Integrated Planning Lead

Your new role

As the National Highways Integrated Planning Lead within the Transformation team, you will be fundamental in helping to bridge the gap between our strategic ambitions and delivery. This role requires the skills of an experienced Project or Programme ManagementOffice lead, combined with effective knowledge of change management and improvement, in order to increase the certainty of our delivery.

You will be joining the team at an exciting time, as we are setting up a new Transformation & Performance department, charged with achieving benefits that help to deliver our second Roads Investment Strategy targets and also looking to the future. The teamis at the heart of transforming the company. You will be an integral part of the newly formed National Highways Change Centre of Excellence, responsible for the alignment of robust change management practices and governance. Ensuring we have solid plans thatunderstand where they are interdependent to success

You will be engaging a broad range of stakeholders, from Executive Directors through to Front Line Leaders, to ensure there are clear plans of our schedules and milestones. You will also be actively shaping, executing and governing a complex series of ambitiouschange initiatives.

If you are looking for an exciting and a challenging opportunity to grow your career, gain exposure to a wide range of business functions and build change & transformation capability, this is the right role for you

What you’ll be leading on

Accountable for the National Highways Transformation schedule and interdependency management.
Lead effective interfaces and reporting/governance drumbeat with workstreams across National Highways
Responsible for the integrated National Highways Transformation delivery plan & for linking performance/benefits attainment with these plans
Manage the risk & assurance of delivery plans and benefits attainment
Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to streamline the various TMO structures, consolidating and embedding simplified and streamlined processes and practices
Getting in front of risks & issues. Effectively managing a forward look and driving key decision making forums and agendas
To be successful

A strong track record in working within a Project or Programme Management Office
Outstanding stakeholder engagement & influencing skills. Ability to manage resistance to change, generate buy in and build a compelling case.
Experience of driving complex initiatives to achieve business benefits
Knowledge of establishing a programme level schedule and tracking interdependencies.
Ability to structure and provide transparency around key TMO functions including risk, delivery progress and benefits attainment.
Project Management Qualification is desirable.

Our benefits package

Our total reward package includes basic salary, the potential for a performance related bonus
Contributory pension scheme with employer contribution of up to 10%
Annual Leave starting at 26 days (plus Bank Holidays) rising by 1 day each year up to 31 days (plus Bank Holidays)
Flexible hours and blended working between base location/home
Life assurance of 4 times annual salary
Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme, available 24/7 365 days and network of mental health first aiders. Plus access to a wellbeing app to enhance your self-care 24/7, Occupational health service and flu vaccines
A cycle to work scheme for the purchase of a bicycle and equipment for healthy, low carbon travel
Significant investment in your career development, through learning and development, talent management, coaching, mentoring and on job experience
And we are:
Family friendly with enhanced maternity leave and pay, paternity leave (15 days), shared parental leave, adoption leave. Plus access to financial support for holiday play schemes and paid special leave (up to 5 days pa), eg for caring responsibilities
Money friendly with access to a discounts platform including over 3000 discounts for supermarkets, eating out, leisure, holidays. Alongside a financial wellbeing programme
Community friendly - offering paid leave to volunteer, 3 days basic/year plus an extra 3 days to support the national Covid effort
Right to work check
3 year employment history references
DBS criminal record check
Social media and adverse journalism check
Driving licence check (if applicable)
Fit to work questionnaire (for all), followed by a medical check (if applicable)
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