, with the confidence to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels
  • The ability to work independently and collaboratively, using your initiative to deliver high-quality assurance services

You'll be comfortable working across a diverse portfolio and engaging with a wide range of professionals, from Project Managers and Technical Experts to Sponsors and Senior Responsible Owners.

What we can offer you

This is a permanent role with a salary of £47,539 - £52,866 depending on skills and experience.

At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process. We are happy to #talkflexibleworking to help colleagues maintain a healthy work life balance.

Our benefits include:

  • Generous annual leave starting at 28 days (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with options to buy more.
  • Free travel on buses across Greater Manchester, plus rail or Metrolink travel to and from work.
  • Local Government defined pension scheme with life cover of 3x salary and options to boost your contributions.
  • Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.
  • Discover more benefits including wellbeing support, Personal and Career Development, Flexible working, financial support and more on our website

What's next?

If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we'd really like to hear from you.

To apply please submit your CV and complete your application ensuring that you provide detailed and clear examples against the criteria questions, all appointments will be based on merit. Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on your CV. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.

We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. However, we value human talent and are looking for passionate individuals to join our organisation. Please ensure you personally complete your application and read all the instructions carefully to maximise your chances of success.

Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.

TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.

For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK ). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.

Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.

NOTE TO AGENCIES we will be accepting direct applications only for this role. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral CV.