Jobs in London - Senior Project Manager • East London

Company: London Borough of Waltham Forest

East London

Description Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest Salary: PO6 £52,584 - £55,620Contract Type: Full-time, Temporary (9 months)Working hours per week: 36 Application Deadline: 12 January 2025 Proposed Interview Date(s): TBC Reference: 1576 About Us: Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work. We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents. London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment. The Council’s preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method. About the role: Waltham Forest has set an ambitious vision for a changed borough by 2030 with the development of our new Corporate Plan, Mission Waltham Forest. Local government is also facing unprecedented financial challenges, and Mission Waltham Forest sets out how we will respond to complex societal challenges whilst keeping a firm financial footing. To deliver on this agenda, we have mobilised a multi-year programme of transformation work and savings activities, including a significant number of restructures across a number of directorates. We are now seeking to recruit two Senior Project Managers to plan, develop and drive forward the restructures, working together with key stakeholders in Strategy & Change, HR and relevant Service Areas to ensure the timely delivery of these vital initiatives. You will be project managing a range of restructures at any given time, as well as getting directly involved in the work itself - drafting consultation documents, updating role profiles and structure charts, coordinating meetings with staff. >> Click here to download the Role Profile << Key Responsibilities: Lead on the delivery and management of the organisational restructures workstream, ensuring it is delivered to quality, time and cost. Provide specialist business change advice and coaching to colleagues to support the delivery of their restructure projects Work as part of a matrix managed team with HR, Finance and service colleagues, to ensure restructures are delivered and managed in accordance with Council policy Support service leads and SROs in managing expectations for deliverables, creating stakeholder communications, and helping to implement an effective system of project governance Secure compliance and engagement with the project amongst the necessary stakeholders. Manage, lead, and support the project team to ensure that they meet their objectives and address any issues as appropriate. Create and update project plans and deliverables, reporting on project activity on a regular basis Qualifications and Requirements: Ability to manage multiple projects and responsibilities at the same time. Experience of managing large-scale projects in complex and challenging environments. Excellent oral and written communication skills with an ability to interact effectively with people at all levels in an organization including senior level executives. Possess strengths in organisational, attention-to-detail, reasoning, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. Experience of delivering projects and products using the appropriate agile project management methodology, learning & iterating frequently. Terms and conditions: The below terms and conditions apply to this role: Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks; Satisfactory declaration of interest; As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications, regional or international accents, dialects, speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English. How to Apply: Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the ‘Apply’ button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible. Equal Opportunity Employer: Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value. To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy. We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview. For more information on the benefits of working for the Council, please visit https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/find-jobs-and-other-opportunities/working-us. Contact Information: If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Ed Wildish, Head of Assurance & Oversight at edmund.wildish@walthamforest.gov.uk If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post, please contact our Recruitment Team via email at recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk. Click here for further information on the Human Resources recruitment privacy notice.