INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY Programme Manager
INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY Programme Manager
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Job Description
***Internal Applicants Only***
Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest
Salary: PO8
Contract Type: Temporary 6month secondment Full Time
Working hours per week: 36
Application Deadline: 8th of April 2025
Proposed Interview Date(s): MidApril
Reference: 1690
About Us:
Bursting with culture energy and opportunity the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.
We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly residentfocused insightled digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.
London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of Londons Good Work Standardemployers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions workplace wellbeing skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.
The Councils preference is for online application. However if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application please email so we can arrange an alternative application method.
About the role:
Transformation Programme Manager to drive the Safer Greener Neighbourhoods Transformation (NED SECONDMENT)
The Neighbourhoods and Environment Directorate (NED) plays a critical role in creating safe secure and clean places for people to live work and grow up in our borough.
This programme seeks to reimagine our excellent resident services to create safe green and equitable neighbourhoods that meet the fundamental needs of residents. Our vision is to create safe green and equitable neighbourhoods that meet the fundamental needs of residents. We will continue to deliver excellent services maximising every hour of staff time. We will empower our staff partners and communities so we address the hardest challenges faced by our residents and businesses and build stronger neighbourhoods together.
This role will act as the dedicated programme lead for the transformation in this critical year for the Councils firm financial footing and sits within the Strategy and Change team. The Strategy and Change department will play a crucial role in the design and delivery of this transformation building on our strengths in responding in an agile manner to some of the most complex social challenges our residents face and ensuring that the Councils services are efficiently and effectively meeting resident demand.
Key Responsibilities:
- Providing direct programme management support to Safer Greener Neighbourhoods Transformation
- Delivery of key programme activity
- Management of programme documentation and reporting frameworks
- To act as an agile corporate resource that can flex as required
- Ensuring best practice approaches are built into the programmes
Terms and conditions:
The below terms and conditions apply to this role:
Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
Satisfactory declaration of interest;
How to Apply:
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the Apply button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: Promoting equality of opportunity Opposing all forms of discrimination intolerance and disadvantage Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. Providing fair appropriate accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.
To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2 internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who selfidentify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.
For more information on the benefits of working for the Council please visit Information:
If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process please contact Hannah Owen Head of Transformation at
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post please contact our Recruitment Team via email at .
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Employment Type
Full-Time
