Programme Delivery Lead - Central, Durrington
Client:
Southern Water
Location:
Durrington, United Kingdom
Job Category:
Other
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
926b078c64fa
Job Views:
7
Posted:
02.04.2025
Expiry Date:
17.05.2025
Job Description:
Closing Date: 2025-04-25
Job Title: Programme Delivery Lead - Central
Location: West/East Sussex (remote/hybrid)
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: circa £70,000 depending on skills and experience
Storm overflows are very provocative and not acceptable to our customers and stakeholders. We want to lead the charge in resolving the current situation. That’s where our Clean Rivers & Seas Task Force comes in, implementing pioneering and industry-leading solutions to reduce spills and reliance on overflows whilst also enhancing the environment for our communities. Currently delivering a £45million pathfinder programme which rapidly expands to £1.5billion over next 10 years. The programme has been very successful, and we are now expanding the team so we can continue to work in partnership to deliver a larger programme of sustainable and innovative interventions to reduce the use of storm overflows.
A brand-new position has been created to join our Clean Rivers & Seas Task Force as a Programme Delivery Lead.
Job Overview
1. Act as the main lead for the storm overflow task force to drive the delivery of the storm overflow pathfinders.
2. Responsible for coordinating all work to achieve the pathfinder outcome including work study, planning and costing, as well as delivery of the interventions to achieve an 80% reduction of spills frequency and/or flooding risk in each catchment.
3. The Delivery Lead will demonstrate partnership approaches at scale, influencing our strategic direction and the assumption base used nationally.
4. Manage all engagement within the pathfinder by acting as the single point of contact for all external contacts (EA, MPs, Cllrs, stakeholder groups, campaign groups etc.) concerning activity and coordination in these catchments.
About You
1. Experience of wastewater industry, particularly network operations and/or design.
2. Strong management and leadership skills with the ability to motivate and drive.
3. Able to positively engage with employees and the team.
4. Strong financial acumen and understanding of financial management.
5. Understands how local government, regulators and stakeholder groups function.
6. Ability to find partnership opportunities to deliver solutions.
7. You will be resilient, adaptable with good influencing and communication skills.
Package
This role will be full time Monday to Friday with a hybrid approach to working between our Falmer/Worthing office and home or remote. We are offering a competitive salary as well as other benefits including:
1. Generous pension up to 11% company contribution
2. 25 days annual leave
3. Life assurance equal to 4x salary
4. Salary sacrifice electric car scheme (after 6 months service)
5. Health Cash Plan
6. Full funded eye tests
7. Two paid volunteering days a year
8. Occupational health service
9. Discounts with over 800 popular retailers
10. Digital GP service
11. Study support may be available for job-related qualifications
12. Competitive maternity leave and flexible return to work options
13. Cycle to work scheme
Join our Clean Rivers & Seas Task Force and see how far your career could progress with a company committed to career progression, training and development opportunities, our customers and the environment.
Does this opportunity excite you but you’re not 100% sure if you meet all the requirements for the role? Or are you concerned that ‘normal’ office hours aren’t possible given your personal circumstances? Whilst we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we’ll try to find a practical solution. So why not engage with us and find out more about this role?
Our customers are at the heart of everything we do, because delivering water for life is our core purpose. To achieve this, we need 24/7 support in place to resolve incidents quickly and efficiently. All our employees understand the importance of out-of-hours incident support – because when problems appear, fixing them is our top priority. That’s why our people join together and support when and however needed to make sure our customers get the service they deserve. Joining the Southern Water family means you’ll become part of our incident support team. During your interview, your manager will speak to you about any incident support rotas that apply to your position.
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Created on 02/04/2025 by TN United Kingdom
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