Programme Manager (Regeneration and Capital Refurbishment) (FTC)

Programme Manager (Regeneration and Capital Refurbishment) (FTC)Town Hall, WatfordSalary £53,735 per annum including London Weighting, with potential £5,000 per annum Market Factor SupplementFixed Term (Maternity Cover), Full timeAbout Watford Borough CouncilWatford is an urban borough in South West Hertfordshire. The borough has excellent transport links with mainline rail connections to London. Watford is the centre of a subregion serving around 500,000 people living within a 20-minute travelling time catchment. As part of the London commuter belt, Watford is strongly influenced by London which brings the benefits of a buoyant economy.At a glance- £1.4bn local investment happening - mix of public and private funding- 5 major development and regeneration projects happening- 3,500 registered businesses- Higher-than-average working-age population- Skilled workforce- Affordable local housing market- Home to many major international head officesThe Role:Having recently launched a bold and ambitious Council Plan 2022-26, Watford Borough Council are looking for an experienced Programme Manager to join its high-performing Enterprise Programme Management Office to provide maternity cover, initially for a 6 month period with an option to extend.The post holder will oversee one of the council's most significant programmes: the Town Hall Quarter, an ambitious programme of activity which will see the regeneration of the area outside our historic Town Hall, as well as the refurbishment of Watford Colosseum, the procurement of a new Colosseum operator and the refurbishment of Watford Town Hall to create a new space for the town, consisting not only of the civic offices but Watford Museum, a cafe, community space and an innovation and incubation hub. Work is already underway with decarbonisation works having started earlier this year following a successful bid for £3.7m of funding from the public sector decarbonisation scheme.As such, you will be used to working at a senior level on complex programmes covering a range of disciplines from internal transformation and culture change to public realm regeneration and complex capital programmes. Working closely with our Chief Executive and Associate Director of Customer and Corporate Services, as well as leading a multi-disciplined team with our partners Mace, you will be an MSP Practitioner who has the ability to provide simultaneous oversight to a range of diverse and high-profile internal and external projects. You will be a strategic thinker who is able to problem solve and present realistic and costed solutions as issues arise, presenting these in a comprehensive and compelling way to both senior members of staff and elected members.As a proficient developer of programme plans and critical path networks, you will understand the need for robust dependency management and will be able to both produce and support others to produce realistic and achievable programme and project plans. You will understand the importance of a clear governance structure and will be able to present concise updates to Programme Boards and other stakeholders, including elected Members, through accurate highlight reporting and verbal updates.You will be well practised in risk, issue and benefit management and understand the technical management of these, including completing and maintaining the appropriate logs and associated programme management documentation, such as Programme Definition Documents. With a £26m budget across the refurbishment components of the programme, you will have experience in managing large budgets, profiling forward across multiple years with a clear understanding of funding dependencies.What we are looking for:We are looking for a politically astute individual who thrives on working in a fast-paced environment at the very centre of an ambitious and forward-looking organisation. Watford is a council that thinks big and we need experienced professionals who will be integral to us delivering our ambition to provide the very best for the residents and businesses of our town.As a member of the Enterprise Programme Management Office, you will have the opportunity to influence the council s long-term approach to programme and project management and will be instrumental in ensuring that these principles are embedded across the organisationThe closing date for applications is 25th September 2022.A basic Disclosure check will be carried out for this post.Webrecruit and Watford Borough Council are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.Sound exciting? 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