Senior Management Of Programmes

Senior Manager of Programmes

A well-established organisation based in Belfast, are currently seeking a Senior Manager of Programmes to join their team.

This is a Full-time, Temporary Position – initially for 6 months (to start immediately).

Working hours: 37 hours per week.

With a salary of £55,207 - £59,049 per annum (dependent on experience).

Job Purpose:

You will be responsible for key aspects of the management, implementation, and delivery of the cross-border Programmes managed by the business. This will involve the development and implementation of operational plans to ensure that programme and financial targets are achieved within the respective accountability frameworks.

Essential Criteria:

• An Honours degree or equivalent third level qualification plus a minimum of 5 years’ experience at *Senior Management level OR a minimum of 7 years’ experience at Senior Management level.
• Proven experience of strategic programme management in a complex and/or regulatory work environment, demonstrating the ability to evaluate detailed information from a range of sources in order to make key decisions, manage risks and influence others.
• Experience of providing strong team leadership through developing and coaching to produce high performance.
• Proven experience of contributing to the development of strategy to successfully deliver the aims and objectives of an organisation.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal with the ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels as well with the ability of negotiation and influencing skills.
• Ability to manage and prioritise a busy workload.
• Ability to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team.

Desirable Criteria:

• A postgraduate master’s qualification.
• A minimum of 7 years’ experience gained in a similar role as outlined in the Essential Criteria.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure funding decisions are taken in robust and transparent manner; service delivery standards are met; and the administrative burden is reduced for applicants and grant recipients.
• Management and delivery of cross-border Programmes. Implement effective administrative and financial control procedures related to programme delivery.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders. Liaise on a regular basis with senior officials, along with members of other external governmental, commercial, public, voluntary and community sector bodies.
• Contribute to the corporate Management of the business, including staff management.
• Continue to develop the key aspects of the programme within guidelines and as outlined in the respective Programme documents.
• Develop and manage the systems for ensuring that all key programme targets are met, with respect to agreed outputs and financial targets.
• Oversight of programme activity, developing the Management Information Framework around this.
• Ensure all service delivery standards in relation to programme management are in place and contribute pro-actively to further service improvement.
• Management of the impact, outcomes, and evaluation of the Programme.
• Oversee the review of Management and Control Systems currently in place to ensure they remain fit for purpose across current programmes ensuring guidance is updated as appropriate.
• Review, develop and adapt the Management and Control Systems to ensure they meet the requirement of effectively managing, implementing, and delivering the Programme including the provision of guidance.
• Liaise with the other Teams to ensure timely and effective project management processes are in place to support the delivery of projects.
• Research and report information in relation to the implementation of the programmes and provide briefing material as required.
• Contribute pro-actively to the policy for reducing the administrative burden of applicants and grant recipients.
• Manage programme governance/monitoring arrangements and functions, including providing information and support to Programme Monitoring Committees (PMCs) and any relevant technical or sub-committees.
• Prepare and submit the Annual Implementation Reports (AIRs) and appropriate sections of relevant progress reports.
• Oversee the effective closure of Programmes ensuring that all records are complete and fully reconciled and that audit trails are secured, by 2025.
• Consult, negotiate and reach agreement with relevant stakeholders in all relevant jurisdictions to ensure the smooth implementation of the agreed programmes.
• Maintain effective relationships with key stakeholders.
• Maintain effective relationships with all partners involved in the Programme Monitoring Committee.
• Represent the business at events and seminars.
• Maintain and develop effective working relationships with all units within the business, especially with regard to identifying and developing synergies and efficiencies that contribute directly to organisational objectives.
• Assist and advise the Director of the Managing Authority on strategic issues associated with Programme implementation and delivery.
• Lead and motivate Managing Authority staff in the pursuance of key objectives.
• Ensure the development of an appropriate range of skills and competencies of staff to meet the objectives of the programmes and in line with established performance management tools and techniques.