Role: Senior Programme Manager REF 110112 Contract Length: Until 30/06/2025 Location: Reigate, Surrey IR35: Inside Pay Rate to Intermediary: £600 per day Spinwell is recruiting for a Senior Programme Manager for an excellent opportunity within the public sector. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE SENIOR PROGRAMME MANAGER Lead the design, execution, and delivery of highly complex transformation programme/s, ensuring alignment with the Council’s long-term strategic priorities and objectives. Applying deep subject matter expertise to inform specialist programme design and execution, ensuring relevance and impact. Drive the development and secure approval of comprehensive business cases and change requests, ensuring they are strategically aligned with the Council’s vision of sustainability and community empowerment. Engage with Programme Boards, providing critical updates and strategic insights, ensuring programmes are on track to support and advance the Council's overarching goals. Oversee and manage substantial programme budgets, ensuring the strategic allocation of resources to drive economic resilience and sustainable growth. Ensure that all projects within the specialist programme are strategically aligned and integrated, maximising their collective impact and advancing the strategic vision of the client group. Identify and manage cross-programme dependencies, ensuring strategic coherence and seamless delivery to address complex challenges facing the client and the Council. Lead on management of risks and issues across the specialist programme, ensuring prompt escalation and resolution to safeguard the Council’s service delivery standards. Deliver high-level, progress reports to senior management and key stakeholders, ensuring alignment with the Council’s strategic objectives and maintaining accountability throughout the programme lifecycle. SKILLS/EXPERIENCE OF THE SENIOR PROGRAMME MANAGER Degree or equivalent professional qualification plus experience at management level in a specialist area in a demanding business environment. Extensive knowledge of the principles of change management, project management and continuous improvement, and their practical application. Authoritative knowledge of the work practices, processes and procedures relevant to the role including broader sector/commercial awareness. Proven ability to manage budgets and available resources to deliver effective support to their area of responsibility. Strong written and oral communication and interpersonal skills with high level negotiation and influencing skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with internal and external partners/professionals. Comprehensive knowledge of computerised business systems. Proven ability to inspire and motivate others. Advanced problem solving and analytical skills with the capacity to devise and implement practical and creative solutions. Proven ability to assess risks and benefits in a complex environment and respond appropriately. Substantial experience in successful leading, motivating, coaching, mentoring and developing staff. Appropriate professional programme management qualification (such as Prince2, APM or MSP) or equivalent experience. Substantial experience leading and implementing complex, multifaceted transformation programmes at this level. Substantial knowledge and expertise within a specialist area of local government e.g. children's social care. Satisfactory DBS clearance is required for this role, and Specialist Programme Managers must be able and willing to travel across the county to attend stakeholder meetings. If you are a Senior Programme Manager, apply now or send your CV to Spinwell We welcome all applications regardless of background, in line with our commitment to diversity, equality and inclusion. Applying to this or any other vacancy advertised by Spinwell Ltd constitutes an agreement for Spinwell Ltd to hold your details for 24 months for the purpose of assessing suitability for the advertised position and to make you aware of any other positions deemed suitable of which You will make you aware by means of either email, text or phone. In line with GDPR regulations you are able to request your details be removed from the company data at any time by emailing us About You Not Specified About Us