Employer: Camden Council
Location: Camden
Deadline: 22nd Sept 2013 23:59 PM
Working pattern: Full Time, Permanent position
Hours:36 hours per week
Salary:Normal starting salary of £41,537
DBS check: No
Reference: LBC2901
Position: Permanent, full time, 36 hours per week. Salary:
Normal starting salary of £41,537 + 25 days leave (27 after 5 years’ service)
A high performance culture is essential to the delivery of first class services to our residents and customers. We recognise and reward high performance and salary progression is based on individual performance.
We currently require a Delivery Manager to oversee all projects and programme pipelines ensuring the smooth transition into the production environment.
The postholder will manage multiple interrelated projects from contract/proposal initiation to final operational stage & ensure that the programme is managed to maximise business benefits. You will straddle two strategic ICT services – business systems and infrastructure solutions – which have the two largest workforces in ICT.
This is new role in ICT, so you will establish standards for delivering these projects as well as leading on their delivery. There are four other Programme Managers in ICT Business Partnering Services and together you will achieve ICT programme excellence.
The ideal candidate should be working in a large organisation on cross-cutting programmes of change where you will be responsible for all ICT related work packages and projects. You must have excellent negotiation skills and be credible and convincing in communications with non ICT and ICT staff, recommending the right solutions & realising anticipated benefits. You will be tenacious and timely in your reporting and be able to avert potential crises and failure. You will be flexible and able to absorb changes to requirements.
You will be working on a range of projects from short-term to long-term, giving you variety and interest.
Key Requirements
- BSc in relevant discipline or relevant industry experience
- Extensive knowledge and experience of Project Management methodologies, ability to lead project planning, scheduling, monitoring, and reporting activities; and to control resources and all costs against project budget
- Ability to define project scope, goals and deliverables that support defined business needs; ability to define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle
- Experience of the full project management life cycle and software development life cycle for the implementation of highly complex, large-scale, strategic IT and business initiatives
- Experience of Transformation and Change programmes and evidence of delivering projects to successful completion
Desirable:
Familiarity with the security standards and all relevant legislation that affects security within the defined scope of authority
Additional Information
How to apply:
To apply for this job please follow the “Apply for this job” link. As part of the application form you will be asked to explain how you meet the key requirements for this role listed in the advert. When explaining how you meet each of the requirements, please give examples that clearly demonstrate your skills, knowledge and experience. When writing your examples give a brief description of the situation or task but focus on the actions you took and the result of your actions.
Closing date for applications: Sunday 22nd September, closing time: 23:59
Interviews to be held: TBC
Please quote reference: LBC2901
Equal Opportunities
Camden Council is committed to diversity. We encourage applications from all sections of our diverse community and welcome applications from candidates from a BME background in particular as they are under-represented at this level
Camden has a strong flexible working ethos and believes in focusing on outcomes. Through taking this approach we welcome flexible working including a commitment to regular home working with technology to support this, job sharing and part time arrangements.
Camden is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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