Programme Manager

Your new company
I am working with a Higher Education Institution, and we are looking for a Programme Manager to join the team ASAP. The main purpose of this role is to provide exceptional programme management, governance management and project planning during a critical phase of the integration programme of the university. You will be working with the Director, Head and Board to ensure the smooth running of this change, ensuring risks have been mitigated or raised to the relevant stakeholders.

Your new role
The successful postholder will:

• Oversee the integration delivery plan with a detailed timeline for the development, delivery, and implementation to maintain momentum.
• Assure the programme of workstreams and projects to integrate professional services, underpinned by best practice structures, services and processes.
• Monitor the completion of outstanding agreements, regulatory and compliance commitments.
• Work proactively with workstream and project leaders, enabling them to deliver their work whilst providing context and support from the wider Programme.
• Coordinate integration-focused project business cases and plans.
• Ensure appropriate budget, resources and quality management for the lifecycle of the programme.
• Manage the agreed reporting framework for programme monitoring, including benefits realisation, risks, interdependencies, issue prioritisation and escalation, ensuring all actions arising are resolved, recorded and monitored.

What you'll need to succeed
This position is ideal for someone who has:

• Relevant professional qualification (APM, Prince2)
• A demonstrable track record of project and programme delivery in a complex business environment.
• Demonstrable experience working at a senior level within higher education, NHS or other public sector organisations.
• Demonstrable knowledge of the management of major projects and programmes, and approaches to enabling change in large and complex organisations.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and facilitation and presentation skills

What you'll get in return
This is a fantastic professional who has excellent Programme Management experience in the public sector, based around large, inter-organisation programmes related to change and transformation. The salary is £61,198 - £68,857/annum plus amazing pension.

What you need to do now
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