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Strategy Programme Manager - Northwest, Lancashire

• Are you looking for a role where you will be equally challenged and developed?
• Technical Programme Management role which will push you but will equally be rewarding?
• Working for a not for profit that helps change people’s lives and does great work for the most vulnerable people in society?
• Flexible working - Condense your hours into four days and take advantage of a long weekend!
• Support from an Employee Assistance Programme (available 24/7), financial support options, and wellbeing fund you’ll have the support available to lead an easier (financial) life
• They also support equal opportunities for all and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences.
• Benefits - Life assurance, retail discounts, holiday discounts, cycle to work scheme and travel discounts through their benefits app + Contributory Pension
  

Salary£52k-£57k

The Role

This organisation is looking for an accomplished and highly skilled Senior Strategy Programme Manager to lead the delivery of our exciting and ambitious strategy (full time, permanent)

This role is the glue that holds our strategic programme together – managing, coordinating, and wrangling a programme of innovative and essential workstreams to ensure that we can deliver and embed successful and life improving changes that enable our people to live the best life possible.

Day to Day

Reporting to the Director of Strategic Projects you’ll spend your days working alongside workstream leaders and project managers to manage an action-packed programme of work. You’ll lead a team of Transition Specialists to respond and support the charity’s priorities.

No two days will be the same but generally you’ll be:

• Having brilliant conversations – building great relationships and asking great questions and finding out how things tick – spotting and solving interdependencies, risks, and problems as you go
• Managing the programme – influencing the planning, prioritisation, and timescales of the entire programme to successfully deliver quality change well (in budget, and on time!)
• Managing risks and opportunities – getting the right people involved at the right time to get brilliant outcomes
• Leading and updating the plan – reporting on progress
• Keeping brilliant records – managing the programme plan, delivering brilliant reports, maintaining project documentation, you’ll make sure that we are compliant with our internal processes and governance procedures
• Keeping it agile! Responding to the changing organisational environment and competing priorities, you’ll adapt, challenge, and flex with stakeholders to help them deliver their incredible work in the best way.
  

About You

Our Ideal Candidate

• You believe that project management is more about managing people that it is managing the plan – and you can adapt your style to get the best results from your stakeholders
• You’ll be a project professional –multi-tasking, managing multiple workstreams, and coordinating influencing senior stakeholders are all second nature to you
• You love a challenge – problem solving is a passion and you love working with people to deliver brilliant solutions
• You are brilliant at communicating – you find it easy to explain things in a way which is easy for others to understand (in person, and in writing!)
• People might say you “run a tight ship” – you take pride in being organised, thorough, and ahead of the game
• A professional to the core – you stay calm and focussed even when things feel a bit hectic!
  

Skills, Knowledge And Experience

• You’ll have a degree level qualification and you’ll likely have a Project Management qualification (eg Practitioner Certificate in PRINCE 2) but we recognise and value experience equally.
• You’ll have excellent IT skills and be adept at using MS Project
• You’ll have a thorough working knowledge of PM techniques and can use Kanban Boards competently
• You’ll have experience managing large scale and complex projects or programmes and influencing stakeholders at all levels to achieve brilliant outcomes
• Ideally you’ll have experience working in or knowledge of the Social Care Sector, our charity, and/or the third sector
  

Working for Us

What is "The Deal" for you?

• Flexibility! You can work your 37.5 hours over 4 days and enjoy a long weekend, or split the hours over 5 days to accommodate your other commitments.
• You can work from home, or from our Support Services office in Widnes (or flex between the two!) - travel might be required throughout England and Scotland on occasion.
• Competitive Salary: £52,000 - £57,000 per annum
• Pension: contributory pension scheme
• Benefits: life assurance, retail discounts, holiday discounts, cycle to work scheme and travel discounts through our benefits app
• Best Lives Possible: You’ll be working for an award winning charity who is passionate about ensuring our colleagues and the people we support lead the best lives possible
• Development: We’ll work with you to develop your career or to learn and experience new things. We’re passionate about developing our people!
• Support: From our Employee Assistance Programme (available 24/7), financial support options, and wellbeing fund you’ll have the support available to lead an easier (financial) life
• We support equal opportunities for all and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and experiences.