Workstream Lead Programme Manager

12 - 18 month FTC

EC Salary £80-£95k (Dependent on experience)

Location: Hybrid working in Durrington, Worthing BN13 3NX - 2/3 days per week in office (Will consider flexible working requests if required).

Hours: Full-time 37 hours per week (Mon- Friday)

There has never been a better time to join our organisation as we build towards a greener future, tackling climate change, minimising our environmental impact and reducing our carbon footprint!

Job Overview

This role will support, coordinate and provide day to day programme management and delivery support to a specified transformation workstream (AMP8) working with expertise in the business. They will ensure individual initiatives have robust business cases with a scope and set of actions that consider risks, issues and constraints, that will collectively deliver target outcomes and embed change where this is appropriate.

• Work with initiative owners on initiative development and delivery ensuring collective actions achieve target outcomes and benefits.
• Proactively support sponsors and initiative owners to identify gaps in actions required to deliver benefits, in risk mitigation, timely action closure and adoption of transformation standards.
• Complete preparation for the weekly and monthly programme reviews with sponsor, transformation office and initiative owners and lead on other reporting as required.
• Manage and run weekly and monthly programme reviews groups including preparation of presentations, minutes and action tracking.
• Manage effective and efficient delivery of the workstream programme through a best-practice programme management framework incorporating both traditional project, agile and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure risks, issues and dependencies are recorded, monitored and proactively managed / mitigated to minimise disruption to successful delivery.
• Review resource plans and ensure the programme has the right capabilities and capacity.

About You

• A track record of programme management success within complex delivery environments with specific experience related to the workstream (Capital Delivery).
• A strategic thinker with significant commercial and financial acumen
• Able to absorb and understand significant detail and be able to present at appropriate levels for different audiences.
• An excellent understanding of change concepts and human factors supported by proven change delivery experience.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• You will be a great problem solver, agile, a resilient character and have a hands on approach.

• You will ideally have a background in consultancy with some knowledge of the water industry or other regulated sector University degree, ideally pre and post grad (an MBA would be advantageous)
• Project / programme management qualifications in particular - APM, Managing Successful Programmes and Agile

Note - if you do not hear back within 48 hours of applying, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion, however, we will have your CV and contact details on files should something more suitable arise.