Specialist Officer

Programme Manager (Digital, Data and Technology)

Colindale

Contract
£410.53 per day PAYE or £539.85 per day limited paid via umbrella company inside IR35

Our client is looking for an experienced is looking for a Programme Manager (Digital, Data and Technology)

Barnet is seeking a programme manager as part of the wider recruitment campaign to improve our digital, data and technology (DDaT) capability, in line with the council's strategic goal to improve resident and customer outcomes. Working as part of multi-disciplinary team with responsibility accountability to ensure programme delivery of significant savings to ensure the councils achieves its goal of financial sustainability.  

The role will be responsible for management and leadership of a number of staff and indirectly - stakeholders, both internal and external. The successful candidate will be expected to provide leadership across the Digital team, and more widely the growing internal digital functions across Barnet, and take matrix management responsibility of up to 5 staff.

This will be a fast paced role, with responsibility for all projects in conjunction with other product and programme managers across the service. The roles time will be split to best meet the needs of Barnet's digital functions. As a senior member of staff, the Programme Manager will ensure the strategic progression of objectives and milestones across all DDaT projects. They will effectively build relationships with senior leadership to identify process improvements, opportunities and efficiencies. They will draw on the resources of their colleagues and teams around them to ensure high-quality, timely delivery. The postholder will be expected to develop the council's DDaT ways of working and will be able to influence wider projects and programmes to the same effect.

In addition, the role will include an element of digital consultancy as part of Barnet's new DDaT Enablement Service. The successful candidate will supervise requests and prioritise and allocate these as required. They will use their own skills and capabilities to share best practice, build understanding and provide guidance to services as they procure and implement their services. They will also be expected to provide some digital business partnering to services across the council�s ecosystem, prioritising work areas and identifying opportunities as required.

Finally, the role will include contributing to the establishment of a user-focused digital-first mindset across the council’s corporate structures. The successful candidate will draw heavily on digital principles around quality service design, iteration, accessibility and inclusion.

Candidates will be expected to have direct experience as a Delivery Manager in a DDaT environment, with experience in the public sector an advantage. This is a new role with a lot of scope for the successful candidate to define and inform its remit and focus, as the DDaT Enablement service comes online.

Programme management of the council's DDaT projects and products. This will include acting as a key council-side member of the development and implementation team.

DDaT consultancy  effective senior business partnering to support and enable council services to deliver and implement digital products, including deployment of own skills as required to ensure delivery of service-led projects as appropriate.

 Prioritisation  overall responsibility for the direction and decision making around the DDaT backlog, taking into account organisational pressures and DDaT principles.

DDaT function development  defining the future of Barnet's digital capability, including methodology, structure and implementation approaches, drawing on own knowledge and experience to ensure goals can be met.

DDaT scrutiny  contributing to the digital functions oversight of DDaT and associated business decisions, ensuring best practice and outcomes.

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Extensive experience in a senior digital delivery leadership role in complex stakeholder environments

Extensive and proven experience as a Programme Manager with accountability for successful definition, implementation, benefits realisation and project delivery across a range of disciplines within a complex digital environment including suppliers and partners.   

Extensive experience of the design and execution of digital change programmes and projects linked to business strategy and organisational vision.

Proven experience in a public sector digital environment             

Experienced in delivering reporting and assurance to a variety of stakeholder to meet their needs from high level dashboards to detailed performance and financial reports.

Considerable experience of creating, building, leading, and motivating individuals and teams including staff recruitment and performance management (both direct reports and matrix aligned staff).
 

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