Programme Lead

**Introduction**:
**Introduction**
- Our client is looking for a Highways Programme Lead to join a busy team on a contract basis starting soon.
- The Role will be Inside IR35

**Important**:
Key role in leading and driving Projects and Programmes discipline

**The Job**:
**Role Purpose**:
Responsible for the daily management and operation of an allocated area of work and to provide guidance, advice and support, as the professional specialist lead, to ensure a high-quality service that delivers value for money for its customers in line with legislative requirements and the council's policies and practices.

The post holder will play a key role in leading and driving Projects and Programmes discipline, including development and improvement, business efficiency and cultural change. This role will play the pivotal role in planning for and delivering the Major Infrastructure and Growth delivery including all capital infrastructure work to deliver an ambitious capital programme with improved quality of service within the required timescale and allocated budgets.

Work will cross funding various streams including Housing Infrastructure Fund, Housing and Growth Deal, City Deal, LGF, Internal funding sources and others.

Lead, coach, support, motivate and monitor employees - to develop and improve their performance, to ensure customer needs are met and sound technical and project management techniques and disciplines are embedded within the team.

Forecast and manage the budget for own area of responsibility to ensure budgets are achieved whilst maintaining the balance between the delivery time and outcome/objectives.

Identify priorities and the services that flow from the objectives ensuring alignment with corporate direction, identifying resourcing needs and the ongoing selection, performance management and learning and development of staff to ensure service delivery is optimised and to meet the changing profile of the business.

Build, promote and maintain effective communication with all relevant stakeholders (Members, Parish Councils, The Public, District Councils and various supply chain partners) to ensure the sharing of consistent, accurate and pertinent information.

Build and manage effective partnership relationships with internal teams and external stakeholders and contractors to achieve shared outcomes so that best practice and optimal service delivery can be achieved in a co-ordinated cost effective manner, in line with council policies and procedures.

Accountable for the accurate recording of information in line with council policies and procedures to meet any legislative and contractual requirements and to enable accurate analysis and forecasting.

Lead the preparation and coordination of reports, documents and information, undertaking quality control to enable effective governance of decision making.

Promote and manage a positive and proactive Health & Safety culture to ensure Health and Safety is embedded into everyday working and legislative requirements are met.

**Working hours**:

- 37.5 hours a week min
- Monday to Friday
- Weekly Pay
- Call Callum Laycock directly on **07901964657**:
**Matchtech**:
Matchtech are the largest and leading Highways and Transportation Recruitment Company in the UK.

**Future Roles**:
If you have the correct experience for this type of position but this specific role is not quite right for you, as the level, location or rates etc. is it not quite what you are looking for a present, please still feel free to get in touch with me as I continually recruit similar roles to the one above at all levels across the UK.

Alternatively if are not suitable for this role but still work within the Highways and Transportation industry and believe you will be looking for a new role in the future please give me a call for a confidential chat regarding your employment status.