Project Manager – Corporate Transformation & Change

About the Opportunity

An opportunity has arisen for a Project Manager to deliver a range of complex cross-council, cross-organisational and departmental transformation projects. The projects will involve close working with corporate sponsors, service leads and internal/external senior stakeholders and plays a key role in the Transformation and Change Group. This is a demanding role suited to a person experienced in managing complex projects in a local authority environment.

The focus of our strategic projects includes social care, early help and prevention, services for residents and operational transformation within a wide system of partnerships, and candidates will be expected to have a general understanding of this context at interview.

Responsibilities

• Understand, develop and manage complex stakeholder relationships effectively and sympathetically
• Develop appropriate and effective governance for projects that provides a clear route for decisions and authorisation that will move projects along at pace
• Assimilate and summarise complicated and ambiguous information and develop clear workstreams that will deliver aims and objectives
• Develop robust risk strategies that mitigate risks and issues and guide the project delivery and reporting
• Monitor progress against the project plan to ensure key milestones and deliverables are being achieved, escalating appropriately to support delivery
• Work closely with the Programme Manager, Strategic Insight Unit and departmental colleagues to establish business cases. Lead and develop staff supporting the project

About You

You will need to provide extensive and demonstrable project experience as set out in the attached job description and person specification.

Eligibility

This post is also available as a secondment opportunity to existing Nottinghamshire County Council employees. You must seek approval from your line manager before applying.

Benefits

• Job share scheme available for all full-time posts: both permanent and temporary, unless otherwise stated
• We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment and undergo appropriate checks

About Company

Nottinghamshire County Council strives to ensure that it goes beyond the requirements of the Equalities Act and prides itself on being accredited as a Disability Confident Leader Organisation.

Under the Disability Confident scheme (formerly known as the Guaranteed Interview Scheme) we would like to ensure applicants with disabilities are offered an interview if they meet the minimum criteria for a job. Please let us know if this is something you would like to be considered for.

Nottinghamshire County Council strongly encourages applications from all candidates from different walks of life, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, religion, belief, pregnancy and maternity status, age or sexual orientation.