Corporate Programme Manager

Reed Talent Solutions are currently working with a West Yorkshire based Local Authority to recruit a Corporate Programme Manager on an initial three-month contract. The post-holder will act as the Council’s technical and administrative manager for current and future projects and minor works, including the management and setting and monitoring of performance measures and the development, management and interpretation of data to provide management information.

Role Information

• 3-month contract with potential for extension
• Hourly Rate: £62

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the development, relationship management and interface with the Service Providers, ensuring that a unified sense of the client premise is maintained at all times.
• Become familiar with the detailed content of the service specifications for the Property & Facilities Partnership and support the Senior Corporate Programmes Manager with technical and administrate delivery of the contract.
• Monitor the delivery of services to specified Service Level Requirements (SLRs) within the agreed contract terms, to ensure the continuing high quality of service delivery.
• Support the Senior Corporate Programmes Manager with driving continuous improvements in the delivery of the services by making recommendations and implementation of the SLRs to ensure that they remain challenging and relevant to the client’s changing requirements.
• Ensure the Service Provider meets all compliance obligations in relation to Health & Safety as detailed in both the service specifications and those agreed in local Service Level Agreements (SLA)
• Upon request, deputise for the Senior Corporate Programmes Manager at internal and external stakeholder meetings, ensuring that the agreed Council position is represented and stakeholder views are reported back.
• Support the Senior Corporate Programme Manager to coordinate activities in the event of major or business critical incidents in line with established procedures.
• Liaise with the internal stakeholders and Service Providers teams on a daily basis to facilitate operations including requests for information, requests for approval and all other dependencies that the Service Provider has on the client for the delivery of services.
• Forward planning of routine and periodic activities and projects with internal stakeholders and any Service Provider.
• Managing the annual budget and the processing and checking of invoices and payments.

Essential Criteria

• PRINCE 2 Project Management or equivalent
• IOSH Managing safely
• Good understanding of programme and project management techniques
• Awareness and understanding of the local government framework, governance arrangements, best value and service improvement, risk management and key issues facing local government and public services.
• Extensive knowledge of delivering and managing strategic and long term capital building programmes