Programme Manager

About the role

Are you looking for a position where you can make a real difference?

Cambridgeshire County Council is committed to ensuring people enjoy healthy, safe and independent lives through timely support that is most suited to their needs. We are seeking an enthusiastic Programme Manager to drive forward the implementation and delivery of several strategic intentions across Adult Social Care, with a particular focus on Learning Disabilities.

We are a family-friendly employer and will be happy to negotiate on working arrangements to achieve a good work / life balance. The role is currently available on a fixed term basis until March 2025.

The role sits within Cambridgeshire County Council’s Programmes Team, who work collaboratively across the council and the wider system to plan, implement and deliver the identified outcomes and benefits of the change and improvement portfolio. Using the council’s programme and project management methodologies, standards and practice, you will ensure interdependencies are identified and managed, initiate monitoring and control processes, maintain an overview of progress, issues and risks and undertake effective reporting. You will have proven experience of programme management in a large organisation, excellent stakeholder management and the ability to work across complex systems to deliver strategic change.

For more information or to chat about the opportunity please contact Jemma Roberts, Head of Change (Jemma.Roberts@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk)

What will you be doing?

The post holder will be responsible for all aspects of programme management including:

• Leading the development and delivery of high-quality programmes and projects, to ensure that objectives are delivered, timescales and budget targets are met, and benefits are realised.
• Identifying and managing the programme inter-dependencies, risks and issues, ensuring an appropriate level of governance and quality assurance is maintained and concerns escalated
• Devising, implementing and managing systems for the delivery of projects within the programme which engage directly and appropriately with colleagues, partners and customers and where integration and co-ordination with other services and organisations is required to achieve the desired outcomes.

About you

You will have a good level of knowledge and understanding of:

• programme management
• stakeholder engagement
• leading, managing, coaching and developing diverse programme and project teams

You will be:

• Able to lead the development and delivery of high-quality programmes and projects, to ensure that objectives are delivered, timescales and budget targets are met, and benefits are realised.
• Able to manage stakeholder relationships within complex programmes and projects with an ability to influence and negotiate across a diverse and challenging community of stakeholders
• Ability to translate concepts and ideas into meaningful plans and action
• Motivated to make a visible difference to our communities and drive forward change

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

• Flexible working
• Flexible Bank Holidays
• A comprehensive wellbeing package
• Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
• A comprehensive pension scheme
• IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
• Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
• An employee recognition scheme

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off.   We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered.  We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. 

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers

Attached documents

• Programme Manager Job Description and Person Specification