Transformation Delivery Manager (4 posts)
County Hall, Norwich
£49,008 to £54,111 per hour
37 hours per week
Fixed term contract/secondment opportunity until 31 January 2023
We are looking for a number of Delivery Managers to join the Transformation Delivery Team here at Norfolk County Council, and take responsibility for facilitating, coordinating and driving transformational change initiatives across the organisation, and in turn for the people of Norfolk.
Norfolk County Council is the main local authority for Norfolk providing services countywide to Norfolk residents. We take a lead in critical policy areas, and we work in partnership with local businesses, voluntary organisations and other local authorities to provide the people of Norfolk with first class services.
These role sits within our newly formed Transformation Directorate, which is a critical team responsible for changing and evolving the services we provide, and how we deliver them, in line with our core principles. It’s a team with a broad remit and involvement across every service within the organisation, and one that has a big impact on ensuring positive outcomes for the people of Norfolk. We have some exciting programmes on the go at the moment, like Net Zero, Smarter Working, Home to School Transport, Fire Service equipment facilities improvement, Oracle replacement programme and Digital Service Transformation with Adults and Children’s departments, and we need people to help us deliver them. The Transformation Delivery Team work on large programmes involving multiple services and stakeholders.
The core focus of the role is delivery, which means delivering change, issue resolution, crisis intervention and benefit realisation. Working on complex, multi-faceted programmes of work, you’ll need to use a blend of structured project and programme management methods, exemplary stakeholder and relationship management skills, and the ability to convert high level strategy into tangible outcomes. You’ll need to employ a collaborative approach, overseeing multiple teams to coordinate delivery, and constantly challenging, contributing and influencing to ensure success.
To be considered for one of these roles you’ll need proven experience leading the delivery of transformational change within a large scale, complex organisation, ideally in the public sector. You’ll be able to evidence where you have worked with stakeholders to scope change, and where you have planned and managed successful delivery. You’ll have strong project and programme management experience, including exposure to different methodologies (e.g. Agile, Waterfall). You’ll need strong relationship building and influencing skills, including the ability to work with a broad range of different stakeholders and audiences. We’re looking for people who are proactive, pragmatic and adaptable, able to challenge the status quo and who have a real passion for driving through successful change.
We know we’re asking for a lot, but in return we think we have a lot to offer. There’s the role itself, where you will play a key role in scoping and delivering large scale transformational change programmes that will bring benefits for Norfolk County Council, and for the county of Norfolk as a whole. Then there’s the working environment here, where we put work life balance at the forefront and offer flexible, smarter working arrangements, all underpinned by leading edge technology. We’re open to people working from home for the bulk of the time, but if you’re already in (or would consider relocating to) Norfolk, we think our unique blend of beaches, broads, countryside and culture is hard to beat!
If you’re still reading, and you think you have what it takes, then we would love to hear from you.
All our office-based roles are currently working from home as part of our Smarter Working plans and to support the health and safety of all our colleagues. We anticipate that working remotely will be a key feature of this role and when offices re-open your office base will be County Hall, Norwich. Our technology platform and equipment are first class, enabling you to connect and collaborate remotely. We ask that you have in place good Broadband connectivity.
Please click the APPLY button below to finish of the application on Norfolk County Councils careers page.
Please quote job reference: 73967 SGJE
Closing date: 3 January 2022
Interviews will take place via video technology, where you will have the opportunity to discuss working arrangements.
