Overview
Capital Projects Programme Manager (Internal only) – NN15 6EY
Our Benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About the role
INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY
North Northamptonshire is currently on an exciting journey to transform its buildings and infrastructure and as part of this, we are looking for a Capital Projects Programme Manager to join our Capital Projects team.
The Programme Manager will be responsible for defining, developing and successfully delivering key programmes and projects within a specified service area e.g. Children’s Services and Education which are complex and/or have a high level of risk attached.
The role is responsible for leading and managing Project Co-ordinator/s and working with a team of Construction Project Managers to deliver the programme of projects in the specified service area.
This role will oversee the successful delivery of allocated programme and project outcomes, benefits and financial targets, including the implementation of allocated large-scale partnership projects. They will achieve efficient delivery of programmes & projects through proactively developing key relationships with stakeholders both internally and externally.
Responsible for the delivery of a suite of capital construction projects. The role will require the development of project briefs working with a variety of internal/external stakeholders – funders, services and end users which would then be taken through to design, specification, delivery and finally completion.
About you
The successful candidate will be agile and flexible enough to adapt ensuring the project has flexibility within its parameters to allow for change should the strategy, regulations or outcome require change during the delivery of the project. The post will be remote working, however there is a requirement to attend the project site and Team Meetings in person as needed, it is anticipated this would be on average 2 days a week.
You will be educated to degree level or with equivalent experience and have a relevant project management qualification or equivalent alongside knowledge and experience of manging multiple and complex projects.
Experience of the management of construction related projects of varying financial levels/management is essential alongside experience of successfully managing performance and providing feedback to design teams and principal contractors.
Local authority experience is key particularly to provide a knowledge of elements such as governance, approvals and procurement processes.
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.
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