Project Manager - Transformation & Efficiency

You will make a difference as a Project Manager by leading key projects for the Council. Working within the Transformation and Efficiency team you will drive change and improvement across the organisation ensuring value for money, organisational improvement and performance management improvement are sought.    

What will you be doing? 

• On a daily basis you will lead and implement projects and ensure that change initiatives are implemented across the Directorate/s. 
• You will provide sound expertise, advice and information to a range of customers throughout the Council. 
• In the role you will research and analyse opportunities for innovation and to establish new efficient and effective ways of working ensuring that council activity is lawful. 
• Driving and directing areas relating to service delivery, you will make sure that planned objectives are met, ensuring that reports and statutory returns are completed in a timely, accurate way.   
• You will also ensure that changes in policy and working practices are communicated so that customers receive prompt, accurate policy updates and risk registers are maintained. 

• It is essential that you have a relevant professional qualification, degree or equivalent specialist Project Management qualification. 
• You will have the experience and credibility to build relationships and engage successfully with customers and partners within other local authorities, using you highly tuned negotiation and influencing skills. 
• We require you to have considerable experience of project management methodologies and systems, including current trends and approaches. 
• You must have excellent time management skills and have substantial management experience in leading and developing a team. 
• You will demonstrate an ability to respond to changing demands and managing priorities to meet deadlines.

• We know our teams work best when they have balance in their lives, and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance.
• We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work.

• We have invested in the technology and support to enable staff to work seamlessly from home so we can ensure we are keeping staff safe during Covid-19.  For those staff who may need to work in the office we have also ensured that our offices and hubs are COVID-19 secure; and have measures in place such as one-way systems, socially distanced workstations and hand sanitizer stations throughout our premises. 

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work, and learn here.   

• We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of  
• We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life  
• We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference.  

We’re making a difference, be part of it!