East Suffolk Council - East Suffolk House, Melton, Woodbridge IP12 1RT or Riverside, Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0EQ
Salary: £51,515 - £55,595 per annum
Hours: 37 hours per week
Type: Permanent
About East Suffolk Council
East Suffolk Council is an exciting place to work, delivering essential local services and making a real difference to a quarter of a million people across East Suffolk.
We currently have an opportunity to join East Suffolk Council as a Solutions Programme Manager.
Your Role
As a proactive individual with a transformational approach, you will work collectively and collaboratively as part of the Digital Management Team. Your role will be to ensure high quality services are delivered to East Suffolk via a range of transformation and improvement programmes, working across all teams and services of the Council and our trading company, East Suffolk Services Ltd (ESSL).
This is an exciting and varied role, with digital solutions at the center. You will manage, develop, and implement programmes that deliver transformational change across all services of the council. If you are passionate about getting things done and doing the right thing, come and work for us!
What You Will Need
You will have extensive knowledge and experience of implementing change, with the implementation of digital solutions using techniques that put the customer at the heart of everything we do. You should have experience of programme-based working, managing competing demands, and paying attention to detail. Educated to degree level or with equivalent specialist knowledge acquired through experience or relevant specialist training, you will have an understanding of Systems Thinking, Lean techniques, or similar frameworks.
Excellent digital skills with a high level of technical awareness, as well as influencing and presentation skills, and the ability to forge strong working relationships with internal and external contacts are essential.
If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this role, even if you don't meet all the essential requirements, please apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.
Why Work for Us?
East Suffolk Council is a great place to work with lots of benefits our employees can access. Here are some of the main benefits:
* Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 25 days a year, increasing to 31 days after 5 years' service, plus bank holidays)
* Local government pension scheme
* Flexible working arrangements
* Learning and development tailored to your role
* A wide variety of staff support networks including access to health and wellbeing initiatives and programmes
* Discounts on mobile phones, computers, holiday and travel, fashion and clothing, health and beauty, and many other products and services.
Find more information about what we offer in our benefits brochure (pdf).
The majority of our teams are working in an agile way, with a mixture of home and office working, depending on individual preferences and service requirements. If you wish to discuss how that might impact your working arrangements if you were the successful candidate, please contact the recruiting manager listed at the bottom of this advert.
To Find Out More
For an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Sandra Lewis by emailing sandra.lewis@eastsuffolk.gov.uk.
Closing date: 11.30 pm, 13 October 2024.
Interview date: 24 October 2024.
How to Apply
1. Read the advert and the Job Description and Person Specification (docx).
2. Complete the Supporting Statement template (docx). Your statement needs to indicate how you meet each of the criteria contained within the Person Specification. Please use the template provided (other formats will not be accepted).
3. Complete the online application and upload your statement. Please note, CVs are not accepted.
For more information, check out the How to Apply section of our Career Site (suffolkjobsdirect.org).
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