Contract to start ASAP

Duration: 78 weeks with a possible extension.

Job Purpose:

Barnet is seeking a programme manager as part of the wider recruitment campaign to improve our digital, data and technology (DDaT) capability, in line with the council's strategic goal to improve resident and customer outcomes.

Working as part of multi-disciplinary team with responsibility accountability to ensure programme delivery of significant savings to ensure the councils achieves its goal of financial sustainability.

The role will be responsible for management and leadership of a number of staff and indirectly - stakeholders, both internal and external.

The successful candidate will be expected to provide leadership across the Digital team, and more widely the growing internal digital functions across Barnet, and take matrix management responsibility of up to 5 staff.

This will be a fast paced role, with responsibility for all projects in conjunction with other product and programme managers across the service.

The role's time will be split to best meet the needs of Barnet's digital functions.

As a senior member of staff, the Programme Manager will ensure the strategic progression of objectives and milestones across all DDaT projects.

They will effectively build relationships with senior leadership to identify process improvements, opportunities and efficiencies.

They will draw on the resources of their colleagues and teams around them to ensure high-quality, timely delivery.

The postholder will be expected to develop the councils DDaT ways of working and will be able to influence wider projects and programmes to the same effect.

In addition, the role will include an element of digital consultancy as part of Barnet's new DDaT Enablement Service.

The successful candidate will supervise requests and prioritise and allocate these as required.

They will use their own skills and capabilities to share best practice, build understanding and provide guidance to services as they procure and implement their services.

They will also be expected to provide some digital business partnering to services across the council's ecosystem, prioritising work areas and identifying opportunities as required.

Finally, the role will include contributing to the establishment of a user-focused digital-first mindset across the council's corporate structures.

The successful candidate will draw heavily on digital principles around quality service design, iteration, accessibility and inclusion.

Candidates will be expected to have direct experience as a Delivery Manager in a DDaT environment, with experience in the public sector an advantage.

This is a new role with a lot of scope for the successful candidate to define and inform its remit and focus, as the DDaT Enablement service comes online.

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